 
Faith and Fear in Flushing made its debut on Feb. 16, 2005, the brainchild of two longtime friends and lifelong Met fans. Greg Prince discovered the Mets when he was 6, during the magical summer of 1969. He is a Long Island-based writer, editor and communications consultant. Contact him here. Jason Fry is a Brooklyn writer whose first memories include his mom leaping up and down cheering for Rusty Staub. Check out his other writing here. Got something to say? Leave a comment, or email us at faithandfear@gmail.com. (Sorry, but we have no interest in ads, sponsored content or guest posts.) Need our RSS feed? It's here. Visit our Facebook page, or drop by the personal pages for Greg and Jason. Or follow us on Twitter: Here's Greg, and here's Jason. |
Welcome to A Met for All Seasons, a series in which we consider a given Met who played in a given season and…well, we’ll see. On the telephone, Andy Pafko said that it would be nice to get together, but that he didn’t belong in a book about the team. “I wasn’t in Brooklyn long enough,” […]  4 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1993 Mets, 1995 Mets, A Met for All Seasons, Joe Orsulak, Undeclared Monday wasn’t a good day for Mets pitchers hailing from Long Island. Long Island’s own Marcus Stroman (LIOMS), heretofore rehabbing his torn calf and presumed to be returning to the Mets’ disturbingly depleted rotation soon, announced in the afternoon he was opting out of 2020 due to his family’s COVID-19 concerns. Come nightfall, Long Island’s […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Ali Sanchez, Asdrubal Cabrera, Long Island, Luis Guillorme, Marcus Stroman, Opting Out, Position Players Pitching, Steven Matz This season, however it turns out, whether it turns out, will probably be remembered for other storylines, but churning beneath the surface of Mets Baseball 2020 is the churn itself. Have you noticed just how many players we’re going through a mere sixteen games in? When last season ended, the all-time Met count was up […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alternate Site, Andres Gimenez, Bill Sudakis, Billy Hamilton, Brian Dozier, Chasen Shreve, David Peterson, Dellin Betances, Eduardo Nunez, Formal Introductions, Franklyn Kilome, Hunter Strickland, Jacob deGrom, Jacob Rhame, Jake Marisnick, Jared Hughes, Jimmie Schaffer, Lenny Harris, Met Debuts, Michael Conforto, Michael Wacha, Milestone Mets, Moises Alou, Pete Smith, Phil Mankowski, Randy Milligan, Rey Sanchez, Rick Porcello, Ryan Cordell, Scott Hairston, Team History, The Twilight Zone, Tyler Bashlor Hello from Long Beach Island, which has been our summer getaway every year but one since 2003. We booked this trip back in the spring, reasoning that this part of the Jersey Shore is normally pretty socially distanced anyway and the restaurant scene has never been the draw for us, so perhaps it wouldn’t be […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | David Peterson, Drew Smith, J.D. Davis, Jeurys Familia, Jonathan Villar, Justin Wilson, Marlins, Michael Conforto, Pete Alonso, Robert Gsellman, Seth Lugo Friday night’s shoddy Met loss to the Miami Whodats (as in, who dat say dey gonna play for dem Marlins?) was mostly decided in the second inning when Michael Wacha gave up four runs. Considering the final score was 4-3, that was pretty decisive. But the inflection point was probably in the eighth, which encompassed […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brian Anderson, Brian Dozier, Eddy Alvarez, Jeff McNeil, Marlins, Michael Conforto, Peanuts, Umberto Mejia Welcome to A Met for All Seasons, a series in which we consider a given Met who played in a given season and…well, we’ll see. Well you’re a real tough cookie In 1962, the Mets promised their fans that Shea Stadium would be ready for 1963. It wasn’t. So instead, they invited them […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1963 Mets, 1964 Mets, A Met for All Seasons, Casey Stengel, Jay Horwitz, Mets Alumni, Polo Grounds, Ron Hunt, Shea Stadium Who were those slick-fielding ballplayers on display in blue and orange Wednesday night, and what have they done with the New York Mets? The Mets’ current incarnation is not heavy on “leather guys,” to use Davey Johnson‘s mildly disparaging phrase — the strategy in recent years has been to limit enemy runs with good, strikeout-heavy starting […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andres Gimenez, Billy Hamilton, Defense, Dom Smith, J.D. Davis, Juan Soto, Luis Guillorme, Max Scherzer, Rick Porcello The great Pete Hamill, whose death at the age of 85 was announced this morning, expressed a necessary baseball truism during Spring Training of 1987 within the essential profile of Keith Hernandez that he wrote for the Village Voice. After revisiting the instantly legendary mound summit among Hernandez, Gary Carter and Jesse Orosco from the […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Jay Horwitz, Mets vs Defending Champions, Moment of Silence, Nationals, Pete Hamill, Team History Welcome to A Met for All Seasons, a series in which we consider a given Met who played in a given season and…well, we’ll see. I’ve long had a soft spot for marginal Mets, the September call-ups and emergency starters you struggle to remember by season’s end, let alone years later. Part of that is because I love the […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2004 Mets, A Met for All Seasons, Art Howe, Bartolome Fortunato, Brad Wilkerson, Buddy Baumann, Dave Liddell, Endy Chavez, Francisco Estrada, Ghosts, Joe Hietpas, John Franco, Kenny Greer, Kevin Morgan, Matt Reynolds, Montreal Expos, Todd Zeile, Wilson Delgado The first win after one of those lengthy losing streaks always makes me feel a little sheepish. The Mets won. A spot of bother aside, it wasn’t even all that tense. And this after you spent five days being snarly and surly. Wasn’t that silly? Well, of course it was. But my goodness, it really looked like […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Jacob deGrom, Jared Hughes, Jeurys Familia, Mike Soroka, Shifts, SNY, Travis d'Arnaud |
Piazza: Catcher, Slugger, Icon, Star by Greg Prince is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers. 
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