 
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. As August 1988 came to an end, the New York Mets were one full season removed from a championship and looked like a good bet to add more flags over Shea Stadium. The team’s […]  10 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1990 Mets, A Met for All Seasons, Davey Johnson, David Cone, Gregg Jefferies, Howard Johnson, Joe McIlvaine, Randy Myers, Roger McDowell, Ron Darling, Wally Backman MLB’s “Summer Camp” has not only been named, it’s been sponsored, by a company called Camping World. Perhaps when the streamlined sixty-game schedule is announced, the reveal can be sponsored by Thom McAn, considering we’re all kind of waiting for the other shoe to drop on baseball’s best-laid, half-assed plans. True, they no longer have Thom […] 1 comment - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1970 Mets, 1975 Mets, 1980 Mets, 1985 Mets, 1990 Mets, 1995 Mets, 2000 Mets, 2005 Mets, 2010 Mets, 2015 Mets, 2020 Mets, 60-Man Pool, Chili Davis, Darryl Strawberry, Gordon Beckham, Hunter Strickland, Jared Hughes, John Pacella, Jon Matlack, Luis Rojas, Melky Cabrera, Ruben Tejada, Summer 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’m getting the feeling I came in at the end. The best is over. From June 7 through June 11 in 1977, the Mets’ starting rotation turned like this: Tom Seaver 19 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1978 Mets, A Met for All Seasons, Craig Swan, Earned Run Average, The Simpsons, The Sopranos 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. Didn’t we almost have it all As it approaches the halfway mark, the year 2020 is not making a case for itself as one […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1981 Mets, A Met for All Seasons, Mets Hall of Fame, Mookie Wilson, Short Seasons Are you ready for some baseball? Well, are ya? Let’s cross our fingers and hope baseball is ready for itself. Baseball can declare all the intentions it wants. It still has to check in with the coronavirus pretty regularly to make sure it gets to proceed as it intends. Until we find out otherwise, it is on. Baseball, […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2020 Mets, Poxes, Second Chances, Spring Training, Unusual Circumstances 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. Aug. 6, 2007 was an off-day for the Mets. The day before, a Mets pitcher who will remain nameless had finally secured his 300th victory, a milestone future generations will note came wearing the […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2013 Mets, A Met for All Seasons, Hope, Wilmer Flores 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 sometimes imagined an incredibly simple game: Name Every Met. Get a bunch of paper, number the lines 1 through 1,091, and see how many you can fill in. Think of it as the […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1966 Mets, A Met for All Seasons, Bonus Babies, Davey Johnson, Jerry Grote, Jesse Owens, Nolan Ryan, Shaun Fitzmaurice, Yogi Berra 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. Jimmy quit Together they started fewer than 100 games as Mets, yet there may be no trio of Met starting pitchers that occupies as […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1995 Mets, A Met for All Seasons, Bill Pulsipher, Generation K, IPP, Jason Isringhausen, Paul Wilson, That Thing You Do, The Baseball Network, The Simpsons 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. But there ain’t no Coupe de Ville If it feels like it’s been a while since the last official Mets game, it has […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1977 Mets, A Met for All Seasons, Lenny Randle, M*A*S*H, My Favorite Seasons, My Least Favorite Seasons We are a few days from the 40th anniversary of the most Magical home run in Mets history — the Steve Henderson game-winner of June 14, 1980 — and should you care to treat yourself to a commemorative viewing, you can transport yourself to the evening in question and take in extended highlights of the […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1980 Mets, Claudell Washington, Draft, Moment of Silence, Pete Crow-Armstrong |
Piazza: Catcher, Slugger, Icon, Star by Greg Prince is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers. 
Amazin' Again: How the 2015 New York Mets Brought the Magic Back to Queens by Greg Prince is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers. 
Volume I of The Happiest Recap: 50+ Years of the New York Mets As Told in 500+ Amazin' Wins by Greg Prince is available in print and for Kindle on Amazon. 
Faith and Fear in Flushing: An Intense Personal History by Greg Prince (foreword by Jason Fry), is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers. |
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