 
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. |
“If you believe you’re playing well because you’re getting laid, or because you’re not getting laid, or because you wear women’s underwear, then you are! And you should know that!” — Crash Davis I hate to say it, but the Mets aren’t this good. All too soon, they will provide evidence of that. They will lose. Maybe […]  12 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Asdrubal Cabrera, Hot Streaks, Juan Lagares, Luck, Michael Conforto, Mickey Callaway, Steven Matz These Mets are so good, they deserve to be televised on television. These Mets have so much magic to do, Pippin has to be planning another Broadway revival. These Mets have dispirited the Nationals to such an extent that D.C doesn’t wanna come out and play on a Friday.
April has arrived only in name. We are living in West March, akin to the section of the Florida panhandle referred to as Lower Alabama. It’s too cold for baseball, but baseball insisted on showing up anyway. Six games were scheduled ahead of anything that feels like […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Amed Rosario, Asdrubal Cabrera, Brandon Nimmo, Cold, Facebook, Hansel Robles, Mickey Callaway, Noah Syndergaard, Phillies, Radio, Robert Gsellman, Yoenis Cespedes Somehow Matt Harvey‘s in his seventh season as a New York Met. Which means he’s seen some shit. Some of the troubles that have attached themselves to Harvey like so many barnacles have been typical New York bullshit, ginned up by the profoundly cynical sports-talk industry for which our town is ground zero. But some of them […] The biggest reason for optimism about the 2018 Mets? It’s that Noah Syndergaard and Jacob deGrom could pitch nearly 30% of their innings. The biggest reason for pessimism? Even in an ideal scenario, more than 70% of their innings will have to be pitched by someone else. Which puts the spotlight squarely on a line of […] Baseball’s decision to use Sunday afternoon games as platforms to test its new extra inning rules is a little baffling. I thought the whole idea was to not let games go on all night, with the implication being night games were the issue. If there’s a segment […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Extra Innings, Pace of Play, Rule Changes, Utter Foolishness The second chapter of the perfect season completed itself Saturday, confirming that every good vibe we felt on Thursday was accurate. The Mets are 2-0 after beating St. Louis at Citi Field, 6-2. Clearly, they’ve gotten the hang of baseball and need only repeat everything they’ve done […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adrian Gonzalez, Al Weis, Alberto Castillo, Danny Heep, Endy Chavez, Jacob deGrom, Joe McEwing, Juan Lagares, Matt Franco, Opening Day, Opening Day Lineups, Phillip Evans, Players Who Didn't Start on Opening Day, Ray Knight, Rod Kanehl, Team History, Teddy Martinez, Travis d'Arnaud So. I pretty much took the winter off. I was busy with my other dorky obsession, writing books related to this oddball space-fantasy movie you might have heard of. But that’s an excuse. I was weirdly disengaged — to an extent that began to worry me. Granted, my disengaged would be a lot of folks’ full-throated fandom. […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adrian Gonzalez, Baseball Cards, Brandon Nimmo, Kevin Plawecki, Noah Syndergaard, Opening Day, Rusty Staub, The Holy Books, Yadier Molina Few baseball players attracted more nouns than Rusty Staub. Anybody can be described with adjectives. Most players are known simply as players, maybe identified by position. The late Daniel Joseph Staub, who died overnight in South Florida three days shy of his 74th birthday, had that part down cold: […] Pitchers and catchers reported to Mets camp on February 12. Position players, if they weren’t already on hand, checked in on February 17. The first full-squad workout under the auspices of new manager Mickey Callaway was February 19. Exhibition games began on February 23.
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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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