 
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. |
I can’t prove it, but Met losses to the Phillies are the most annoying losses there are. The Phillies have become the new Marlins. Move over, Miami. You’re no longer quite that team. All losses are the worst, and I don’t doubt that if you catch me after a defeat at the hands of the Dodgers, the […] When the Mets’ lineup was first posted in the late afternoon, I stared at it blankly. It might as well have been nine total strangers. I knew they were they players on my team, I knew I had waited for my team to begin playing again, I just didn’t feel any connection to their identities. When […] Do you remember R.A. Dickey shutting down the Mets last June in Toronto and then letting it be known he was pitching a couple of days after his father’s death? Taking the ball was something his manager, John Gibbons, said he felt he had to do. That stayed with me in light of my father […]  49 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  All-Star Game, Charles Prince, Compartmentmalization, Fathers and Sons, Jeurys Familia, Moment of Silence, Terry Collins The 2016 baseball season began approximately ten minutes ago and is now more than half over. It has tied the major league record for how quickly time flies, set in every other baseball season. Even the ones that drag zip by before you know it. Embroidered in the fabric of the baseball season to remind us […] 31 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2016 Mets, All-Star Break, Amazin' Again, Perspective I’ve got one word for Daniel Murphy, and it’s not because he’s the brother of either of my parents, because he’s not. The word is “Uncle.” I’ll say it again: Uncle, as in stop it, stop it, stop it. I give. You’re the man. You never should have been allowed to escape to Washington. You should’ve been […] 54 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bob Newhart, Daniel Murphy, hindsight, Max Scherzer, My Cousin Vinny, Skid Rowe You probably didn’t need this reminder, but here it is anyway: baseball will make you look dumb. Like maybe in the afterglow of Thursday night’s thrilling comeback against the Nats (deliciously complete with hirsute heel Jayson Werth shooting his own team in the collective foot) you found yourself thinking that it was really too bad the Mets […] 35 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Injuries, Jose Reyes, Matt Harvey, Noah Syndergaard, Yoenis Cespedes We were excited in August of 2013. Reasonably excited, anyway. The Mets were 13½ games out of first place and 10 behind in the Wild Card stakes when the month began, so I wouldn’t oversell the euphoria angle. Yet as fans of teams that are not contending will, we readily embraced the chance to meet […] 23 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2013 Mets, Casey Stengel, Epic Wins, Jayson Werth, John Buck, John Buck's Baby, Matt Harvey, Oliver Perez, Prospects, Slides, Thoracic Outlet Surgery, Travis d'Arnaud, Wilmer Flores, Zack Wheeler Was Wednesday afternoon’s matinee a perfect baseball game? Probably not — if you have to ask you have your own answer — but it was sure an enjoyable one, with a spectacular performance from Jacob deGrom, signs of professional life from Jose Reyes, a terrific day from Wilmer Flores, and a heckuva dragon to slay in a […] 30 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Curtis Granderson, Giancarlo Stanton, Jacob deGrom, Jose Reyes, Michael Conforto, Terry Collins, Wilmer Flores I came home from Closing Day today, still a little miffed that Jose Reyes pulled himself from the game the second he got to first. I didn’t mind the protecting of his .337 average. But he couldn’t have stayed on the bag another minute? Who pinch-runs for Jose Reyes if he’s not injured? Teddy Ballgame, it […] 35 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2011 Mets, All-Stars, Giancarlo Stanton, Homecomings, Jose Reyes, Surreal It happens sometimes: life, that amorphous bundle of stuff, refuses to conform itself to the rhythms of 7:10 and 1:10 and 4:10. I thought I had my July 4th parceled out so three hours were reserved for the Mets game, but I hadn’t been paying attention to which day was which. I’ve got a mental list of […] 21 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Chris Johnson, Fans, Fernando Rodney, Happy Holidays, Jeurys Familia, Jonathan Lucroy, Matt Harvey, Superstition, Terry Collins, Uniforms, Yoenis Cespedes |
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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