 
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. |
Final impressions, from the Mets’ 2012 holiday party at Citi Field. “How does Alderson go about reviving the more dormant aspects of our passion, those which have been dulled by two years of dismal sputtering on the heels of two years of dramatic letdown? By winning, of course. Winning will make us all feel […]  28 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Farewells, R.A. Dickey, Sandy Alderson, The Shawshank Redemption The Mets have made what seems like a very good trade. But I hate that they’re making it. After David Wright was re-signed, I wrote that I was happy but not particularly celebratory — retaining Wright struck me as a no-brainer, the kind of thing a franchise in decent working order would of course do. Back […] 48 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Blue Jays, David Wright, Disappointment, Fans, Madoff, Media, Noah Syndergaard, R.A. Dickey, Travis d'Arnaud For once, it was a good day for Mets fans to be ensconced in the basement. I don’t mean the National League East standings, lest Marlins fans grow jealous of our impinging on their hard-earned territory, but specifically the basement party room at Foley’s, where our little get-together to celebrate the recent release of the […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | AC/DC, M*A*S*H, R.A. Dickey, Santa Claus, The Happiest Recap (The Book) Quick reminder that we’re getting together tomorrow, Saturday, noon to two at Foley’s NY (18 W. 33rd St., between 5th and 6th Avenues), for a little Baseball in December. Ostensibly we’re celebrating a new book and an imminent birthday (sort of), but ultimately, it is a love of baseball that draws us together because that’s […] Mets fans understand each other because of our shared language, a common tongue that allows us to communicate with one another in a form of shorthand that speaks to our peaks of triumph, our valleys of despair and those plains on which we journey for the journey’s sake. Taken as a whole, our shared language […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | First No-Hitter in New York Mets History, Johan Santana, Nikon Camera Mets Player of the Year I know what happens If R.A. Dickey were a garden-variety drama queen, I might have written off his use of phrases like “disappointment”; “impatience,” “emotional scope”; “we’re asking for less than what’s fair”; “you already think you’re extending the olive branch”; and “I don’t want […] 22 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Mets Holiday Party, Negotiations, R.A. Dickey, Winter You are cordially invited to join your Faith and Fear family at Foley’s NY (18 W. 33rd St., between Fifth and Sixth Avenues) this Saturday, December 15, from noon to 2 PM, to celebrate the launch of The Happiest Recap book series. The Happiest Recap is the four-volume history that details the New York Mets’ first […] Man, were those winter meetings depressing. I really miss the days when the Mets took money that technically didn’t exist and gave the green light to a general manager with little concern for long-term implications to do with it as he saw fit. The illusion may have worked only fleetingly well, but danged if it […] Some Sunday at the end of August — with no hurricane in sight and no hurricane having recently hit — is the time to spend an afternoon in my hometown. The birth certificate says different, but I’m a native of Long Beach, Long Island, New York. Got myself born in Brooklyn because my Long Beach-resident […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Home, Hurricanes, Ike Davis, Jeremy Hefner, Jon Niese, Kelly Shoppach, Long Beach, Lucas Duda, Radio “Sandy, everybody’s on. Go ahead.” 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Paul DePodesta, R.A. Dickey, Sandy Alderson, Tough Calls |
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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