 
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. |
The Mets never say die, but sometimes they die anyway. They won’t say die for the next 45 games but I suspect what remains unspoken will occur more or less half the time no matter their best intentions. Of the choice between “more or less,” more would certainly be preferable. When a team that isn’t supposed […]  4 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  .500, 2011 Mets, 2012 Mets, August, Hope, Hustle Howard Johnson, Ryder Chasin and the shirt heard ’round the world. Howard Johnson could hit home runs and steal bases in tandem (if not simultaneously; the rules don’t allow that) like no Met before him and no Met after him. Only Darryl Strawberry could do it — 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bar Mitzvah, FAFIF Shirt, Howard Johnson, Ryder Chasin The last two nights, the Mets offered us a stirring reminder that while the playoffs may be out of reach, there’s still plenty of baseball to be enjoyed, whether you’re out at Citi Field, parked in front of the TV or wandering around with the radio as your companion. They played scrappy, fundamentally sound ball, […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Casey Stengel, Dan Napoleon, Ruben Tejada, Terry Collins “Woo! We win again! Way to go, Ruben!” “Hey, […] 16 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Eerily Quiet, Jason Isringhausen, Mets Fans, Mike Baxter Welcome to The Happiest Recap, a solid gold slate of New York Mets games culled from every schedule the Mets have ever played en route to this, their fiftieth year in baseball. We’ve created a dream season that includes the “best” 109th game in any Mets season, the “best” 110th game in any Mets season, […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1971 Mets, 1983 Mets, 1998 Mets, Fiftieth Anniversary, Ken Boswell, Team History, The Happiest Recap, Turk Wendell, Walt Terrell I saw this New York Times piece on my iPad and spent the next couple of hours trying to keep my blood from boiling. I love the Times, but Jim Luttrell’s post is tone-deaf about Mets fans specifically, baseball fans in general, and ignores the actually interesting currents and tribes of the city in favor of […] 36 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Daniel Murphy, David Wright, Fans, Heath Bell, Injuries, Justin Turner, Lucas Duda, Media Criticism, Mike Baxter, New York Times This is what it sounded like during Terry Collins’s postgame press conference Sunday, where the primary subject was the status of Jose Reyes and Daniel Murphy: “Terry, have you ever seen this many injuries on one team?” “Terry, this is tough, isn’t it?” “Terry, can you believe how many injuries your team has had?” “Terry, your team has had […] 16 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Daniel Murphy, Injuries, Jose Reyes, Media, Mindless Rituals, Terry Collins I’d forgotten how great home runs could be. Seriously. Saturday night was a perfect illustration of why they’re such superb creatures when they’re on your side. The Mets hit four home runs. Nothing showy — two guys hit one, one hit two; two came with nobody on, the other two with one on. Four swings. Six […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Citi Field, Home Runs, Jason Bay, Josh Thole, Justin Turner What was farther out of the realm of possibility: that the Mets would make a stand against the Braves or that I’d be there to see them attempt it? Not long ago both happenstances seemed reasonably reasonable. My part should have been a breeze: I made plans to see Friday night’s game with a friend who […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2011 Mets, Headaches, Jose Constanza, Moonstruck, Phantom Games, Regrets, Uniforms Welcome to The Happiest Recap, a solid gold slate of New York Mets games culled from every schedule the Mets have ever played en route to this, their fiftieth year in baseball. We’ve created a dream season that includes the “best” 106th game in any Mets season, the “best” 107th game in any Mets season, […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1962 Mets, 1966 Mets, 1988 Mets, Bob G. Miller, Fiftieth Anniversary, Keith Hernandez, Ron Swoboda, Team History, The Happiest Recap |
Piazza: Catcher, Slugger, Icon, Star by Greg Prince is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers. 
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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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