 
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 email came from a work colleague: We’re planning our annual Mets outing, please RSVP. My instinctive response: Oh God, do I have to? That’s where this death march of a season has brought us: A free ticket to a Mets game feels like a burden. The Mets have gone from confounding to infuriating and finally to the […]  19 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Craig Counsell, Cubs, Embarrassment, Juan Soto, Kidcaster, Kodai Senga, Pete Crow-Armstrong, Replay Review, SNY In the spirit of Norm Macdonald in 1994 on the subject of Kenny G’s new Christmas album, NBC and the Mets teamed up last evening to say, “Hey, happy Sunday night, baseball fans — hope you like crap!” “In related news, David Peterson will be starting a baseball game tomorrow night on this very […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Anthony Rizzo, Austin Warren, Bryce Harper, Carson Benge, Crap, David Peterson, Going Nowhere, Jason Benetti, John Franco, John Kruk, Juan Soto, Kyle Schwarber, NBC, Norm Macdonald, Sunday Night Baseball, Zack Wheeler I was right to be wary of Bryce Harper after a lousy game Thursday: BOOM Harper hit for the cycle. It’s always a good call to be wary of Kyle Schwarber: BOOM two home runs in the third inning alone, 913 feet worth of pain, and then a homer to a more mortal distance later on. […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Blowouts, Bryce Harper, David Stearns, Embarrassment, Freddy Peralta, Kyle Schwarber, Mark Vientos, Phillies, Zack Short Welcome to a sunny Friday without a baseball game, which is so weird that I know that come early evening I’ll be poking at my TV remote in consternation until I remember: “Oh yeah, stupid World Cup.” At least that gives us extra time (see what I did there) to marvel at the Mets’ 6-4 win […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Ewing, Aaron Nola, Alec Bohm, Brandon Marsh, Bryce Harper, Devin Williams, Eric Wagaman, Foul Balls, Gil Hodges, Huascar Brazoban, Jose Alvarado, Juan Soto, Justin Crawford, Kyle Schwarber, Luke Weaver, Marcus Semien, Phillies, Sean Manaea, Wind Welcome back to NBC 4 New York’s continuing coverage of this unforgettable day. We now go live to Bruce Beck, who has word of an unforeseen development, as the massive downtown celebration of the NBA champion Knicks takes an unexpected turn. Natalie, since Lower Broadway was already set up for an UNBELIEVABLE procession, New York City […] 19 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2026 Mets, A.J. Ewing, Bo Bichette, Bruce Beck, Counting Crows, Francisco Alvarez, Juan Soto, Luis Torrens, Nolan McLean, Parades Yet To Be Scheduled, Recidivist Mets, Zack Short Well, they didn’t lose 12-0. Nope, on Tuesday night the Mets fell behind 4-0 in the first, but then won the rest of the game 3-1, which is a roundabout way of saying they lost 5-3. Kodai Senga somehow only gave up two hits over four innings, but those two hits came in the form of […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bo Bichette, Futility, Injuries, Kodai Senga, Marcus Semien, Mark Vientos, Reds, Ron Darling, Sean Manaea Twelve runs allowed. You could say 12s were wild for the Mets on Monday night in Cincinnati, except there was nothing that screamed or even whispered “wild” about their 12-0 loss to […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | David Peterson, Futility, Jonathan Pintaro, LOBs, Shutouts, Tobias Myers Freddy Peralta has joined Harry Parker and Jerry Koosman in that very exclusive club of Mets pitchers who have started and won on the day after the Knicks have clinched an NBA title. It’s a small sample size, but the Mets are 3-0 in those situations. May 9, 1970: The Mets and Giants are embroiled in […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Ewing, Basketball, Freddy Peralta, Knicks, Mad Men, Marcus Semien, New York Championships, Overly Loud PA System, Team History, The Simpsons A few hours before the Knicks turned New York City into the world’s largest block party, the Mets lost a humdrum game against the Braves by the told-you-it-was-humdrum score of 3-1. To be fair, the biggest positive of the game was actually worth noting: Sean Manaea got the start and turned in six effective innings, a […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Austin Warren, Braves, Droughts, Eli White, Juan Soto, Knicks, Martin Perez, Michael Harris II, Replay Review, Rick Sweet, Sean Manaea, Umpires Like Bob Seger so many summers ago, Bo Bichette woke last night to the sound of thunder. BOOM! before the game. Then he woke the rest of us up. BOOM! in the first inning. BOOM! like crazy in the second. Bo went BOOM! twice in a game that waited for a wicked storm to pass […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bo Bichette, Bob Seger, Braves, Gene Shalit, Grand Central Madison, Grand Slams, Juan Soto, Lightning, LIRR, Masks, Mets Museum’s Inadequacies, Moment of Silence, Nolan McLean, Rain, Thunder |
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. 
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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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