From noon to midnight today, MLB Network will be showing Games Three, Five and Six of the 1986 National League Championship Series. That’s (spoiler alert!) the Mets beating the Astros on Lenny Dykstra’s walkoff ninth-inning home run; the Mets beating the Astros on Gary Carter’s walkoff twelfth-inning single; and the Mets beating the Astros on […]
 
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. |
Andre Dawson’s election to the Hall of Fame conjures up a most frightening vision of a very scary slugger with a terribly lethal bat ready to destroy the next innocent baseball a New York Mets pitcher throws his way. I’ve read grumbles and snorts that Dawson’s career on-base percentage is too low to be worthy […]  11 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Andre Dawson, Clint Everts, Craig Brazell, Endy Chavez, Expos, Gary Carter, Hall of Fame, Jason Bay, Jeff Kent, Jeff Keppinger, Mr. Met, Olympic Stadium, Omar Minaya, Rookie Hazing, Youppi I enjoyed this post yesterday by The Vertex’s Eric Bienenfeld about this year’s Hall of Fame ballot, which included a Met who almost was — Barry Larkin — as well as Roberto Alomar, a Met we could have done without. (Robby will probably get in next year, which would be fine with me — longtime […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alex Escobar, Prospects, Roberto Alomar, Roger Clemens, Steve Phillips, What Ifs, Yankee Hating As we prepare to ring in 2010, we’re also ringing in Greg Prince’s 47th birthday. All the best to you, my dear friend, esteemed co-writer and Mets compatriot. Here’s wishing you a seat for a great game without obstructed views, however they may be defined. Here’s wishing you signing bonuses in line with the market and […] This is the people's history and it has flesh and breath that quicken to the force of this old safe game of ours. *** This is how a ballpark becomes your ballpark: by having something happen there that really means something to you. Not that I don't care about any given Mets game, but there has to […] |
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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