In one of those Faith and Fear traditions known only to me, I like to present a list as long as Eric Hillman’s left arm when my birthday falls on a Sunday. Since we’ve been doing FAFIF, my birthday has fallen on a Sunday twice, in 2006 and 2017. Today is the third time. I’m […]
 
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. |
 10 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1974 Mets, 1977 Mets, 1979 Mets, 1982 Mets, 1992 Mets, 1993 Mets, 2002 Mets, 2003 Mets, 2009 Mets, 2017 Mets, 2020 Mets, 2023 Mets, Armando Benitez, Birthdays, Bob Hope, Bob Murphy, Daryl Boston, Dave Kingman, Empty, Esix Snead, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, High School Musicals, Jesse Orosco, John Olerud, Jon Matlack, Lenny Randle, McDonald’s, My Favorite Seasons, My Least Favorite Seasons, Peanuts, Richie Hebner, Stephen Jay Gould, Superstripe, Travis d'Arnaud, Turtle Wax, Wristbands Three series remain in advance of the All-Star break, a break that can’t come soon enough — or last long enough. I picture various Mets repairing to their country estates or wherever they live, clearing their heads at their pools or in front of their sizable video game consoles and then, properly relaxed, forgetting that […] 19 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1973 Mets, 1992 Mets, First Half, Halfway Pointlessness, Team History Welcome to A Met for All Seasons, a series in which we consider a given Met who played in a given season and…well, we’ll see. Some political raconteur (no one agrees exactly who) tattooed George H.W. Bush with the line that he reminded every woman of her first husband. It’s a good line — a put-down, but one delivered […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1992 Mets, A Met for All Seasons, Bobby Valentine, Mike Piazza, Todd Hundley If you’ve ever watched me try to make an eastbound LIRR connection at Jamaica while my intended train is pulling away, you already know I’ve never been any kind of a runner. Nevertheless, I’ve run into a most fascinating box score by way of a game story from 28 years ago, which gives me a […] Tom Seaver returned from M. Donald Exile (a.k.a. Cincinnati) on April 5, 1983, and though it was as if order had been restored to Shea Stadium, one element of the Metsian universe had been disturbed. The home uniform Tom donned for his triumphant restoration as king of our hill had been notably altered. The emperor’s […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1983 Mets, 1986 Mets, 1992 Mets, 2-3 Starts, Darryl Strawberry, Jim Henderson, Ken Henderson, Racing Stripes, Rickey Henderson, Ron Darling, Small Sample Sizes, Sports Illustrated, Steve Henderson, Team History, The Simpsons, Tom Seaver, Uniforms, Willie Randolph, Yoenis Cespedes In his career, he was — among other things — an Astro, a Giant and a Met. He stood in the batter’s box representing the last shred of doubt as to where a hard-earned National League flag would fly. If he succeeded, his team would know life and a possible world championship. If he didn’t, […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1992 Mets, 2006 Mets, Astros, Cardinals, Carlos Beltran, Historical Dissonance, Kevin Bass 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 consisting of the “best” 19th game in any Mets season, the “best” 20th game in any Mets season, […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1974 Mets, 1987 Mets, 1992 Mets, Bob L. Miller, David Cone, Fiftieth Anniversary, Mike Scott, Team History, The Happiest Recap 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 consisting of the “best” 16th game in any Mets season, the “best” 17th game in any Mets season, […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1969 Mets, 1985 Mets, 1992 Mets, Cleon Jones, Daryl Boston, Fiftieth Anniversary, Rusty Staub, Team History, The Happiest Recap If Metsian memories are building from a trickle to a flood, then it must be Flashback Friday at Faith and Fear in Flushing. I’m unreasonably loyal to inanimate objects. Got this bright, shiny new computer recently that I refused to plug in for several days after delivery because it seemed unfair to the old, slightly rickety […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1992 Mets, Flashback Friday, Hall of Fame, Howie Rose, Radio, Tom Seaver, WFAN |
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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