 
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. |
All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. Good start to a famous Russian novel; excellent advice for baseball bloggers. It’s easier to write about miserable failing baseball teams than it is to write about happy successful ones. Angst and agita drive clicks and sports-radio hits and they also generate […]  6 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  A.J. Minter, Baseball Cards, Brooks Raley, David Peterson, Diamondbacks, Francisco Lindor, Harrison Bader, Jose Iglesias, Jose Urena, Juan Soto, Keith Hernandez, Kevin Herget, Mark Vientos, Pete Alonso, Starling Marte, The Holy Books, Tyrone Taylor A day later, there was no wackiness, no crazy reversals, and a fairly simple narrative. And you know what? That was just fine. The rain threatened to play havoc with Clay Holmes‘ preparation and our afternoon plans, but Holmes persevered through two delays and I presume most of us did too — the only guy who […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Minter, Catchers, Clay Holmes, Danny Young, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Alvarez, Gary Carter, Huascar Brazoban, Jerry Grote, Max Kranick, Nationals, Rain Delays, Rene Rivera On nights I’m recapping, I put a little warning for myself on repeat in my brain: It’s not all about the narrative. We see patterns while watching baseball (or while doing anything else, storytelling monkeys that we are) and we find them irresistible — pattern detection is a tool we use to make sense of […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Minter, Alfonzo Marquez, Brandon Nimmo, Carlos Mendoza, City Connects, Daniel Murphy, Defensive Runs NOT Saved, Dylan Crews, Jake Irvin, James Wood, Jeff McNeil, Jesse Winker, Jose Ferrer, Kodai Senga, Kyle Finnegan, Luis Garcia, Mark Vientos, Nathaniel Lowe, Nationals, Replay Review, Ryne Stanek, Triple Plays, Tyrone Taylor, Umpiring, Uniforms The Mets won again, once again by not scoring a bunch of runs but getting remarkable pitching. Remarkable pitching … and having every key moment go their way. Which, granted, is often two different ways of saying the same thing. I started off listening to Howie and Keith in my backyard and then moved to watching […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Minter, Alec Burleson, Brendan Donovan, Brett Baty, Cardinals, Edwin Diaz, Fox, Francisco Lindor, Juan Soto, Kodai Senga, Luisangel Acuna, Nolan Gorman, Pete Alonso, Thomas Saggese, Uniforms, Yohel Pozo The fans who wait for their team to come off the road while the year is still young are rewarded for their patience with two Openers. There’s Opening Day, which is festive no matter that it’s taking place in another ballpark, and there’s a discrete Home Opener, which grants us a second helping of holiday […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Minter, Blue Jays, Bobby Jones, Buffets, Déjà Vu All Over Again, Francisco Lindor, Home Opener, Interleague Play, Juan Soto, Max Kranick, Mets Home Opener, Mets Opening Day, Opening Day, Pete Alonso, Reed Garrett, Replay Review, Team History, Tylor Megill Friday night’s game ended with the sweetest of words. Am I referring to “Mets win” or to “put it in the books?” To quote the tyke from the Internet meme, “Why not both?” On Thursday the Mets did a lot of things right — hitters refused to expand the strike zone and heretofore suspect relievers pitched […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Minter, Apple TV+, Edwin Diaz, Juan Soto, Pete Alonso, Reed Garrett, Rob Drake, Ryne Stanek, Tylor Megill, Uniforms It was 34 degrees this morning in New York because it’s March 27, and on March 27, about a week beyond winter, you’re as likely as not to get a very chilly morning. Days with mornings with that low a temperature don’t exactly scream baseball weather. But the Mets were in Florida for a month-and-a-half (where […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Minter, Astros, Billy Murphy, Bob Gallagher, Brandon Nimmo, Clay Holmes, Ed Kranepool, Felix Mantilla, Field Of Dreams, Griffin Canning, Hayden Senger, Jack DiLauro, Jeff Torborg, Jose Siri, Juan Soto, Lenny Randle, March, Mark Bradley, Max Kranick, Mike Cubbage, Moment of Silence, Opening Day, Patches, Rickey Henderson, Ron Locke, Team History, Tommie Reynolds, Wayne Graham James McCann sure has some strange at-bats. I’m not talking about the crotch readjustment before every pitch, which I really want Steve Gelbs to inquire about one day. (Did his Little League coach try to get him to stop? Has his mom and/or wife ever wished he wouldn’t?) I’m talking about the fact that the Mets’ […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Minter, Andy Beck, Braves, Charlie Morton, Edwin Diaz, James McCann, Mets History, Todd Radom, Tylor Megill, Uniforms, Unlikely Events For six innings Tuesday night, I was content to float along on the echoes provided by the visitor who used to call Citi Field home, the visitor who was the first Met to make Citi Field feel like a home. R.A. Dickey was pitching a shutout for the Braves against the Mets. See past the […] 19 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2000 Mets, A.J. Minter, Amed Rosario, Asdrubal Cabrera, Braves, Craig Brazell, Dominic Smith, Echoes, Ender Inciarte, Esix Snead, Kevin Plawecki, R.A. Dickey, Rafael Montero, September, Terry Collins, Travis Taijeron |
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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