 
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. |
Good thing in this day and age that a farewell column doesn’t have to be definitive. George Vecsey published his in the Times last month, yet he is still writing — for himself and for his old paper on an occasional basis. That’s a pretty good thing, indeed, for Mets fans who like to read. I’m […]  12 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  An Appreciation, Excellent Addition to Your Baseball Library, George Vecsey, Media, Writing “When I’m finished, I’ll get the best seat to see him play. I’ll pay whatever price to see him play.” Somewhere in the midst of the conference call Sandy Alderson held with some of us bloggers last Thursday night, the Mets’ general manager used an unremarkable phrase that caught […] 21 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | An Appreciation, Farewells, Fun, Jose Reyes, Sandy Alderson, Violation of Trust After pitching the Mets to a complete game victory over Cincinnati, Mike Pelfrey told Kevin Burkhardt his team is focused on making the playoffs and then, if the matchups break right, eliminating Carlos Beltran and the San Francisco Giants. He said it with a straight face and I listened without laughing out loud. Oh, the Mets […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | An Appreciation, Carlos Beltran, Mike Pelfrey, Zack Wheeler “He slept, he stole, he was rude to the customers. Still, there goes the best damned employee a convenience store ever had.” I doubt there’ll ever be much nostalgia for the Francisco Rodriguez era of New York Mets baseball, an epoch officially declared over in the minutes following the National League’s second […] 30 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | All-Star Game, An Appreciation, Frankie Rodriguez, Relief Pitching, Trades The brick is still there. The brick is always there. The brick couldn’t be more reliable. Stephanie and I trundled down the stairs from the 7, shlugged sample cups of Pepsi Max, disposed of them and zagged right to inspect our etched immortality. OUR FIRST DATE It’s a little worn […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | An Appreciation, Bricks, Dana Brand, Eddie Grant, Keith Hernandez All longtime Yankee icons are equally detestable, but some are less equally detestable than others. That’s my grudging way of expressing a Mets fan’s appreciation for Andy Pettitte, the longtime Yankees icon I detested marginally less than the others, on the occasion of his departure from baseball. This is detesting less, not not detesting. A Mets […] John Olerud’s name appears on the 2011 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot. It should be the other way around. The Baseball Hall of Fame should appear on the 2011 John Olerud ballot. THE 2011 JOHN OLERUD BALLOT Rules: Please vote for the honors, offices and/or institutions to which John Olerud should consider lending his considerable personage. Mr. […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1997 Mets, 1998 Mets, 1999 Mets, An Appreciation, Hall of Fame, John Olerud Some players talk a good game. Only one in recent memory, however, has shown a knack for articulating an extraordinary postgame. R.A. Dickey is Faith and Fear in Flushing’s Most Valuable Met for 2010. He earned consideration through his pitching. He clinched the award the minute he cleared his throat. The knuckleballer nobody saw coming saved […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | An Appreciation, Articulate Pitchers, Most Valuable Met, R.A. Dickey Dad, I beg you to reconsider! Tractor pulls! Atlanta Braves baseball! Joe Franklin! The most comforting thing about watching Bobby Cox’s tenure as Braves manager end — besides knowing the Braves had lost, I suppose — was where […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2010 Postseason, An Appreciation, Andy Griffith, Bobby Cox, Braves, Keith Olbermann, Managers, TBS, The Simpsons Baseball is a first pitch being thrown at 12:35 in the afternoon, and a schlubby fan attempting to follow it while working. A decision to listen on the radio because things are going well for his team while avoiding the TV. That’s baseball. And so is a kid from Defiance, Ohio, pitching for the first […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | An Appreciation, Ernie Harwell, Moment of Silence |
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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