 
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. |
Another year in the books! Another decade in the books! And another class of matriculating Mets to welcome to The Holy Books! Background: I have a trio of binders, long ago dubbed The Holy Books (THB) by Greg, that contain a baseball card for every Met on the all-time roster. They’re in order of arrival in […]  19 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2019 Mets, Aaron Altherr, Adeiny Hechavarria, Baseball Cards, Brad Brach, Brooks Pounders, Chris Mazza, Donnie Hart, Edwin Diaz, Hector Santiago, J.D. Davis, Jed Lowrie, Joe Panik, Justin Wilson, Keon Broxton, Luis Avilan, Marcus Stroman, Pete Alonso, Rajai Davis, Robinson Cano, Ryan O'Rourke, Sam Haggerty, Stephen Nogosek, The Holy Books, Walker Lockett, Wilmer Font, Wilson Ramos (Note: The format for this post didn’t occur to me until 20-odd hours after the game, so accuracy of timestamps is theoretical at best. Sorry!) 10:00 am: Wake up, groggily. What? I’m a freelance writer, I can wake up when I want. I also am typically still working at 2 am, so lay off. 10:10 am: Oh, […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Amed Rosario, Baseball Cards, Citi Field, Day Games, Donn Clendenon, Hunter Renfroe, Jacob deGrom, Jeff D'Amico, Luis Avilan, Padres I spent the last five days in Chicago, getting my Star Wars on at McCormick Place and in the hotel bar. So my Mets attention was fitful and scattershot. I saw news of the first night’s events in amazing seats behind the plate at Wrigley Field (plenty of good options available when it’s still frigid), […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andres Torres, Baseball Cards, Guillermo Mota, Jon Niese, Jonahs, Jose Vizcaino, Paul Sewald, Ramon Ramirez, Steven Matz Ah, the THB Class of 2018! Greet ’em quick, because many of ’em are already gone! Background: I have a trio of binders, long ago dubbed The Holy Books (THB) by Greg, that contain a baseball card for every Met on the all-time roster. They’re in order of matriculation: Tom Seaver is Class of ’67, Mike […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2018 Mets, Adrian Gonzalez, Anthony Swarzak, Austin Jackson, Baseball Cards, Bobby Wahl, Buddy Baumann, Chris Beck, Corey Oswalt, Daniel Zamora, Devin Mesoraco, Drew Gagnon, Drew Smith, Eric Hanhold, Gerson Bautista, Jack Reinheimer, Jeff McNeil, Jose Bautista, Jose Lobaton, Kevin Kaczmarski, Luis Guillorme, P.J. Conlon, Scott Copeland, The Holy Books, Tim Peterson, Todd Frazier, Tyler Bashlor Break up the Mets! They’re 2-2 against the Yankees! Actually that already appears to be happening: the Mets left Robert Gsellman in to throw a ton of pitches against the Yankees Friday night while Jeurys Familia sat in the bullpen in a sweatshirt, got hugs from teammates and was spoken of evasively in postgame interviews. He’s […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1966 Mets, Amed Rosario, Baseball Cards, Billy Murphy, Broadcasters, Gil Hodges, Jeurys Familia, Joe Nolan, Lost Mets, Mets Songs, Noah Syndergaard, Ralph Kiner, Rheingold, Robert Gsellman, Rube Walker, The Holy Books, Tommie Agee, Yankees The Mets lost, 10-8, and no, this is not a blog malfunction. They essentially played the same occasionally hopeful, ultimately deflating and consistently ridiculous game on Wednesday night as they did on Tuesday night. This time around … oh, must we? I suppose that’s why you’re here and we’re here, so yes, we must. Things started […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Baseball Cards, Coors Field, Kevin Plawecki, Mickey Callaway, Robert Gsellman, Rockies, Ryan McMahon, Seth Lugo, The Holy Books So. I pretty much took the winter off. I was busy with my other dorky obsession, writing books related to this oddball space-fantasy movie you might have heard of. But that’s an excuse. I was weirdly disengaged — to an extent that began to worry me. Granted, my disengaged would be a lot of folks’ full-throated fandom. […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adrian Gonzalez, Baseball Cards, Brandon Nimmo, Kevin Plawecki, Noah Syndergaard, Opening Day, Rusty Staub, The Holy Books, Yadier Molina Spring Training is ideal for taking pictures of Mets and printing them on cardboard. Jose Reyes, third baseman (!), evokes 1969 on his 2018 Topps Heritage card, which is the idea behind Topps Heritage, a time machine that propels current players 49 years back in time. Not every card then, never mind now, was shot in […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Baseball Cards, Jerry Koosman, Jose Reyes, Port St. Lucie, St. Petersburg Should this have been written in 2017? Perhaps. But in an off-season as exciting as this one, it’s hard to find a place for evergreen features. (First of many sighs.) Background: I have a trio of binders, long ago dubbed The Holy Books (THB) by Greg, that contain a baseball card for every Met on the all-time […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2017 Mets, A.J. Ramos, Adam Wilk, Amed Rosario, Baseball Cards, Chase Bradford, Chasen Bradford, Chris Flexen, Dominic Smith, Jacob Rhame, Jamie Callahan, Kevin McGowan, Neil Ramirez, Nori Aoki, Paul Sewald, Phillip Evans, The Holy Books, Tomas Nido, Tommy Milone, Travis Taijeron, Tyler Pill Congratulations to Travis Taijeron, he of the almost-invariably mispronounced last name, on his first big-league hit. And congratulations to Joey Votto for continuing to be Joey Votto. The Reds’ star demolished a ball thrown by Jeurys Familia for a home run, then gave high-fives, his bat and uniform top to a kid battling cancer. (And note […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Angel Pagan, Baseball Cards, Brooklyn Cyclones, Debuts, Joey Votto, John Toner, Minor Leagues, 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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