 
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. |
How can you have a recap when you don’t have a final score yet? When that final score’s yet to be recorded but the show everyone came to see is over. That’s how. No offense to Seth Lugo, Steve Cishek or whatever Met and Cub relievers follow them when the game resumes, tied 1-1, in the 10th. […]  4 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Austin Jackson, Brandon Nimmo, Cubs, Jacob deGrom, Javy Baez, Jay Bruce, Jeff McNeil, Rain Delays, Suspended Games The Mets won an actually fun game Wednesday night: Noah Syndergaard looked solid for six innings, Jeff McNeil kept hitting, and three Mets (Todd Frazier, Dom Smith and Jose Bautista) cracked solo home runs as the forces of good kept the Giants down. Entertaining games in garbage time are better than games to be endured, which […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, David Wright, Dom Smith, Jacob deGrom, Jeff McNeil, Michael Conforto, Noah Syndergaard Whoever decided to release Jason Vargas and replace him with this new dynamic starting pitcher VARGY deserves the full-time GM job. VARGY was NOT AT ALL VARGAS as he tamed the Phillies for five innings and lasted well into the sixth on Sunday night, providing all the pitching required […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Amed Rosario, Brandon Nimmo, Dom Smith, Ike Davis, Jahn's, Jason Vargas, Jeff McNeil, Kevin Plawecki, Little League Classic, Michael Conforto, Reluctant Youth Movements, Vargy, Williamsport Joy of excess? Oh baby, we hadn’t seen anything yet. Game 1 of Thursday’s doubleheader against the Phils was a rain of records, superlatives and astonished exclamations. Twenty-four runs, a new club record. Twenty-five hits, a new club record for a nine-inning game. A 20-run margin of victory, also a new club record. Weirdly, the crazy 24-4 outburst […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Armour Field, Ballparks, Brandon Nimmo, Camden Yards, Doubleheaders, Franchise Records, Guaranteed Rate Field, Janet Marie Smith, Jerry Blevins, Jose Bautista, Philip Bess, Phillies, Position Players Pitching, Ranger Suarez, Scott Kingery, Steven Matz, White Sox, Wrigley Field Why win by one when you can win by eleven? The Mets can win by eleven? The answer to the latter is yes, apparently. The answer to the former is never win by one when you can win by eleven. […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, Deep-Dive Mets Fandom, Jack Reinheimer, Jose Reyes, Kevin Plawecki, Lou Thornton, Mets Third Basemen, Most Mets in One Season, Orioles, Romps, Routs, Team History, Todd Frazier, Zack Wheeler In a lost season, you appreciate the little things. Sometimes because they might grow into big things, and sometimes just for themselves. You appreciate two-out singles by Phillip Evans (yet another victim of the Great Jose Reyes Fiasco) and Amed Rosario to tie the game and then give the Mets a two-run lead. You appreciate that the […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, Corey Oswalt, Injuries, Jeurys Familia, Jose Bautista, Phillip Evans, Trades, Wilpons, Yoenis Cespedes Perhaps Jacob deGrom struck a shady deal with the Devil at a forlorn crossroads one night … and didn’t look carefully enough at the fine print. You see where this is going. Any pitcher would sign over his soul — or at least a good chunk of his discretionary income — in exchange for pitching at […] Where it says the Dodgers beat the Mets, 8-7, replace with the Pirates beat the Mets, 6-4. Where it says sixth consecutive loss, replace with seventh. Where it says 25th loss in 32 games, […] I didn’t want to look up the last time the Mets won a laugher, because I knew the answer would be startling at first and then depressing. (It was May 15, when they beat the Blue Jays by 10.) Kind of like this season has been. Anyway, Monday night’s tilt in Colorado was only a laugher […] “Dinner’s waiting, hon’.”
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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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