 
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. |
It’s a basic rule that you cannot, in fact, win ’em all. It’s also a common error as a baseball fan to forget this bedrock truth. It sure felt like the Mets would win ’em all, or at least this next quantum in the set, when Mark Vientos blasted an early two-run homer off Bryce Elder to […]  6 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Braves, Cedric Mullins, David Peterson, Gregory Soto, Jurickson Profar, Mark Vientos, Tyrone Taylor Different night, same three-legged stool of suck. Kodai Senga worked into the sixth, which is the Mets starting pitcher equivalent of a complete game these days. Into the sixth, but not out of it — let’s not go crazy, folks. Was that better than Senga has been? Yes. Was that better than Mets starters in general […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Accountability, Braves, Kodai Senga, Raisel Iglesias, Ryan Helsley, Tyler Rogers Perhaps the only good thing about Wednesday night’s belated loss to the Braves was that I found it hard to take it personally. I imagine it isn’t fun to watch from the root cellar as a tornado reduces the house to kindling. But I also imagine one doesn’t feel singled out to be in the path […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Braves, Carlos Carrasco, Collapses, David Peterson, Francisco Lindor, Jeff McNeil, Juan Soto, Justin Hagenman, Marcell Ozuna, Paul Blackburn, Pete Alonso, Reed Garrett, Starling Marte Is this glass half-empty or half-full? Griffin Canning left early with an ankle injury, one that looked innocuous on the field but decidedly less so when Canning had to be helped to the dugout. (It appears to be an Achilles injury, which would quite likely be season-ending.) But even as dark clouds gathered overhead, the […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Austin Warren, Braves, Dedniel Nunez, Edwin Diaz, Grant Holmes, Griffin Canning, Hope, Injuries, Jeff McNeil, Pete Alonso, Relief Pitching, Ryne Stanek, Uniforms Does it count as progress if the Mets lose but it’s merely discouraging and not actively humiliating? Monday night’s game was more drab and disheartening baseball. Paul Blackburn was lucky not to get driven from the game down six or seven, as he got help from Braves baserunning mistakes and atom balls that found Met gloves. […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Braves, Dylan Lee, Juan Soto, Paul Blackburn, Raisel Iglesias, Spencer Schwellenbach Fishing around my desk for something or other as I prepared to pen a screed about the absolutely loathsome baseball game I watched Tuesday night, I came across the following document, dated and notarized September 30, 2024: “I the undersigned agree after today’s baseball game of New York Mets 8 Atlanta Braves 7 at Truist Park, […] BAZ was on the back of the jersey of the pitcher on the mound for Tampa Bay on Sunday. For a moment, I let myself believe BAZ was an icon on the level of CHER. Just one name. Just one syllable. All you needed to know was that BAZ was in town. No wonder Citi […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Braves, Bullpen Manipulation, Cher, David Peterson, Jared Young, Justin Garza, Position Players Pitching, Rays, Roster Size, Shane Baz, Ty Adcock Hey Mets fans? Which National League teams do you hate? The most common answer is that we hate — in the operatic sports pantomime sense of the word, you understand — the Braves and the Phillies. This is the way of the world, as those two teams are our principal antagonists in the National League East. […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Braves, Brett Baty, Clay Holmes, Cubs, Dansby Swanson, Dedniel Nunez, Francisco Alvarez, Francisco Lindor, Hatred, Jameson Taillon, Jeff McNeil, Juan Soto, Kyle Tucker, Phillies, White Sox Late on a Sunday night in 1975, I’m watching Sammy & Company on Channel 4 because I’m up, it’s on, and nothing else is. The Sammy in question is Sammy Davis, Jr. He’s done it all in show business and now he’s hosting this syndicated not quite talk show, not quite variety show. It’s got […] 19 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2002 Mets, 2024 Mets, Brandon Nimmo, Braves, Clinchings, Closing Day, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Lindor, Hollering, Hooting, Jarred Kelenic, Joey Lucchesi, Karma, Mets Pop Culture, Old Friends, Pete Alonso, Redemption, Sammy Davis, Screaming, Shouting, Spencer Schwellenbach, Travis d'Arnaud, Tylor Megill, Tyrone Taylor It’s the time of year when someone asks you how you are, and you tell them the Mets have been rained out not only today but tomorrow, and they have to get out of Atlanta, which is about to be hit by a hurricane, which you care about in the abstract as a human being, […] 20 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1973 Mets, 1999 Mets, Braves, Brewers, Chaos, Pennant Race, Pulp Fiction, Rainouts, Sleepy Rob Manfred, The Music Man, Travel, Up In The Air |
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. 
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