 
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. |
Here’s an unforgivable fan sin: “I don’t want them to clinch tonight because I have tickets for tomorrow and want to see it myself.” I’ve heard that a time or two, and it’s all I can do to limit myself to pointed disagreement instead of reacting in a way that would get me taken away in […]  43 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Abysmal Finishes Held in Abeyance, Alec Bohm, Brandon Marsh, Bryce Harper, Carlos Estevez, Carlos Mendoza, Clinchings, Cow-Bell Man, David Peterson, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Alvarez, Francisco Lindor, Grand Slams, Grimace, Jeff Hoffman, Jose Quintana, Kody Clemens, Kyle Schwarber, Mark Vientos, Nick Castellanos, Phillies, Ranger Suarez, Reed Garrett, The 7 Line, Trea Turner There was a wonderful moment back in Atlanta, one that’s nearly been forgotten in all the joyful, exhausting tumult of what’s followed. Steve Gelbs was interviewing Francisco Lindor, only Gelbs was drenched in alcohol and having trouble getting past the fact that his eyes were burning. “You’re suffering!” said an even more drenched Lindor. “You’re not embracing! […] 25 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bryce Harper, Bryson Stott, Bullpen, Carlos Mendoza, Cristopher Sanchez, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Lindor, Jose Butto, Jose Ruiz, Kody Clemens, Kyle Schwarber, Luis Severino, Mark Vientos, Matt Strahm, Nick Castellanos, Pete Alonso, Phillies, Playoffs, Steve Gelbs, Trea Turner, Tylor Megill, Walkoff Losses I can feel it coming. Maybe it’ll be this year, or in five or in 10, but it’s a when and not an if: My physician will settle himself or herself on a stool, make sure I’m paying attention, and say the inevitable words. Mr. Fry, you need to stop watching baseball. There will be alternatives offered: […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Marsh, Brandon Nimmo, Bryce Harper, Danny Young, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Alvarez, Luis Severino, Luisangel Acuna, Mark Vientos, Pete Alonso, Phillies, Reed Garrett, Taijuan Walker, Trea Turner I decided to go into the hot take business on May 30. It wasn’t all that hot a take, actually. What I removed from the oven of projection and prediction seemed pretty obvious and therefore lukewarm as regarded a team with a record of 22-33 and a DFA-bound reliever who had just flung his glove […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2022 Mets, Balloon Drops, Bryce Harper, Cal Stevenson, Eras, Freezing Cold Takes, Injuries, Luisangel Acuna, Pillow Screaming, Team History, The West Wing, Winning Records When they announce the next year’s baseball schedule I take a look, because how can’t you? But after a couple of glances — When’s the home opener? How many times do we go to the West Coast? — I go back to whatever I was doing. The dates are far off, you have no idea […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aaron Nola, Alex Young, Brandon Nimmo, Bryce Harper, Citizens Bank Park, Francisco Alvarez, Francisco Lindor, Harrison Bader, J.T. Realmuto, Jose Quintana, Kyle Schwarber, Pete Alonso, Phillies, Roger Clemens Back in the offseason, my mental calendar had a circle drawn around June 8-9: Mets in London! A trip could be fun, particularly if Emily and I convinced our Phillies-fan friends to join us. That plan got kicked around with vague seriousness for a while, was downgraded to maybe and then died a quiet death before […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bryce Harper, Howie Rose, Keith Raad, London Series, Pat McCarthy, Phillies, Sean Manaea, Starling Marte “The moon belongs to everyone,” a wise man once informed a hallucinating man, though the subject could have been the playoffs, and that would have been wise, too. They’re here for all of us every October that isn’t October 1994, even if the best things in life include the Mets playing in them, and that’s […] 17 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2023 Postseason, Braves, Bryce Harper, Hated Foes, Mad Men, Orlando Arcia, Phillies, Travis d'Arnaud, Zack Wheeler “I swear I could tear your throat out right now!” That was said by a parking-lot attendant at Citizens Bank Park after our friend Jerome pulled an admittedly unconventional U-turn in an effort to escape a tediously slow line of vehicles waiting for spaces. Welcome to Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love! And yes, sometimes the jokes […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bryce Harper, Citizens Bank Park, David Robertson, Double Plays, Francisco Lindor, Josh Harrison, Luis Guillorme, Max Scherzer, Nick Castellanos, Phillies, Starling Marte, Trea Turner Well, well, well. That wasn’t what I thought for most of Thursday night’s game against the Phillies, but then that’s always the case with a classic comeback — you need to trudge through the vale of despond before getting sherpa’ed up Mount Probability to giddily plant the most unexpected of flags. That mountaineering metaphor’s less random than […] 20 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bernard Gilkey, Brandon Nimmo, Bryce Harper, Carl Everett, Comebacks, Corey Knebel, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Lindor, J.D. Davis, Phillies, Starling Marte On Sunday night Edwin Diaz — he of the electric arsenal and its sometimes self-electrocuting results — stood on the mound and stared in at Bryce Harper, probably the league’s MVP and a longtime thorn in the Mets’ side who seemed about the dimensions of a redwood just then. Two outs in the ninth, 3-2 […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aaron Loup, Bryce Harper, Dom Smith, Edwin Diaz, Jeff McNeil, Kyle Gibson, Phillies, Rich Hill |
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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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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