 
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. |
A hazard of the recapping trade is you spend the game field-testing narratives in your head while the bedrock story is still unfolding, trying on summations variously grand, tragic or farcical. After Kodai Senga‘s disconsolate departure, this was my first draft for this entire recap, channeling Dean Wormer’s caustic advice to Flounder in Animal House: Bad at […]  13 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Athletics, Carlos Cortes, Carlos Mendoza, Francisco Lindor, Jeff McNeil, Kodai Senga, Luke Weaver, Tyler Soderstrom So there had to be a few Mets fans who popped up from the couch Tuesday afternoon, with the top of the fifth inning just concluded, to hit the loo, walk the dog or perform some other mundane task. Perhaps they did so with a certain spring in their step: Huascar Brazoban had just rescued […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | ABS, Brett Baty, Carlos Mendoza, Carson Benge, Diamondbacks, Freddy Peralta, Huascar Brazoban, Jared Young, Jorge Polanco, Mark Vientos, Paul Sewald, Ronny Mauricio, Walkoffs “This is Ellis Island here, people. I don’t care who you are, where you’re from, whether your relatives came over on the fucking Mayflower or on an inner tube from Haiti. This right here is the land of opportunity.” Tom Seaver was from Fresno, California. Bud Harrelson and Tug McGraw […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carlos Mendoza, Devin Williams, Global Game, Huascar Brazoban, International Flavor, Jared Young, Jorge Polanco, Kodai Senga, Luis Robert Jr., Luis Torrens, Luke Weaver, Marcus Semien, Mark Vientos, Metropolitan-American, Soccer, The Wolf of Wall Street, World Baseball Classic Bo Bichette knows baseball pretty well, having played a lot of it — and seeing a bunch more before he did that professionally, what with being the child of a fairly renowned big leaguer. So he knows perfectly well that baseball is unpredictable, maddening and shot through with ironies big and small. Like my blog partner, […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bo Bichette, Brooks Raley, Cardinals, Carlos Mendoza, Chaim Bloom, Clay Holmes, Devin Williams, Kyle Leahy, New Busch Stadium, St. Louis, The Gateway Arch Sucks, Tim Leiper, Tobias Myers As a connoisseur of postgame media scrums, I recognize a no-win question when I hear it. No-win questions are asked after brutal losses that carry almost definitive consequences. It almost doesn’t matter how the question is answered. The question just has to be asked. The no-win question that was asked of Carlos Mendoza following the Mets’ […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brad “The Animal” Lesley, Brandon Sproat, Brett Baty, Carlos Mendoza, Dylan Ross, Francisco Lindor, Gregory Soto, Juan Soto, Mark Vientos, Marlins, Media Scrums, Mistakes, No-Win Questions, Pete Alonso, Ronny Mauricio, Sandy Alcantara, The Odd Couple, Tyler Phillips “Show a little faith! There’s magic in the night!” That’s one of Bruce Springsteen’s best-known exhortations, a commandment for wavering lovers, teetering dreamers and yes, fans of oddly underwhelming baseball fans. But until Tuesday night, it had largely fallen flat where the 2025 Mets were concerned. Until Tuesday night, but not forever. Game two of the seven-game, two-city […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alec Bohm, Brandon Nimmo, Brett Baty, Bryce Harper, Carlos Mendoza, Edwin Diaz, Gregory Soto, Harrison Bader, Huascar Brazoban, Jesus Luzardo, Jhoan Duran, Luis Torrens, Mark Vientos, Nick Castellanos, Orion Kerkering, Parabolic Microphones, Pete Alonso, Phillies, Ryan Helsley, Sean Manaea, Starling Marte, Tyler Rogers, Willie Traynor I suppose I could take care of Sunday’s game by writing Saturday’s post backwards: The Mets zoomed from amazing back to confounding, the offense was crummy, they wound up way behind before the merciful conclusion, and a few hours later the Phillies kicked them out of first place. And all this against the Giants, who […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Austin Warren, Bob Murphy, Brandon Sproat, Carlos Mendoza, David Stearns, Francisco Alvarez, Francisco Lindor, Frankie Montas, Giants, Howie Rose, Luis Torrens, Mark Vientos, Nolan McLean, Ryne Stanek The Mets and Yankees spent Saturday afternoon wailing away at each other like concussed prizefighters, as balls were flying out of Citi Field and pitchers took the mound looking like they were bracing for impact. The Mets struck first, with Brandon Nimmo connecting for a grand slam off Carlos Rodon in the bottom of the first. […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Anthony Volpe, Austin Wells, Brandon Nimmo, Bullpen Use, Carlos Mendoza, Carlos Rodon, Edwin Diaz, Frankie Montas, Home Runs, Jayvien Sandridge, Jazz Chisholm Jr., Juan Soto, Pete Alonso, Richard Lovelady, Ryne Stanek, Subway Series, Yankees In the early days of Citi Field, there was an attempt to start a first-inning Yankee Stadium-style roll call. Thankfully wisdom prevailed and the attempt got shelved — that tradition belongs in the Bronx, just like “Sweet Caroline” belongs in Fenway. But there’s no rule that we can’t do it here. Juan Soto: I heard Soto’s […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, Carlos Mendoza, Complete Games, David Peterson, Defense, John DeMarsico, Juan Soto, Luis Torrens, Mets Fans, Nationals, Replay Review, Ron Darling, Shutouts, Tom Seaver, Tyrone Taylor Thanks, Gare. Like you said, it’s midnight in Manhattan, and this is no time to get cute, yet as we know, every first Monday night of May marks the return of the Met Gala to Manhattan, and whenever the Mets are playing at midnight Eastern Time on that same night, the game is stopped, wherever […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bruce Springsteen, Carlos Mendoza, Dedniel Nunez, Diamondbacks, Edwin Diaz, Fashion, Francisco Alvarez, Francisco Lindor, Griffin Canning, Huascar Brazoban, Met Gala, Milestones, Molly Shannon, Pete Alonso, Steve Gelbs, The Pajama Game, Tyrone Taylor |
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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