 
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. |
Welcome to Flashback Friday: Tales From The Log, a final-season tribute to Shea Stadium as viewed primarily through the prism of what I have seen there for myself, namely 358 regular-season and 13 postseason games to date. The Log records the numbers. The Tales tell the stories. 7/27/03 Su Cincinnati 9-6 Trachsel 12 […]  8 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2003 Mets, Bob Murphy, Closing Day, Flashback Friday, Radio When the season began, they were nobody. When it ended, they were somebody. If it’s the first Friday of the month, then we’re remembering them in this special 1997 edition of Flashback Friday at Faith and Fear in Flushing. Ten years, seven Fridays. This is the last of them. Here’s the crux of it. This is why […] Before any of us could have known what the last day of this season would represent for all time, it was just going to be the last day of the season. I like to go to the last day of the season, probably even more than the first day of the season, though I like […] 21 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2007 Mets, Closing Day, Collapse, Disappointment, Shea Stadium Obviously, I retract every remotely positive thing I ever said about Tom Glavine. Fucking Brave can go fuck himself straight back to Fucklanta. Obviously, I retract every remotely positive thing I ever said about Jose Reyes. When you go to winter ball, work on hitting the ball on a line and don’t be chummy with Miguel […] If five years suddenly feels a lot more like a half-decade, then it’s Flashback Friday at Faith and Fear in Flushing. It was a simple plan. In the bottom of the sixth, I was going to stand up when the leadoff batter came to the plate. I was going to clap. Applaud, really applaud. It would […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2002 Mets, Closing Day, Edgardo Alfonzo, Flashback Friday Takin’ care of business for the 97th time in 162 attempts, the Mets ended their regular season. Their next assignment is to turn the season into something extraordinary. Even more so than it already is. The television overlords have granted us a comfy interregnum, until Wednesday at 4:09 PM, to find out what awaits. For now, we know […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Closing Day, Frank Robinson Wake up Metsies — I think I got something to say to you: It’s late September and you really should be back in ass-kicking groove. Perhaps I’m just too nouveau at being nouveau riche, but I don’t think so. Eighteen years, shmeighteen years. It was only a half-dozen ago that we were bound for glory. I remember […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Closing Day, Post-Clinching Lethargy For about a year, it was my pleasure to be associated with an enterprise called Gotham Baseball. The following is adapted from an article I wrote for the Winter 2006 issue of its print edition. The game stops. Of course it does. The top of the seventh is over. This is when we stand, when we […] My heart going boom boom boom… In the first at-bat I saw today, Mike Piazza came up with two on and took Ramiro Mendoza high over the left field wall and up on to the roof of the VIP tent. We went ahead of the Yankees 7-6. In the second at-bat I saw today, Mike Piazza put […] Today is the day we remain who we are in earnest. It’s come to this: I’m fuming at the Braves for blowing an eighth-inning lead to the Marlins and thereby costing us a Saturday night clinch of third place outright. Dan Kolb sucks just enough to not do us any good. On the other hand, who […] |
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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