 
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. |
What was Chipper Jones doing in the Mets clubhouse before Saturday night’s game at Turner Field? Presumably signing over the deed on the joint to the visiting team. Remember when Larry was loathed and Turner was terrifying? Vaguely. Like the Atlanta Braves who made the National League Eastern Division their private hunting preserve, it all seems […]  23 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1997 Mets, Alex Ochoa, Amazin' Again, Asdrubal Cabrera, Bobby Jones, Braves, Butch Huskey, Chipper Jones, David Wright, Excellent Addition to Your Baseball Library, Gary Cohen, Greg McMichael, John Franco, Juan Lagares, Neil Walker, Steven Matz, Sun Trust Park, Team History, The Shawshank Redemption, Turner Field, Worms That Turn I’m sorry it went down like this My premonition called me in the middle innings Wednesday night from the Molly Pitcher rest stop on the New Jersey Turnpike. He used a pay phone. He runs a very old-school operation. “The Mets,” he said over a […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Antonio Bastardo, Bud Harrelson, Carlos Ruiz, Curtis Granderson, David Wright, Freddie Galvis, Glenn Frey, Peter Bourjos, Phillies, Premonitions, Travis d'Arnaud
100 mph fastball, 95 mph slider, 91 mph change. Syndergaard is what you’d get if your brother cheated making a pitcher in a videogame. #mets — Jason Fry (@jasoncfry) April 18, 2016 That was me early in tonight’s game while I watched Noah Syndergaard mow down Phillies with his ludicrously unfair arsenal of pitches. I […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | David Wright, Jerad Eickhoff, Lucas Duda, Mets Third Basemen, Noah Syndergaard, Phillies The night started with 42s everywhere and ended with a 7 in your scorebook. I couldn’t miss the former on Jackie Robinson Day, but had to look up the latter, as sensory overload must have gotten to me, sending this correspondent nodding off to dreamland as the bottom of the eighth commenced. The last thing […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Addison Reed, Alejandro De Aza, Bartolo Colon, Brandon Phillips, Cliff Lee, Collin Cowgill, Commercials, Curtis Granderson, David Wright, Expos, Grady Sizemore, Indians, Jackie Robinson, Jesse Orosco, Jeurys Familia, Juan Uribe, Keith Hernandez, Longevity, Marlon Byrd, Michael Conforto, Neil Walker, Nolan Ryan, Ron Hodges, Socks, Yoenis Cespedes It wasn’t exactly on my bucket list — unless you’re redefining the term to mean “stuff that makes me want to puke when I think about enduring it” — but I can now say I’ve been through an Opening Day that I was dreading. Dreading Opening Day? What a bizarre thing for a lifelong fan to say. […] 34 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2015 Mets, 2015 World Series, David Wright, Eric Hosmer, ESPN, Matt Harvey, Mike Moustakas, Opening Day, Royals, Yoenis Cespedes Could be! The shortest span between seasons in Mets history, from a little after midnight last November 2 to a few hours before midnight this April 3, has, predictably, turned into the longest wait for a new year baseball humanity has ever known. Remember how […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Amed Rosario, David Wright, Keith Hernandez, Polo Grounds, Scott Braun, Spring Training, Steven Matz, West Side Story After paying just enough attention to Spring Training to notice the hitters aren’t necessarily behind the pitchers anymore — guys in Mets unis lost 14-9 on Saturday but won 11-0 on Sunday — I realize my anxieties are lagging behind my capacity for calm. That’s a very unusual March alignment. Starting shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera might miss […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Asdrubal Cabrera, David Wright, Dilson Herrera, Eerie Calm, Goose Gossage, Kevin Plawecki, Lucas Duda, Oliver Perez, Ruben Tejada, Spring Training, Travis d'Arnaud, Travis Taijeron, Yoenis Cespedes I just got my mental images developed from the World Series. Wanna see ’em? They’re right here in this envelope. This is one of me all excited to realize I’m going to a World Series game for the first time in my life. No, I wasn’t there any of the other times the Mets were in […] 40 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2015 Postseason, 2015 World Series, Citi Field, David Wright, Joy, Juan Uribe, Noah Syndergaard, Superstition The Mets have used a simple formula to get past the Dodgers and 3/4 of the way past the Cubs: Combine great starting pitching with a shutdown ninth inning. It’s worked pretty well … but the Mets are adding ingredients to the recipe. We’ll get back to the latest legends of Murphtober and […] 45 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2015 Postseason, Cubs, Daniel Murphy, David Wright, Jacob deGrom, Wrigley Field, Yoenis Cespedes Baseball is a game played nine to a side, with wheeling motion and shifting fielding assignments and set plays and so much else. But each play starts not with nine people doing multiple things, but with one person doing one thing: The pitcher takes the ball and throws it in the direction of home plate. When […] 59 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1969 Mets, 2015 Postseason, Citi Field, Clayton Kershaw, David Wright, Dodgers, Ed Charles, Justin Turner, Ron Swoboda, Steven Matz |
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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