 
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. |
Take a moment, if you will, to consider last night from the perspective of Rangers fans — who must exist even though Cap Bingo never seems to turn one up in the New York area: Oh God we’re tied for first, we’re under .500, and the stupid cheating Astros have the tiebreaker. It’s all kind of […]  6 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Bo Bichette, Brandon Nimmo, Brett Baty, Cap Bingo, Corey Seager, Devin Williams, Juan Soto, Marcus Semien, Nolan McLean, Rangers, Trevor Williams, Wyatt Langford When the bores and bureaucrats tasked with making Major League Baseball worse inflicted interleague play on us, they were thinking of Mets-Yankees and Cubs-White Sox and even, say, Cardinals-Royals. They didn’t have the likes of Mets-Rangers in mind, largely because it’s the kind of matchup you’d grudgingly accept when your little brother has gotten his […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andy Green, Brandon Nimmo, Carson Benge, Corey Seager, Dedniel Nunez, Devin Williams, Ezequiel Duran, Francisco Alvarez, Globe Life Field, Jake Burger, Juan Soto, Justin Foscue, Kodai Senga, Managers, Marcus Semien, Nate Lavender, Rangers, Sean Manaea, Terry Collins We had guests up here at the house in Maine, so when I got to belatedly check on the Mets I did a double take. NYM 5, ATL 2? Really? Really. A little sleuthing revealed that Brett Baty had ambushed Bryce Elder with his first career grand slam, following an oh so modern bit of confusion […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Ewing, ABS, Andy Green, Bo Bichette, Braves, Brent Suter, Brett Baty, Bryce Elder, Carson Benge, Challenges, Christian Scott, Closers, Cristian Pache, Daniel Duarte, Devin Williams, Francisco Lindor, Jared Young, Kodai Senga, Nate Lavender, Ronald Acuna Jr. I shouldn’t be surprised, given how baseball is riddled with ironies, and yet I am: A team about to undergo a trade-deadline sea change is playing its best ball of the season. (The transformation is already underway, as the Mets have traded A.J. Minter to the Twins for a pair of prospects: Bruin Agbayani, the 19-year-old […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Minter, Billy Amick, Bo Bichette, Brooks Raley, Bruin Agbayani, Carson Benge, Devin Williams, Eury Perez, Francisco Lindor, Freddy Peralta, Luis Robert Jr., Marlins, Michael Petersen, Trade Deadline, Twins Contrary to popular perception, the Los Angeles Dodgers do not merely have to throw their gloves on the field in order to defeat the New York Mets. Friday and Saturday, I’m pretty sure all it took was the Dodgers checking in on the MLB Ballpark app. From all appearances, L.A. clicked “win” prior to first […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brooks Raley, Carlos Beltran, Cionel Perez, Devin Williams, Dodgers, Freddy Peralta, Hall of Fame, Ice Baths Gone Awry, Jeff Kent, Luke Weaver, Marcus Semien, Self-Esteem, Tyrone Taylor Remember the long-ago ad in which they switched a fancy restaurant’s presumably fancy coffee for Folgers crystals? A similar experiment seemed to have happened in Milwaukee Tuesday night. That was platinum glover Brice Turang looking oddly lethargic on a Carson Benge grounder that wound up bringing in two critical runs, and that was the Milwaukee infield […] Comments closed | | Print This Post | A.J. Ewing, Bo Bichette, Brandon Sproat, Brewers, Brice Turang, Carson Benge, Dallas Green, Devin Williams, Francisco Lindor, Freddy Peralta, Jared Young, Luis Robert Jr., Pat Murphy, Zac Thornton Major League Baseball imposing an extended intermission upon its schedule proved absolutely restorative where our parochial interests were concerned. All the Mets needed was a break. A little break. A break a little less long or at least more disjointed than any other team besides the Phillies. We came back from not playing for three […] On July 12, 2015, a curious Met void was filled when Kirk Nieuwenhuis homered not once, not twice, but thrice at Citi Field, leading his team over the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks, 5-3, in the final game before the All-Star break. Until that Sunday afternoon, no Met had ever hit three home runs in a home […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2026 Mets, Devin Williams, Elton John, Francisco Lindor, Game Before the All-Star Break, Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Luke Weaver, Patent-Pending Losses, Red Sox, Team History, Worsts, Zach Thornton Unfortunately, bonkers wins count the same as ho-hum ones. The Mets’ 7-6 extra-inning win Monday night in Atlanta was certainly bonkers, even certifiably so. Proof: Juan Soto hit a go-ahead home run into the upper reaches of the Chophouse (rudely interrupting its trajectory to the moon) with two outs in the ninth and there was some […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Braves, Brooks Raley, Devin Williams, Extra Innings, Francisco Alvarez, Freddy Peralta, Great Escapes, Jared Young, Jim Jarvis, Jose Azocar, Juan Soto, Luis Torrens, Luke Weaver, Matt Olson, Mauricio Dubon, Owen Murphy, Ozzie Albies, Raisel Iglesias, Ronny Mauricio, Splits July 4’s delightful defeat in Atlanta had me drawing up a declaration of independence from the remainder of my team’s 2026 contests, so I didn’t particularly mind when the Mets and Braves started off late because of rain down in Georgia — hell, it can rain out the rest of this dreary year for all […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bo Bichette, Bob Murphy, Braves, Brooks Raley, Carlos Carrasco, Damn Things, Devin Williams, Dom Smith, Drake Baldwin, Guillermo Zuñiga, Howie Rose, Huascar Brazoban, Jared Young, Juan Soto, Keith Raad, Luke Weaver, Martin Perez, Nolan McLean, 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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