 
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 A Met for All Seasons, a series in which we consider a given Met who played in a given season and…well, we’ll see. Looks back at the ’86 Mets often pair Wally Backman with Lenny Dykstra, his fellow partner in grime (and co-star in the ’86 year-in-review video’s super-cringey “Wild Boys” montage). Which makes sense: Backman and […]  6 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1984 Mets, 1986 Mets, A Met for All Seasons, Billy Martin, Brandon Nimmo, Darryl Strawberry, Davey Johnson, Diamondbacks, Earl Weaver, Lenny Dykstra, Managers, Minor Leagues, Sandy Alderson, Terry Collins, Wally Backman Let me take you back a little ways, to a not-long-ago iteration of the National League wild-card chase. The Diamondbacks were destiny’s new darlings, winning night after night and all set up for a run at the postseason, with the easiest schedule of any of the remaining contenders. As for the Mets, they were dead and […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Diamondbacks, Juan Lagares, Marcus Stroman, Michael Conforto, Wild Card Ready to kick that football, Mets fans? I’m not talking about the unasked-for arrival of a certain inferior sport before its time. Rather, I’m talking about Lucy Van Pelt and her ongoing invitation for Charlie Brown to kick the football she’s holding. Lucy, you probably remember, invariably yanked the football away, causing poor Charlie Brown to let […] 27 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Diamondbacks, Hope, Robbie Ray, Steven Matz, Wild Card “You don’t know how to ease my pain…” The Mets lost 7-3 to the Diamondbacks on Friday night, one night after losing to the Diamondbacks, 6-3. Three runs scored on each of two consecutive nights might very well be taken […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1963 Mets, 2006 Mets, Chris Beck, Diamondbacks, Dom Smith, Godley & Creme, Imaginary Sandy Alderson, Jose Reyes, Kevin Plawecki, M*A*S*H, Mickey Callaway, Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Seth Lugo, Stream of Consciousness, The West Wing, Wilmer Flores, Zack Godley Earl Weaver, a wise man, once cracked that momentum is the next day’s starting pitcher. Games take the form of stories as they unfold, but all those stories start with the guy on the mound. If he’s got his full arsenal, recent frustrations and failures are likely to dissipate. If he’s got nothing, a run […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Diamondbacks, Ezequiel Carrera, Jacob deGrom, Michael Conforto, Paul Goldschmidt Todd Frazier is officially a Met! Which means Mike Moustakas isn’t! News like this demands exclamation points late in an ellipsis kind of winter. Yet I am delighted enough to punctuate with enthusiasm, not so much because Frazier is a name-brand free agent who’s signed for only two years (I generally fall for those, regardless of […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1969 Mets, 1973 Mets, 1986 Mets, 1988 Mets, 1999 Mets, 2000 Mets, 2006 Mets, 2015 Mets, 2015 World Series, 2016 Mets, A's, Adrian Gonzalez, Alejandro Pena, Astros, Austin Jackson, Bob Aspromonte, Braves, Cardinals, Chris Chambliss, Cubs, Davey Johnson, Diamondbacks, Dodgers, Don Baylor, Eric Hosmer, Felix Millan, Fernando Tatis, Frank Cashen, George Bamberger, George Stone, Gerald Williams, Giants, James Loney, Jay Bell, Jesus Alou, Kelly Stinnett, Kevin Bass, Lee Mazzilli, Lenny Harris, Livan Hernandez, Lorenzo Cain, Marlon Anderson, Mike Marshall, Mike Moustakas, Mike Stanton, Orel Hershiser, Orioles, Orlando Hernandez, Postseason Grudges, Ramon Martinez, Red Sox, Reds, Rick Ankiel, Royals, Shawn Estes, T#m Gl@v!ne, Team History, The West Wing, Todd Frazier, Willie Randolph, Yankees Thirteen thoughts after staying up late with the Mets and watching alongside them as their opponents crossed the plate thirteen times. 1. Jon Niese, per the late Dennis Green, is who we expected him to be. Three fine innings against those poisonous Arizona Diamondbacks, a dreadful fourth, gone in the fifth. You can’t say he didn’t […] 74 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Curtis Granderson, Diamondbacks, Expectations, Jon Niese, Josh Edgin, Mirages, Possibility, Ty Kelly, Yasmany Tomas, Zack Godley Though Noah Syndergaard delivered the biggest blow at Chase Field Tuesday night, Jerry Blevins prevented a bigger blow. Syndergaard homered in no-doubt fashion in the fifth to give himself and his team a 3-1 lead. A pitcher going yard will always grab your attention, even if the concept of Thor homering is no longer novel; […] 36 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bill Maher, Diamondbacks, Distilled Spirits, Jerry Blevins, Noah Syndergaard, Pitchers Hitting, T.J. Rivera Applause for Kelly Johnson, upon the ninth-inning, one-out, two-run home run that tied Wednesday night’s game, was hearty at schvitzy Citi Field but not universal. The Metsnoscenti recognized false hope as soon as they saw it. Huzzah, Kelly, for you did what you were supposed to do, what none of your teammates managed to do […] 71 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bartolo Colon, Craig Counsell, Diamondbacks, Erubiel Durazo, Extra Innings, Hopelessness, Jeurys Familia, Kelly Johnson, Lorinda de Roulet, Mets Third Basemen, Oscar Hernandez, Robbie Ray, Ryder Chasin, T.J. Rivera Welp, that first West Coast trip is out of the way, and the Mets went 3-4, but 2-87 if you adjust the results by Depressed Met Fan Black Cloud Overhead Factor. 2-87 is obviously horrible, and in our spiritual standings the Mets are now 10,462 games out of first place. 3-4, on the other hand, is not horrendous […] 17 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Diamondbacks, Dilson Herrera, Eric Campbell, Jack Leathersich, Jacob deGrom, Kevin Plawecki, Travis d'Arnaud, Wilmer Flores |
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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