 
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. |
Eighteen years ago, I added a new team to my consciousness. The Brooklyn Cyclones weren’t actually a new club. They were the old St. Catharines Stompers, and spent the summer of 2000 as the Queens Kings, affiliated with the Blue Jays but owned by the Mets and playing before basically nobody at St. John’s. That was […]  14 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Andrew Edwards, Antoine Duplantis, Brooklyn Cyclones, Championships, Edgardo Alfonzo, Fans, Jake Mangum, Joe Davis, Justin Wilson, Lowell Spinners, Marino Campana, MCU Park, Mitch Ragan, Pete Alonso, Ranfy Adon, Wilmer Flores, Yoel Romero The Mets were on YouTube Wednesday. I have no idea how that went, which is probably for the best, since that was a game crying out for some combination of Gary, Keith and Ron to provide perspective and perhaps solace, following the absurd bullshit of Tuesday night. The two factoids that will haunt me: The […] 24 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Fans, Howie Rose, Jeurys Familia, Justin Wilson, Nationals, Pete Alonso, Radio, Seth Lugo, Wayne Randazzo, Wilson Ramos The rocket ride, amazingly, continues. In front of a packed, delirious house, the Mets kept on playing baseball with verve and swagger and a talent for the impossible whenever it was necessary. From Noah Syndergaard shaking off some early stumbles (though Juan Soto will make even a sure-footed pitcher miss a step or two) to home-run […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Fans, Fathers and Sons, J.D. Davis, Joy, Juan Soto, Luis Guillorme, Nationals, Noah Syndergaard, Seth Lugo, Wilson Ramos Hello, sir or madam, I am calling today from Metropolitan Research Inquiries, or MRI. Your name has been chosen at random from a database of fans of your baseball team to determine which ways you’d prefer your team to lose. Results will go into helping create potential […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Fans, Frustration, Injuries, Jeff McNeil, Keon Broxton, Losing, Market Research, Michael Conforto, Zack Wheeler Jason Vargas headed into winter in style Thursday night, allowing three hits and no runs over seven innings as the Mets beat the Braves. In fact, Mets starting pitchers allowed the Braves exactly zero runs in the two teams’ final series of the year. Asterisk time! Vargas may have shaved nearly three runs off his ERA […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | David Wright, Devin Mesoraco, Fans, Hope, Jason Vargas, Kevin Plawecki I really thought I had MLB At Bat licked. Volunteer duties and a kayaking trip kept me away from the Mets’ matinee against the Nats (I know, smallest of violins) and my post-vacation brain forgot to set the DVR to record the game. So when I arrived home a little before 8, my path to semi-responsible […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Blowouts, Corey Oswalt, Disappointment, Fans, MLB At Bat, Montreal Expos, Nationals, Paul Sewald, Steven Matz, Tyler Bashlor What if the secret of making the Mets better is being mean to them? No, not by forcing them to play a new position, letting them rot on the bench, warming them up too often and not putting them in a game, not putting them in a game for weeks, letting injuries linger without DL stints, […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Fans, Jason Vargas, Jay Bruce, Kevin Plawecki, Nationals, Nicknames, The Jason Vargas Index That’s enough baseball for tonight, thanks. Honestly, it was kind of funny. Your recapper was three seats behind the left-field fence for the worst loss — mathematically speaking — in franchise history, and can report that it really wasn’t that bad. Losing 3-2 in 11 lingers unpleasantly in the memory. Getting jumped for a five-spot in […] 25 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Fans, Franchise Records, Jeff McNeil, Jose Reyes, Nationals Your recapper will begin by confessing something usually kept discreetly behind the Faith & Fear curtain: his direct experience of tonight’s game was limited to the bottom of the ninth, watched while scowling/frowning at a phone in a friend’s living room north of Boston. Well, fuck. That bottom of the ninth was brief. Mercifully, one […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Akeel Morris, Fans, Garrett Olson, Gerson Bautista, Hansel Robles, Hope, Jay Bruce, Lino Urdaneta, Mac Scarce, Matt Harvey, Steven Matz Baseball’s pretty fun under any circumstances. Buried in the standings and auditioning kids whom everyone knows aren’t ready? A September game’s still not a bad use of an evening. Grinding along in a summer you know won’t require keeping your fall calendar clear? Ditto. But baseball’s even more fun when it matters. Starting 11-1 doesn’t ensure a […] |
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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