 
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. |
I packed an asterisk and a caveat as I set out for my 27th consecutive Closing Day. Unlike water bottles whose caps aren’t fully sealed, security waved them right through. A rain delay nudged Closing Day into Closing Night. Closing Night closed only so much. The door to Citi Field and the Mets’ ultimate 2022 fortunes […]  7 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Batting Crown, Closing Day, Closing Night, Francisco Lindor, James McCann, Jeff McNeil, Mark Canha, Mychal Givens, Rain Delays, Trevor Williams Brandon Nimmo finally remembers how to steal bases and in activating his dormant skill aggravates a quad that merits exiting the game early, receiving imaging later and monitoring on a day-to-day basis. But I don’t want to talk about that. Jeff McNeil throws his body into every possible defensive play and has trouble getting up a couple […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 200 Wins, 2022 Mets, Bartolo Colon, Brandon Nimmo, Brewers, David Peterson, Drew Smith, Endurance, Francisco Lindor, Gratification, Hit By Pitch, Injuries, Jeff McNeil, Kevin Tapani, Mark Canha, Max Scherzer, Orel Hershiser, Pedro Martinez, Pete Alonso, Rick Porcello, Taijuan Walker, Team History, Tomas Nido, Willie Mays Pete Alonso grabbed his lumber When Francisco Lindor That’s basically the story of how the Mets employed a Lizzie Borden-style attack in Milwaukee Tuesday night to hack their way to a 7-5 victory in the penultimate game of their series […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Anxiety, Brewers, Dread, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Lindor, Grand Slams, Penultimate Day, Pete Alonso, Streaks A 7-1 win is, by nature, convincing. Thursday night at Citi Field, the Mets got the 7, the Pirates got the 1 — the Mets won by a lot, no doubt about it. Very convincing. Very convincing for Thursday night, at least. Every win the Mets have racked up since September 2, within the parameters of […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carlos Carrasco, Convincing, Daniel Vogelbach, Francisco Lindor, John Stearns, Mark Vientos, Moment of Silence, Roberto Clemente The Mets, of late, play two kinds of games: ones in which they lose seemingly winnable affairs in horribly frustrating ways and ones in which they beat the absolute tar out of their opponents without breaking too much of a sweat. We’re a third of the way through September, and I’m not sure I can […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andrew Nardi, Braves, Carlos Carrasco, Eduardo Escobar, Francisco Lindor, Mark Canha, Mark Vientos, Marlins, Pablo Lopez, Pennant Race Some things don’t change even as the calendar pages do. Back in April, emphasis placed on winning series was emphasis well-directed We have now entered September. Winning series is still a very good thing. A very good goal, too, though I wouldn’t want to get too far ahead of myself. Take every day, even the […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, Brandon Nimmo, Chris Bassitt, Clayton Kershaw, Darin Ruf, Dodgers, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Lindor, James McCann, Justin Turner, Pinch-Running, Series Win, Starling Marte, Terrance Gore, Trevor May In Game 1 of Saturday’s doubleheader against the Phillies, the Mets’ 2022 formula worked to perfection: grind out at-bats, drive up pitch counts, exploit weaknesses and strike. Brandon Nimmo led off with a walk against old chum Zack Wheeler, who threw 17 pitches in the first and 20 in the second, unscored upon but with his […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alec Bohm, Bailey Falter, Brett Baty, Darick Hall, David Peterson, Francisco Lindor, Frustration, Ghosts, Gosuke Katoh, J.T. Realmuto, Jeff McNeil, Kramer Robertson, Kyle Schwarber, Michael Perez, Nick Castellanos, Phillies, R.J. Alvarez, Rob Zastryzny, Sam Clay, Trevor Williams, Yolmer Sanchez, Zack Wheeler OK, lemme see if I got all this. You want the pair of Slugger Milestones — the 100th RBI and the 30th homer, wrap them separately. Yeah, those’ll stay cold. They’re Polar. You want the Speedy Duo with the Double Steal, the back half being the steal of home. You got it. We keep that on […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, Brett Baty, Chris Bassitt, Daniel Vogelbach, Darin Ruf, Francisco Lindor, Jeff McNeil, Joely Rodriguez, Keith Hernandez, Pete Alonso, Phillies, Pinch-Running, Regional Cuisine, Starling Marte, Stealing Home, Trevor May, Tyler Naquin OK, look: That was a pretty great ballgame. Two aces squared off — Max Fried and Jacob deGrom — and they were both pretty damn good. But the enemy offenses found the smallest of holes in their defenses. For deGrom, it was a lone inning where his slider was disobedient, refusing to be as sharp as […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Braves, Francisco Lindor, Kenley Jansen, Mark Canha, Max Fried, Michael Harris II, Pete Alonso, Vaughn Grissom Some days this year as a Mets fan, if you’re lucky (which you are if you’re a Mets fan this year), you feel a little like Tommy Flanagan — pronounced fluh-NAIG-un — Jon Lovitz’s truth-stretching character whose Saturday Night Live catchphrase “that’s the ticket” had the country in stitches for about a year in the […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Almost Too Good to Be True, Daniel Vogelbach, Francisco Lindor, Jon Lovitz, Liz Callaway, Pete Alonso, Taijuan Walker, Tyler Naquin |
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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