 
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 that, overdogs! Putting up 12 runs against the Yankees in their home park won’t change anything about October or much about the trajectory of a disappointing Mets season, but boy was it ever a satisfying way to spend a Saturday afternoon. Francisco Lindor led off with a line-drive homer into the short porch on Gerrit Cole‘s […]  5 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Andy Green, Carson Benge, Cody Bellinger, Francisco Lindor, Gerrit Cole, Injuries, Jared Young, Juan Soto, Luis Torrens, Managers, New Yankee Stadium, Nolan McLean, Subway Series, Tobias Myers, Yankees, Zac Thornton “The final score, Mets 15 Marlins 14. What a night in Miami. Steve, I understand you have our star of the game standing by.” “That’s right, Gare. We’re here with Uni Corn. Uni, I should let you catch your breath, but I’ve gotta ask, you don’t make many appearances with us.” 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Christopher Morel, Cranky Postgame Guests, Francisco Lindor, Luis Torrens, Marlins, Pinch-Runners, Pinch-Runners Who Homer, Pinch-Running, Steve Gelbs, Tobias Myers, Unicorn Scores Baseball is almost universally weird, but there’s weird by normal baseball standards and then there’s whatever happened to the Mets on Tuesday night in Miami. Sandy Alcantara reported for duty with his sinker acting as a Mets sleeper agent. That was obvious from the very first pitch of the game, which Francisco Lindor smacked over the […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andy Green, Clayton McCullough, Dedniel Nunez, Francisco Lindor, Joe Mack, Jonathan Pintaro, Juan Soto, Kodai Senga, Kyle Stowers, Last Place, Marlins, Nate Lavender, Nationals, Owen Caissie, Perfect Game Bids, Sandy Alcantara, Sean Manaea, Soilmaster Stadium “Clash of the titans!” my pal Pete texted from San Francisco, previewing Friday night’s Mets-Giants game. My response? “Shitty baseball can be fun!” Hey, sometimes I’m a prophet. I feel a little bad for Pete, an on-again, off-again fan who chose this year to get more interested in the Giants. Oops — the Mets are bad (news flash) […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andy Green, Austin Warren, Bo Bichette, Francisco Alvarez, Francisco Lindor, Giants, Harrison Bader, Kodai Senga, Mark Vientos, Nolan McLean, Rafael Devers, Ron Swoboda, Steve Gelbs, Tug McGraw, Tugboat Wilkinson In a lost season, the least the Mets could do was not get beaten by Freddy Fucking Peralta. That wasn’t quite the only thing I wanted from the dregs of 2026, but it was pretty close to it: Sure, lose eleventy billion games while playing dull, uninspired baseball. Just don’t get beaten by the failed Met […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Dylan Ross, Francisco Lindor, Freddy Peralta, Ghosts, Pete Alonso, Rays, Sean Manaea, The Holy Books At one end of the rickety Passarelle Boardwalk, the US Open was just getting going. I shared my LIRR train from Woodside with people who were far too clean, fit, and stylish to be going to the other end of those dubious planks. Not exactly a slobs versus snobs scenario, but our differences were palpable. […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andy Green, Annie, Astros, Back-to-Back Leadoff Home Runs, Bill Shea, Bob Moorhead, Bull Durham, Chris Devenski, Christopher Morel, Don Zimmer, Francisco Lindor, Jared Young, Jonathan Pintaro, Juan Soto, Last Active Shea Met, LIRR, Max Scherzer, Mets Outfielders-Third Basemen, Mets Third Basemen-Outfielders, Metsoterica, NBC, Passarelle Boardwalk, Recidivist Mets, Robert Stock, Rod Kanehl, September Callups, Sunday Night Baseball, T-shirts, Tennis, Tug McGraw, Zac Thornton Tuesday night at Citi Field was a game for icons. Dolly Parton’s music played to seemingly unanimous approval, one of those ballpark as public square moments that reminds a person that when something or somebody needs to be commemorated or celebrated — even if the subject isn’t baseball — a ballpark is the place to […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brewers, Dave Kingman, Dolly Parton, Francisco Lindor, Icons, Moment of Silence, Rey Ordonez, Ryder Chasin An oddity as this odd Mets season winds down is that I have remind myself Andy Green‘s top priority isn’t winning games. That’s always welcome, but not job one — job one is to conduct a quasi-instructional camp, in which new guys and new situations get tried out to see what might work in some […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andy Green, Austin Warren, Bo Bichette, Brewers, Christopher Morel, David Hamilton, Extra Innings, Francisco Lindor, Jefry Yan, Jonathan Pintaro, Kyle Harrison, Luis Robert Jr., Nate Lavender, Relief Pitching, Trevor Megill, William Contreras, Zac Thornton Let’s go live to the internal dialogue I’ve developed in the wake of the august Mets play of August 2026, right up through their 4-2 victory over the Padres at Citi Field on Wednesday afternoon. The Mets are winning some baseball games lately. 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2013 Mets, A.J. Ewing, Austin Warren, Baseball Scores, Bo Bichette, Carson Benge, Christopher Morel, Daniel Duarte, Francisco Lindor, Gabriel Arias, Jared Young, Jonathan Pintaro, Jorge Polanco, Kodai Senga, Nate Lavender, Robert Stock, Small Sample Sizes, The Replacements It was Fernando Tatis Jr. vs. the New York Mets, and it was no contest. Zac Thornton‘s first pitch of the game was met with about as perfect a swing as I’ve seen from a baseball player, and the ball came down on the moon. In the bottom of the second, the Mets scratched and clawed against […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Fernando Tatis Jr., Francisco Lindor, Home Run Robberies, Leadoff Home Runs, Padres, Robbie Ray, Splendiferous Catches, Zac Thornton |
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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