 
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. |
The Mets, all $430-odd million of them, are a mess. The hitting is anemic. The starting pitching is mediocre. The record is the literal definition of mediocracy. The vibe, not an official stat but readily detectable, is a lot worse than that, with fans increasingly fuming before taking their seats, looking for someone to blame and […]  3 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Allan Lans, Austin Gomber, Bill Pulsipher, Daniel Bard, Frustration, Gary Gentry, Generation K, Jason Isringhausen, Mental Health, Paul Wilson, Rockies, Shea Stadium 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. Jimmy quit Together they started fewer than 100 games as Mets, yet there may be no trio of Met starting pitchers that occupies as […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1995 Mets, A Met for All Seasons, Bill Pulsipher, Generation K, IPP, Jason Isringhausen, Paul Wilson, That Thing You Do, The Baseball Network, The Simpsons Ladies and gentlemen, your 2011 New York Mets, just a bump here and a dip there from being the most average team in existence. They’re 22-22. They’ve scored 180 runs and given up 180 runs, making their Expected Win-Loss record 22-22. They’re 10-12 at home, 12-10 on the road. They’re 9-8 during the day, 13-14 at […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alex Rodriguez, Generation K, Jason Isringhausen, Justin Turner, Mark Teixeira, New Yankee Stadium, R.A. Dickey, Subway Series, Yankees Like my blog partner, I registered the wholly unexpected presence of Jason Isringhausen in Mets camp — and, however briefly, allowed myself to dream. Stories like Izzy’s are an object lesson in why it’s good that fans don’t run baseball teams. The reaction of the Sandy Alderson braintrust to Izzy’s availability, I’m sure, was a businesslike […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bill Pulsipher, Disappointment, Generation K, Hope, Jason Isringhausen, Recidivst Mets, Team History It’s nice to know who you are, even if you don’t always buy into it, even if who you are keeps on changing. For example, per a request made here several weeks ago, Andre Dawson will be going into the Hall of Fame as a Montreal Expo, making thousands of dispossessed ‘Spos fans (if not […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1984 Mets, 1997 Mets, 2010 Mets, Andre Dawson, Bobby Valentine, Davey Johnson, Expos, Fernando Tatis, Generation K, Identity, Josh Fogg, Six Feet Under, Soilmaster Stadium, Uncertainty |
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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