 
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. |
“Thank you for sharing, Baltimore O, and thank you for offering Baltimore O your empathy, Pittsburgh P. Having to replace a manager so early in the season is always difficult. Remember, at Losing Baseball Teams Anonymous, we’re here to help one another without rendering judgment. Do you have anything you wish to add, Chicago WS?” “Hi, […]  4 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Brett Baty, Francisco Lindor, Huascar Brazoban, Kvetching, Perspective, Stopping Losing, Tylor Megill As it turned out, the Mets played one classic in the first leg of the 2025 Subway Series, sandwiched by a pair of duds. Sunday night’s finale, narrated by an irritating ESPN crew that licked every Yankee uniform until it was shiny and clean, looked like it was in the running to be a classic for […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aaron Judge, Adam Hamari, Bad Fundies, Clay Bellinger, David Peterson, Genesis Cabrera, Huascar Brazoban, Jorbit Vivas, Juan Soto, Mark Vientos, Max Fried, Paul Goldschmidt, Pete Alonso, Ryne Stanek, Subway Series, Yankees Who could or would be happy that the Mets beat the Yankees in the Bronx on Saturday? Us, obviously. The Mets beating the Yankees is a thing for us. We’re Mets fans. We like when the Mets beat anybody. We especially like the Mets beating the Yankees. We like Griffin Canning, he of the 2.47 ERA, […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carlos May, Edwin Diaz, Griffin Canning, Huascar Brazoban, Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Jacob deGrom, Jim Gosger, Jim Marshall, Juan Soto, Luis Torrens, Luisangel Acuna, Mike Lecolant, Moment of Silence, Ralph Kiner, Reed Garrett, Rich Hill, Ron Swoboda, Subway Series, Tom Seaver The Mets won a misbegotten mess of a game against the Pirates Monday night, a contest simultaneously wonderful and awful, with eerily parallel mistakes ahead of a Mets closing kick that left you asking, “Wasn’t there an easier way to get here?” Nothing seemed all that stange in the early innings, as David Peterson (excellent) dueled […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, Brett Baty, Brian Reynolds, Caleb Ferguson, David Bednar, David Peterson, Dedniel Nunez, Francisco Lindor, Henry Davis, Huascar Brazoban, Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Jared Triolo, Jeff McNeil, Joey Bart, Jose Butto, Juan Soto, Ke'Bryan Hayes, Luisangel Acuna, Paul Skenes, Pete Alonso, Pirates, Tyrone Taylor Thanks, Gare. Like you said, it’s midnight in Manhattan, and this is no time to get cute, yet as we know, every first Monday night of May marks the return of the Met Gala to Manhattan, and whenever the Mets are playing at midnight Eastern Time on that same night, the game is stopped, wherever […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bruce Springsteen, Carlos Mendoza, Dedniel Nunez, Diamondbacks, Edwin Diaz, Fashion, Francisco Alvarez, Francisco Lindor, Griffin Canning, Huascar Brazoban, Met Gala, Milestones, Molly Shannon, Pete Alonso, Steve Gelbs, The Pajama Game, Tyrone Taylor A day later, there was no wackiness, no crazy reversals, and a fairly simple narrative. And you know what? That was just fine. The rain threatened to play havoc with Clay Holmes‘ preparation and our afternoon plans, but Holmes persevered through two delays and I presume most of us did too — the only guy who […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Minter, Catchers, Clay Holmes, Danny Young, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Alvarez, Gary Carter, Huascar Brazoban, Jerry Grote, Max Kranick, Nationals, Rain Delays, Rene Rivera Yeah! Luis Torrens! The backup catcher thrust into near-everyday action is the hero in the bottom of the eighth, rescuing the Mets with a double all the way down the left field line, scoring Brandon Nimmo from second, salvaging an inning that nearly went by the wayside on the basepaths, breaking a tie, and positioning […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, Brett Baty, Cardinals, David Peterson, Francisco Lindor, Huascar Brazoban, Juan Soto, Luis Torrens, Luisangel Acuna, Mark Vientos, Max Kranick, Old Friends, Phil Maton, Ryne Stanek, Tyrone Taylor, Walkoffs, Wishes, Wonders A day after Monday night’s freeze-fest, the Mets played a game that had been moved to Tuesday daylight hours and yet somehow took place in even less pleasant conditions. (They closed the Promenade, which ought to tell you something.) That verdict was clear pretty much from the jump: Clay Holmes‘ third pitch of the afternoon […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Clay Holmes, Clayton McCullough, Cold, Connor Gillispie, Derek Hill, Farewells, Francisco Lindor, Huascar Brazoban, Marlins, Moment of Silence, Not Conor Gillaspie, Octavio Dotel, Pete Alonso, Starling Marte, Weather, Xavier Edwards The City Connects were the perfect uniform for Saturday night’s Mets game, played in murky gray conditions with an inescapable wet chill, cascades of mist wafting through the air, and any ball that touched outfield grass leaving a spray of droplets to mark its progress. A surprisingly big crowd showed up despite the obvious attractions of […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Blue Jays, Brendon Little, Chris Bassitt, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Lindor, George Springer, Griffin Canning, Huascar Brazoban, Jeff Hoffman, Jesse Winker, Jose Butto, Jose Siri, Nick Sandlin, Starling Marte, Yimi Garcia The Mets played to five ties in Spring Training. You can’t do that in the regular season, eight long-ago curfew/rain-related exceptions to the rule notwithstanding,. Therefore, Opening Day 2025 was going to be either a win or a loss, meaning we were bound to process it, in very basic terms, as good or bad. Loss equals […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Astros, Clay Holmes, Framber Valdez, Hayden Senger, Huascar Brazoban, Josh Hader, Juan Soto, Mets Opening Day, Opening Day, Rationalization, Uniforms |
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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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