 
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. |
Honestly the rain delay was the best part. The Mets led 1-0 in the top of the second on Saturday and were at least mildly threatening to lead by more, with Mark Vientos at the plate against the Pirates’ Bailey Falter, two outs and runners on first and second. Then the skies opened up. It would be […]  8 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Baseball Cards, Brandon Nimmo, Brandon Waddell, Colin Poche, Disappointment, Foul Balls, Huascar Brazoban, Jose Butto, Paul Blackburn, Pirates, PNC Park, Rain Delays, Team Meetings, The Holy Books The Mets went only 2-for-7 with runners in scoring position Saturday night in Philadelphia, and their starting pitcher had to be pulled with one on and nobody out in the sixth, suggesting two overly familiar ingredients had been stirred into the pot for an eighth consecutive serving of futility stew. Fortunately, the Mets were experimenting […] Be glad that the first-place Mets compete on the same elite level as the first-place Dodgers. Be glad that the Mets play close, compelling games versus the defending world champions. Be glad the Mets can show up at Dodger Stadium and grab a quick 1-0 lead off future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw. Be glad Tylor Megill can […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, Brandon Waddell, Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers, Freddie Freeman, Horrible, Huascar Brazoban, Juan Soto, Luis Torrens, Max Muncy, Painful, Pete Alonso, Reed Garrett, Ronny Mauricio, Tylor Megill It didn’t exactly strike me as the best idea for the Mets to play the Rockies at home, fly across the country and then go toe to toe with the Dodgers the next night, but MLB has an unbroken record of not asking me what I think. That’s what the Mets did, and at least for […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andy Pages, Brandon Nimmo, Dave Roberts, Dodger Stadium, Dodgers, Dustin May, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Alvarez, Francisco Lindor, Freddie Freeman, Huascar Brazoban, Jose Butto, Jose Castillo, Max Kranick, Max Muncy, Michael Conforto, Paul Blackburn, Ryne Stanek, Shohei Ohtani, Tanner Scott, Teoscar Hernandez, Tommy Edman, Tyrone Taylor Scoring the two runs necessary to defeat the Chicago White Sox on Memorial Day was less a matter of pulling teeth than implanting them for the New York Mets. Virtually no baserunners for innings on end. Then baserunners. but none of them driven in. Ultimately, a sacrifice fly in the eighth and a sacrifice fly […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adrian Houser, Bubble Gum, Clay Holmes, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Alvarez, Francisco Lindor, Huascar Brazoban, Jose Butto, Jose Castillo, Juan Soto, Luis Torrens, Old Friends, One-Third of a Season, Pinch-Running, Sacrifice Flies, Tyrone Taylor, Walkoffs “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 |
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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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