 
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. |
Starting today and slated to appear in this space every Tuesday and Friday in the weeks and months ahead is a new Faith and Fear in Flushing series: A Met for All Seasons. In it, Jason and I will consider a given Met who played in a given season and…well, we’ll see. Here’s the background: We […]  11 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1994 Mets, A Met for All Seasons, Ballplayers as Ideas, David Segui, Dwight Gooden, Gerardo, Jason Jacome, Jose Vizcaino, Rico Brogna, The Baseball Network They scheduled a baseball game in the northeastern United States for March 29 and snow was on the ground within a week of its first pitch. Imagine that. You’ll have a harder time imagining the baseball being played under climate conditions ideally associated with the sport in […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Jack Hamilton, Jacob deGrom, Jason Jacome, Jay Hook, Moment of Silence, Nino Espinosa, Noah Syndergaard, Opening Day Starters, Ray Burris, Second Game Starters, Sid Fernandez, Team History, Tracy Stallard The good news to come out of August 11, 2014, is that the Mets beat the Phillies, 5-3, producing all sorts of sunny sidebars in Philadelphia while doing so. Universally beloved Jon Niese pitched seven strong; Buddy Carlyle bridged the eighth like Benjamin Franklin bridges the Delaware; Jeurys Familia, thanks to replay review, did not surrender […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1994 Mets, Anniversaries, Doug Linton, Eric Gunderson, Jason Jacome, Jim Lindeman, Mauro Gozzo, Milestones, Rico Brogna, Roger Mason Mike Pelfrey’s been re-signed, so that’s a load off our minds. If we didn’t have the tall wonder’s shortcomings on which to dwell, what starter’s lack of progress would obsess us ahead of Spring Training? Jon Niese’s probably, which seems a little quick, considering he’s only 25 and has yet to make more than 30 starts […] 17 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bill Pulsipher, Eric Hillman, Greg Harris, Hisanori Takahashi, Jason Jacome, Jerry Koosman, Jon Matlack, Jon Niese, Pete Schourek, PItching, Rob Gardner, Sid Fernandez, Team History, Tug McGraw |
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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