 
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. |
Most of Tuesday night unfolded the way most of Monday night had: we watched a Mets team at home doing a worrisome amount of nothing. Steven Matz gave up a two-run shot in the first inning, then settled down and looked much more like himself, though it should be said that we still don’t quite know […]  8 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Giants, Jeff McNeil, Steven Matz, Wilmer Flores Whoever decided to release Jason Vargas and replace him with this new dynamic starting pitcher VARGY deserves the full-time GM job. VARGY was NOT AT ALL VARGAS as he tamed the Phillies for five innings and lasted well into the sixth on Sunday night, providing all the pitching required […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Amed Rosario, Brandon Nimmo, Dom Smith, Ike Davis, Jahn's, Jason Vargas, Jeff McNeil, Kevin Plawecki, Little League Classic, Michael Conforto, Reluctant Youth Movements, Vargy, Williamsport There’s a reflexive wariness in listening to discussions of great pitchers of other eras, a little voice that pipes up to remind you that while those hurlers were undoubtedly amazing, stories have a way of growing in the telling. I saw Bob Gibson strike out 22 Reds during a tornado that tore the facade right off […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Ballparks, Carlos Santana, Cy Young, Great American Ball Park, Jacob deGrom, Jeff McNeil, Nationals Park, Nick Williams, Phillies, PNC Park, Reds, Rhys Hoskins, Wilson Ramos I was supposed to be writing this recap at home, finally returned from an eight-day jaunt that took me to six states and five ballparks (four of them new), with a side of genealogy dorkery. But that was before Biblical rains descended on New York, blanketing it in radar bands of creeping green, bubbling yellow […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bryan Holaday, Corey Oswalt, Dan Straily, Ed Hickox, Jacob Rhame, Jeff McNeil, Marlins, Paul Sewald, Tayron Guerrero Moments after Jeff McNeil launched his first Citi Field home run to the branded soft drink pavilion overhanging right field, he was still giddy. Why wouldn’t he have been? McNeil joined the major leagues and the Mets on July 24. Almost everything is a first for him. […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2015 Mets, Austin Jackson, Brief Tribute Videos, Ed Kranepool, Forever, Jeff McNeil, Jerry Blevins, Matt Harvey, Noah Syndergaard, Prince, Robert Gsellman, Wilmer Flores Isolate enough positives from the Mets’ 108th game, and you’d wish the season was beginning anew. You’d happily start Zack Wheeler on theoretical Opening Day and look forward to seven innings of shutout ball from a pitcher who you know will do nothing to sabotage his own cause. You’d […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Austin Jackson, Bobby Wahl, Frankie Valli, Jeff McNeil, Robert Gsellman, Team History, Todd Frazier, Two-Thirds Mark, Zack Wheeler That’s enough baseball for tonight, thanks. Honestly, it was kind of funny. Your recapper was three seats behind the left-field fence for the worst loss — mathematically speaking — in franchise history, and can report that it really wasn’t that bad. Losing 3-2 in 11 lingers unpleasantly in the memory. Getting jumped for a five-spot in […] 25 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Fans, Franchise Records, Jeff McNeil, Jose Reyes, Nationals Such a messy game for such a tidy milestone, but given that the biggest mess of runs landed decisively on the Mets’ side of the box score, of course we’ll accept it without complaint. We do so little without complaint these days. What Mets fan could possibly […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Amed Rosario, Asdrubal Cabrera, Jeff McNeil, Round Numbers, Steven Matz, Team History, The Mets After a Hundred Games It was, admittedly, one of those Everything Has to Go Perfectly ideas: Emily and I were landing at JFK a little after 4, taking the subway home to drop our luggage, then turning around and getting back on the subway to meet her father and our niece at Citi Field to see the Mets take […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Citi Field, Customer Service, Jeff McNeil, Manuel Margot, Replay Review, Zack Wheeler |
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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