 
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. |
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. Hark ye yet again—the little lower layer. All visible objects, man, are but as pasteboard masks. But in each event—in the living act, the undoubted deed—there, some unknown but still reasoning thing puts forth […]  6 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1967 Mets, A Met for All Seasons, Al Schmelz, Alaska Goldpanners, Andy Messersmith, Baseball Cards, Bill Denehy, Bing Devine, Danny Frisella, Don Cardwell, Gil Hodges, Jerry Hinsley, Julian Javier, Keith Olbermann, Ken Boyer, Pitchers, The Holy Books, Tim McCarver, Tom Seaver, Tug McGraw, Wes Westrum I’ve spent a good chunk of the winter sulking about Jeurys Familia quick-pitching or Yoenis Cespedes playing base-soccer or Daniel Murphy bringing the glove up or Cespedes charging off first on a soft liner or Terry Collins being too sentimental or Lucas Duda being unable to make a simple throw home or getting to the big stage […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Baseball Cards, Bill Graham, Charlie Neal, Dennis Musgraves, Dick Rusteck, Jerry Grote, Jerry Hinsley, Joe Hicks, Lost Mets, Minor Leagues, Ray Daviault, Rod Kanehl, Sammy Drake, Shaun Fitzmaurice, Ted Schreiber, The Holy Books, Tom Seaver, Willard Hunter This cold February day requires a box score to keep us warm. Thus, I shall toss upon the fire the box score from the first game of a twinight doubleheader at Shea Stadium, September 22, 1967, courtesy of Baseball Reference. It describes an 8-0 loss by the Mets to the Houston Astros, but I won’t […] 22 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1967 Mets, Jerry Buchek, Jerry Cram, Jerry DiPoto, Jerry Grote, Jerry Hinsley, Jerry Koosman, Jerry Martin, Jerry May, Jerry Morales, Joe Grzenda, Names, Salty Parker, Team History, Willie Mays |
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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