 
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. |
Today is the 40th anniversary of my first appearance in a major league box score. There I am…look closely. See the part where it says the attendance was 18,776? I’m one of the 18,776. Without me, it’s 18,775. I was just one fan in one seat at Shea Stadium on the afternoon of July 11, 1973. […]  44 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1973 Mets, Anniversaries, Duffy Dyer, Jerry Koosman, Shea Stadium The Braves have announced that they’ll retire No. 10, recently worn by the player forever known in these parts as Larry Jones. The Mets might or might not have a ceremony of their own soon — they’ve been coy about the chances of putting Mike Piazza’s No. 31 on the wall when he’s inducted to […] 37 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Darryl Strawberry, Dwight Gooden, Gary Carter, Howard Johnson, Jerry Koosman, Keith Hernandez, Mike Piazza, Retired Numbers, Tug McGraw, Willie Mays Now he’s at 18. Now this is getting to be a whole other kind of fun. Oh, it was good, clean, dry fun — no rain, please; it disturbs everything for which he stands — from early on this season. And it was a veritable overflowing fountain cup of fun in the middle of the year […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Al Leiter, Bobby Ojeda, David Cone, Dwight Gooden, Frank Viola, Jerry Koosman, R.A. Dickey, Tom Seaver Bravo, pretty much without exception and with only limited debate, for the 50th Anniversary Mets’ All-Time Team as revealed Sunday night at the 92nd Street Y and broadcast Thursday night on SNY. The committee empowered to choose the all-timers — Howie Rose, Gary Cohen, Marty Noble, John Harper, Mike Vaccaro and Mike Lupica — gave […] 47 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 50th Anniversary, All-Time Team, Cleon Jones, Darryl Strawberry, Davey Johnson, David Wright, Dennis Cook, Edgardo Alfonzo, Endy Chavez, Jerry Koosman, Jim McAndrew, Joel Youngblood, Jose Reyes, Keith Hernandez, Kevin Mitchell, Melvin Mora, Mike Piazza, Rick Reed, Rod Kanehl, Roger McDowell, Rusty Staub, Sid Fernandez, Team History, Terry Leach, Todd Pratt, Tom Seaver, Tug McGraw, Turk Wendell 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 Welcome to The Happiest Recap, a solid gold slate of New York Mets games culled from every schedule the Mets have ever played en route to this, their fiftieth year in baseball. We’ve created a dream season that includes the “best” 145th game in any Mets season, the “best” 146th game in any Mets season, […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1976 Mets, 1986 Mets, 1997 Mets, Carl Everett, Dave Magadan, Fiftieth Anniversary, Jerry Koosman, Team History, The Happiest Recap Welcome to The Happiest Recap, a solid gold slate of New York Mets games culled from every schedule the Mets have ever played en route to this, their fiftieth year in baseball. We’ve created a dream season that includes the “best” 91st game in any Mets season, the “best” 92nd game in any Mets season, […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1975 Mets, 1990 Mets, 2006 Mets, Bob Murphy, Carlos Beltran, Fiftieth Anniversary, Jerry Koosman, Team History, The Happiest Recap Welcome to The Happiest Recap, a solid gold slate of New York Mets games culled from every schedule the Mets have ever played en route to this, their fiftieth year in baseball. We’ve created a dream season that includes the “best” 85th game in any Mets season, the “best” 86th game in any Mets season, […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1978 Mets, 1995 Mets, 2007 Mets, Bret Saberhagen, Carlos Beltran, Fiftieth Anniversary, Jerry Koosman, Team History, The Happiest Recap Welcome to The Happiest Recap, a solid gold slate of New York Mets games culled from every schedule the Mets have ever played en route to this, their fiftieth year in baseball. We’ve created a dream season consisting of the “best” first game in any Mets season, the “best” second game in any Mets season, […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1968 Mets, 1969 Mets, 1985 Mets, Fiftieth Anniversary, Gary Carter, Jerry Koosman, Team History, The Happiest Recap, Tommie Agee 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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