 
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 sunny Friday without a baseball game, which is so weird that I know that come early evening I’ll be poking at my TV remote in consternation until I remember: “Oh yeah, stupid World Cup.” At least that gives us extra time (see what I did there) to marvel at the Mets’ 6-4 win […] Welcome back to NBC 4 New York’s continuing coverage of this unforgettable day. We now go live to Bruce Beck, who has word of an unforeseen development, as the massive downtown celebration of the NBA champion Knicks takes an unexpected turn. Natalie, since Lower Broadway was already set up for an UNBELIEVABLE procession, New York City […]  19 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2026 Mets, A.J. Ewing, Bo Bichette, Bruce Beck, Counting Crows, Francisco Alvarez, Juan Soto, Luis Torrens, Nolan McLean, Parades Yet To Be Scheduled, Recidivist Mets, Zack Short A few hours before the Knicks turned New York City into the world’s largest block party, the Mets lost a humdrum game against the Braves by the told-you-it-was-humdrum score of 3-1. To be fair, the biggest positive of the game was actually worth noting: Sean Manaea got the start and turned in six effective innings, a […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Austin Warren, Braves, Droughts, Eli White, Juan Soto, Knicks, Martin Perez, Michael Harris II, Replay Review, Rick Sweet, Sean Manaea, Umpires Like Bob Seger so many summers ago, Bo Bichette woke last night to the sound of thunder. BOOM! before the game. Then he woke the rest of us up. BOOM! in the first inning. BOOM! like crazy in the second. Bo went BOOM! twice in a game that waited for a wicked storm to pass […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bo Bichette, Bob Seger, Braves, Gene Shalit, Grand Central Madison, Grand Slams, Juan Soto, Lightning, LIRR, Masks, Mets Museum’s Inadequacies, Moment of Silence, Nolan McLean, Rain, Thunder Between innings on Wednesday night, after a shared reluctance to shvitz our assorted body parts off on Thursday afternoon had pushed up by eighteen hours Stephanie’s and my vague plan to fulfill our even vaguer ambition to go to a game this week, I stared out at Citi Field’s well-manicured lawn with admiration. It had […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Minter, Bo Bichette, Brooks Raley, Christian Scott, Devin Williams, Grass Growing, Jared Young, Juan Soto, June Humidity, Luke Weaver It’s good to win a baseball game. It’s good to win a baseball game against the Marlins, who are a collective blight on baseball, an affront to the concept of not just team sports but also leisure-time activity, and a rebuttal to the idea that there can be joy and light in a cosmos riven by […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Ewing, Brett Baty, Carson Benge, Josh White, Juan Soto, Luis Torrens, Marcus Semien, Mark Vientos, Marlins, Nolan McLean, Owen Caissie The Mets won … it just feels kind of like they didn’t. Not only did they win, they also did some things pretty impressively. They ground out lengthy ABs. Most everybody pitched well, with Jonah Tong emerging from the scrum of openers and serial relievers with a win and Luke Weaver pantsing Sal Stewart to shut […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Ewing, Almost Blown Saves, Carson Benge, Devin Williams, Eric Wagaman, Ghosts, Horrendous Uniforms, Jonah Tong, Juan Soto, Reds, Sal Stewart “Look for the helpers,” Mr. Rogers implored, and the wishful thinkers in Mets management listened. They didn’t know who was gonna help in Mr. Met’s Neighborhood, but they’d keep looking. As of Tuesday night, the Mets had sought help from 48 players in 55 games. As of Monday afternoon, they had tried only 46 different […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2024 Mets, A.J. Minter, David Peterson, Eric Wagaman, Grim Scene, Jared Young, Juan Soto, Luis Torrens, Mets Third Basemen, Mr. Rogers, Roster Turnover What’s that saying about how if you watch a baseball game, you’re bound to see something you’ve seen repeatedly? Occasional outlier notwithstanding, the 2026 Mets are expert at rolling out slight variations on the same old same old. Take Friday’s game — please. Another cobbling together of à la carte options from the pitching menu: a reliever […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carson Benge, Craig Kimbrel, Dog Days in May, Jonah Tong, Juan Soto, Marlins, Sean Manaea, Tobias Myers It occurred to me as I witnessed five different Mets don the vest and hard hat on Thursday afternoon at Citi Field that if this team is gonna keep hitting homers in bunches, they’ll need to add some variety to their dugout celebration wardrobe. Maybe one slugger can be the construction worker, another one can […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Ewing, Brett Baty, Cleon Jones, Dugout Fashion, Hayden Senger, Juan Soto, Marcus Semien, Mark Vientos, Michael Mays, Nolan McLean, Sweeps, Video Review, Village People, 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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