 
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. |
By one measure, Justin Verlander looked pretty good after facing 16 Dodgers on Friday night at Citi Field to kick off the second half of the 2023 season: He hadn’t allowed a hit, keeping the Mets even in a 0-0 pitchers’ duel with Julio Urias. And if that’s the extent of what you saw, well, maybe […]  16 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Brandon Nimmo, Buck Showalter, Dodgers, Freddie Freeman, Julio Urias, Justin Verlander, Mookie Betts It’s one of the oldest questions for a baseball fan who lives and dies with his or her team: If said team is fated to lose, how would you prefer that fate to unfold? Meekly and with minimal fuss? Or loudly but with the same outcome? The Dodgers are a quarter-billion-dollar baseball death machine. Their lineup […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Blake Treinen, Brusdar Graterol, Dodgers, Futile Comebacks, Jeurys Familia, Julio Urias, Justin Bruihl, Matt Beaty, Tylor Megill, Will Smith I gotta say, I am loving the 1986 vibe around our first-place Mets. True, it’s mostly a function of homecoming weekend (a concept I dared only dream of when Citi Field was no more than a branding exercise), but this wouldn’t work nearly as well without the Mets being in first place. And did I mention […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1986 Mets, 1986 World Series, Bob Murphy, Chase Utley, Chase Utley Sucks, Curtis Granderson, David Wright, Gary Thorne, Jacob deGrom, Jeurys Familia, Juan Lagares, Julio Urias, Lenny Dykstra, Old Timers Day, Racing Stripes, Radio, Team History, WHN, WOR |
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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