 
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. |
April! Baseball’s back! Hope is dewy and seemingly inexhaustible! The calendar makes sense again! All true, and thank goodness for that. But April isn’t just opportunity — it’s also necessity. Including relearning some hard baseball lessons. On Thursday night the Mets took a 1-0 lead to the seventh behind Nolan McLean. That lone skinny run came courtesy […]  8 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  ABS, Bad Relief Pitching, Brett Baty, Diamondbacks, Eduardo Rodriguez, Gabriel Moreno, Ildemaro Vargas, James McCann, Luis Garcia, Luis Robert Jr., Luke Weaver, Mark Vientos, Nolan McLean “This is Ellis Island here, people. I don’t care who you are, where you’re from, whether your relatives came over on the fucking Mayflower or on an inner tube from Haiti. This right here is the land of opportunity.” Tom Seaver was from Fresno, California. Bud Harrelson and Tug McGraw […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carlos Mendoza, Devin Williams, Global Game, Huascar Brazoban, International Flavor, Jared Young, Jorge Polanco, Kodai Senga, Luis Robert Jr., Luis Torrens, Luke Weaver, Marcus Semien, Mark Vientos, Metropolitan-American, Soccer, The Wolf of Wall Street, World Baseball Classic It happens every spring: A Mets loss arrives and then departs eliciting no reaction beyond a vaguely affronted shrug. A loss — striking in a new season where you still remember every twist of every game, but soon to fade into anonymity, becoming part of the blur of series and road trips and homestands and […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Minter, Cardinals, Kodai Senga, Luis Robert Jr., Richard Lovelady Opening Day brought balmy temperatures, runs a-plenty and good vibes. Most of Game 2, which arrived separated from Game 1 by the usual “rainouts happen” off-day, was the opposite: It was freezing, big hits were conspicuous in their absence, and the vibes were meh with a side of muttery. David Peterson was very David Peterson: mostly […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bo Bichette, Bryan Reynolds, David Peterson, Francisco Lindor, Gregory Soto, Henry Davis, Hunter Barco, Jake Mangum, Jared Young, Jorge Polanco, Juan Soto, Justin Lawrence, Luis Garcia, Luis Robert Jr., Marcell Ozuna, Mitch Keller, Pirates, Richard Lovelady, Walkoffs Did I hear him correctly? Did I hear Carson Benge, in the wake of his smashing major league debut at Citi Field, tell a friendly interlocutor that ”I want to keep playing here forever”? Don’t toy with us, kid. Because if you’re serious, we’re in the smitten state of mind to take you up on […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2026 Mets, Bo Bichette, Carson Benge, Dash Crofts, Debuts, Forever, Francisco Alvarez, Freddy Peralta, Home Opener, Jorge Polanco, Luis Garcia, Luis Robert Jr., Marcus Semien, Mets Home Opener, Moment of Silence, Oneil Cruz, Opening Day, Paul Skenes, Promise, Tobias Myers A Mets fan walks into an Applebee’s. That’s not a setup to a quip. It actually happens once a year that I know of, with me as the Mets fan. Applebee’s menu tends to shake out a bit on the salty side for my tastes, but salty is something I’ll never be if somebody is […] 17 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2006 Mets, Applebee’s, Bo Bichette, Brandon Sproat, Carlos Beltran, Craig Kimbrel, Freddy Peralta, Generation MST3K, Hall of Fame, Isolation, Jett Williams, Luis Robert Jr., Luisangel Acuna, Pete Alonso, Pinch-Running, Stephen Sondheim, Strangers, Winter |
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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