 
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. |
Perhaps you’ve heard: Baseball is an unfair game. I learned that as a kid, having read it somewhere in the collected works of noted philosopher Roderick Edwin Kanehl, known once upon the Polo Grounds as Hot Rod. Baseball, Prof. Kanehl explained, “is a lot like life. The line drives are caught, the squibbles go for base […]  5 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Bobby Parnell, Marlins, No-Hit Bids, Rod Kanehl, Zack Wheeler If you want to swim with the sharks, you’ve got to learn to outlast the Marlins. Or something like that. And son of a Rich Renteria, Monday night we sure as Orestes Destrade did. On the twentieth anniversary plus one day of the evening Anthony Young didn’t just not lose to but actually won against then-expansion […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1993 Mets, Anthony Young, Bobby Parnell, Christian Yelich, Daniel Murphy, Dave Gallagher, Eddie Murray, Giancarlo Stanton, Greg Dobbs, Ike Davis, Jeff McKnight, Juan Pierre, Marlins, Marlon Byrd, Ryan Thompson, The Shawshank Redemption Prior to the All-Star Game, I heard and read that Citi Field was about to have its first “signature moment,” which I thought was a pretty misguided assessment, considering HELLO! NO-HITTER! on June 1, 2012. I’d also throw in a “hey” to that 20th win at the end of last year. I get what those takes […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2013 Mets, Citi Field, Extra Innings, Marlins, Ruben Tejada, Rupert Holmes, Signature Moments Sometimes you get what you wish for and then it doesn’t turn out so well for you, as it didn’t in this case. In the bottom of the fourteenth, I figured I was golden. David Wright was on first, but there were two out. Shaun Marcum was up. No way […] 19 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | David Aardsma, Extra Innings, Marlins, Matt Harvey, Rick Ankiel, Shaun Marcum, Team History, What a Terrible Team The funny thing is I’m not sure I actually know what Greg Dobbs looks like. Ask me to picture Chase Utley or Robinson Cano or Brian McCann or Ryan Zimmermann and I can instantly conjure a mental picture for you. Dobbs? I’ve got nothing except a general impression of squatness. But maybe that’s appropriate. Just as a […] Tomorrow we’ll start Just thinkin’ about When were stuck with McHugh Tomorrow we’ll start Matt Harvey! Matt Harvey! We were […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Collin McHugh, Harvey Day, Harveysteria, Jose Fernandez, Marlins, Matt Harvey, Super 2 A one-night pass was issued in advance. When the Mets sweep the Yankees, you cannot in all good faith complain about the next loss, even if it is to the frigging Marlins at their frigging boondoggle aquarium in front of a few dozen exotic fish and maybe a few dozen more curious onlookers. Shaun Marcum […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | First No-Hitter in New York Mets History, Jacob Turner, Marlins, Media, Relevance, Shaun Marcum, Subway Series Sweep, Team History Help! I’m being held prisoner inside a Mets-Marlins series! The Marlins were one of the two worst baseball teams playing at their eponymous park Wednesday afternoon. The Mets were the other one. Neither could be seriously described as the best of the pair. […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alfalfa, Bobby Parnell, Daniel Murphy, David Wright, Dillon Gee, Henry Chadwick, Jeff Kent, Joanie Sommers, John Buck, Jordany Valdespin, Lucas Duda, Magic 8 Ball, Marlins, Savoir-Faire, Scott Atchison, Scott Rice, Streaks, Wade LeBlanc A night after losing one of the most horrible baseball games I’ve ever seen in head-shaking, gag-inducing fashion, the Mets took on the Marlins and played eight and a half innings of baseball that was punchless but didn’t make you want to pour lye in your eyes, which is to say it was an improvement. […] 25 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Anthony Recker, Greg Dobbs, Hopelessness, Jeremy Hefner, Marlins, Tim McClelland Bruce Springsteen once advised you can’t start a fire without a spark. Monday night and Tuesday morning, there was no spark in Marlins Park. And for several days before, there was no yield at Citi Field. The Mets can’t get anything going in any sense anywhere. They are stuck in place…fourth place, to be precise, […] 23 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2013 Mets, Bruce Springsteen, Decay, Do Something, Extra Innings, Mad Men, Marlins, Matt Harvey, May, Terry Collins, Thin Patience |
Piazza: Catcher, Slugger, Icon, Star by Greg Prince is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers. 
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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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