 
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. |
To borrow a phrase favored by Josh Lewin, what did we learn on Saturday afternoon watching the Mets lose in the Bronx, other than Saturday afternoon Subway Series conflicts have diminished in appeal since Matt Franco was in fullest bloom? We learned the […]  25 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2015 Mets, Asdrubal Cabrera, Baseball's Sad Lexicon, Bobby Wahl, Branon Nimmo, Communications, Designated Hitter, Devin Mesoraco, Jeurys Familia, Josh Lewin, Lack of GM, Matt den Dekker, Mickey Callaway, Ron Hunt, Subway Series, The West Wing, Trades, Will Toffey, Yoenis Cespedes Faith and Fear in Flushing, which we dedicated as The Blog for Mets Fans Who Like to Read on February 16, 2005, turns 13 years old today, which is neither here nor there, unless you’ve come for a kiddush (in which case you might like to read the Haftorah) or you’re joining us in praise […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | An Appreciation, Anniversaries, Edgardo Alfonzo, Internal Affairs, Jason Vargas, Matt den Dekker, Mets Hall of Fame Welcome to FAFIF Turns Ten, a milestone-anniversary series in which we consider anew some of the topics that have defined Mets baseball during our first decade of blogging. In this installment, we delineate our two primary states of being. The Monday before the Mets opened their 2015 season would have to go down in pencil as […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | .500, Alex Torres, Blogging, Cory Mazzoni, FAFIF Turns Ten, Jerry Blevins, Losing, Matt den Dekker, Winning The best thing about tonight’s 4-3 victory over the Marlins? It was a relatively normal baseball game. It wasn’t Monday night’s six-error shitshow in which the Marlins won by sucking less. Nor was it Tuesday night’s ludicrous display of non-pitching, with Jon Niese pitching as badly as he could without actually losing and old non-friend Brad […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Jacob deGrom, Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Managers, Marlins, Matt den Dekker, Terry Collins, Wally Backman Sandy Alderson insisted losing two out of three to the Nationals didn’t have anything to do with Friday’s developments in Metland, but let’s not kid ourselves. Wilmer Flores is going to be the guy at shortstop, not Ruben Tejada. Lucas Duda is going to play against tough lefties. Kirk Nieuwenhuis was going to be the guy in left, except […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bartolo Colon, Chris Young, Matt den Dekker, Milestones, Orel Hershiser, Pedro Martinez, Sandy Alderson, Terry Collins, Wilmer Flores The 2014 Mets have their problems, goodness knows — tepid hitting, shaky defense, ever-shrinking payrolls, changing stories and omnipresent drama. But at least they aren’t the 2014 Phillies. My word. The snarky term in vogue for what the Phillies are is “tire fire,” and it’s a good one — tire fires are gag-inducing, visible for miles and hard […] 16 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bartolo Colon, Matt den Dekker, Phillies, Ruben Amaro Jr., Wilmer Flores After eight and a half innings, I had a little roadmap of tonight’s post scrawled on a bit of scratch paper: Another chapter of Mets payroll football, starring Sandy Alderson as Charlie Brown 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andrew Brown, Gary Cohen, Giants, Josh Satin, Juan Centeno, Matt den Dekker, The Holy Books, Zach Lutz Matt den Dekker is a plus center fielder for a team that suddenly has a surplus of them, has some pop, and looks like he’s got an idea about how to approach an at-bat. Travis d’Arnaud, despite being written off by people unfamiliar with the concept of “small sample size,” has a good arm and an […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Fans, Justin Turner, Lucas Duda, Matt den Dekker, Travis d'Arnaud 1. When the Mets seem to have the game won but the Nats keep hanging around in the rearview mirror, you’re not being paranoid. They really are closer than they appear. 2. Particularly if it’s happening at Nationals Park. 3. I guess it’s nice that David Wright and Ryan Zimmerman are buds and all, but I hate […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Jayson Werth, Matt den Dekker, Omar Quintanilla, Ruben Tejada, Ryan Zimmerman, Vic Black, Wally Backman I’ve decided there are three junctures of the Spring Training schedule that make the endless nature of the exhibition interregnum worthwhile. First, there’s that inaugural Spring Training broadcast, when those voices you value most greet you for the first time in a proper context in months. You might have heard them announcing hockey or college basketball […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2013 Mets, Collin Cowgill, Jordany Valdespin, Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Lucas Duda, Marlon Byrd, Matt den Dekker, Mike Baxter, Outfield, Spring Training |
Piazza: Catcher, Slugger, Icon, Star by Greg Prince is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers. 
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