 
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. |
What Met tidings do the ides of March bring this spring? I’d like to believe glad, though in the middle a month devoted to merely getting ready for the season ahead, who can tell? Two sentences, two question marks. Only in March? Always in March. Entering the action of March 15, which includes a game matching Met […]  3 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Darryl Strawberry, Edwin Diaz, J.D. Davis, J.D. Martinez, Jeff McNeil, Jim McAndrew, Jose Quintana, Kodai Senga, March, Moment of Silence, Spring Training During his entire active tenure as a New York Met between 1965 and 1977, Buddy Harrelson never played a position besides shortstop, yet I find myself today thinking of his versatility. He could be described as the heart of the Mets, the soul of the Mets, the spirit of the Mets. I think I’ll go […] 17 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bud Harrelson, Buddy Harrelson, Mets shortstops, Moment of Silence You might know Ken MacKenzie was the only Met pitcher to post a winning record in 1962. As calling-card facts go, it is distinctive and enduring and, within the context of a team that inspired its beat writers to track what Leonard Koppett dubbed the “neggie” or negative statistic (like the Mets’ failure to win […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1962 Mets, Ken MacKenzie, Moment of Silence, Winning Pitchers Met offense is moping along as Met offense has made a habit of doing since its founding in 1962. Then amid the mopery emerges some genuine hope in the form of a Triple-A outfielder who brings to New York a bat loaded with hits, making things a little less mopey, at least for a spell. […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1963 Mets, Hamilton, Joe Hicks, Moment of Silence, Polo Grounds I have a few overriding memories of Ron Hodges’s Mets career that aren’t his signature moment in baseball. 1) Memorial Day 1976: The Mets have won the first game of a holiday doubleheader against Pittsburgh. They’re being shut out by Doc Medich in the second game. Ron Hodges hits a home run in the ninth. They […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1973 Mets, 1984 Mets, Meat Loaf, Mets Catchers, Moment of Silence, Ron Hodges My friend Matt Silverstone. It feels good to write that. It doesn’t feel good knowing I’m writing it because I recently did a little curiosity-driven Internet snooping and discovered Matt died eight years ago. I seem to run into that situation when I start to wonder whatever happened to some old friend of mine with […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Blackboard Jungle, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Mad Magazine, Matt Silverstone, Moment of Silence, Stand by Me Whether it was out of quaint National League loyalty, appreciation for vanquishing the Phillies, or a fleeting fancy born of the whims of October, I was an Arizona Diamondbacks fan for five nights in the World Series, extending the quick hop I made aboard their slithering bandwagon during the NLCS. An interim fan, you might […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1983 Mets, 2023 Postseason, Bruce Bochy, Carlos Mendoza, Coaches, Craig Swan, Davey Johnson, Diamondbacks, Frank Howard, Hall of Fame, Mets Managers, Moment of Silence, Rangers, Tim Bogar, Washington Senators, World Series, World Series Ending Atop the annals of below-the-surface New York Mets history — that place where the significance of 1969 and 1986 and Mike Piazza’s home run on September 21, 2001, are implicit — The Rob Gardner Game has long lurked. The Rob Gardner Game may be NYMIYKYK incarnate. If you know, you know. Yet it isn’t something […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1965 Mets, Chris Short, Curfews, Jim Bunning, Moment of Silence, Rob Gardner, Team History, The Rob Gardner Game, Ties The scouting report I have cobbled together regarding Joe Christopher’s New York Mets career of 1962 through 1965 is he could run pretty well; he could hit pretty well; fielding was optional; and none of it much mattered, because to those who fell hard for the early Mets, Joe’s most outstanding tool was personality. Anecdotal […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1962 Mets, 1964 Mets, Joe Christopher, Moment of Silence Freddie Freeman having doubled 55 times in 2023 without networks breaking into prime time programming even once to issue bulletins on his chase of 60 — a two-base hit total not reached since the 1930s — has got me thinking doubles are baseball’s most underappreciated hit. Ralph Kiner said home run hitters drive Cadillacs. Tim […] |
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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