 
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. |
Joe Pignatano was the bullpen coach. He was the bullpen coach when I got here. He was the bullpen coach forever. I’m using past tense only on a technicality. Forever is a mighty long time. Piggy, as he was known also forever, has died at 92. The ballpark in whose bullpen he famously cultivated tomatoes preceded […]  5 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Coaches, Joe Pignatano, Moment of Silence, Tomatoes “The Mets — ah, the Mets! Superlatives do not quite fit them, but now, just as in 1969, the name alone is enough to bring back that rare inner smile that so many of us wore as summer ended.” Summer, in a sense, has ended with the news that Roger Angell, who wrote the above sentence […] Baseball said goodbye this week to 83-year-old Tommy Davis, the two-time National League batting champ, the RBI king whose 153 in 1962 were the most in the NL in 25 years and would be the most in the NL for another 36 years, and the first American League hitter to make the most out of […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1967 Mets, Baseball Cards, Moment of Silence, One-Year Wonders, Tommy Davis Armwise, I’m a righty who hails from a family of natural-born lefties. Sis is sinister by nature. So was Mom. Dad trended to the left side as a youngster, but this horrified his grandmother and he was converted to righthandedness before he was old enough to effectively protest. He lived 87½ years with the illegible […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1968 Mets, Bill Short, Doug Sisk, Joe Smith, Lefties, Longest Ago Met Still Active, Mike Montgomery, Moment of Silence, No Homers Club, Oliver Perez, Ralph Terry, Shea Stadium, Team History, Tim McGraw, Tug McGraw I’ve been thinking about one of my best friends from college lately. I do every year as February becomes March. I think of him intermittently regardless of month, but especially around now because now is his birthday. Mike Manning was born on March 13. I became aware of this fact sometime prior to Spring Break 1983. […] This is a nominally festive occasion. Faith and Fear in Flushing turns 17 today. The team we cover recognized this milestone by announcing they will retire No. 17 this season and reinstate Old Timers Day so the authors of this blog will feel right at home. All that the Mets and their MLB franchise brethren need […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2005 Mets, Anniversaries, Bobbleheads, Don McLean, February, Gerald Williams, Internal Affairs, Lockout, Matt Harvey, Moment of Silence, Old Timers Day, Spring Training If you’ve ever met me outside Citi Field to go to a game, I’ve probably added a minute or two to our entrance because I always insist on detouring to check on my brick, the one that reads: OUR FIRST DATE The brick commemorates the first time my future wife and I […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1975 Mets, 1987 Mets, 1993 Mets, Gene Clines, Jeff Innis, Moment of Silence, Pirates Meat Loaf’s baserunner protagonist in the middle of “Paradise By The Dashboard Light,” this kid who really makes things happen out there, was probably helped along by his third base coach. Maybe not as he was rounding first and trying for second, because it’s on the runner to pick up the center fielder bobbling the […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Coaches, Craig Bjornson, Eric Chavez, Jeremy Barnes, Jeremy Hefner, Joey Cora, Meat Loaf, Moment of Silence, Wayne Kirby The Mets turn 60 this year. They’re as old as the American League was when the Mets were first signing players in 1961, including their very first, a young feller named Bruce Fitzpatrick (Casey called him Fitzgerald) who not long ago told his story of being the original Met prospect. Bruce never made it to […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bruce Fitzpatrick, Dan Reilly, Jay Horwitz, Mascots, Moment of Silence, Mr. Met, Ron Swoboda Because The Tonight Show was taped in beautiful downtown Burbank, it didn’t seem odd that one summer night in 1979, Johnny Carson would include Tommy Lasorda while doing his Carnac the Magnificent bit. Playing to the Southern California studio audience was one of Johnny’s staples, and Chavez Ravine was certainly within driving distance. Carnac listed […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bill Sudakis, Dick Tidrow, Don Sutton, Duke Carmel, George Meyer, John Pazman, Mike Marshall, Moment of Silence, Norm Sherry, Phil Lombardi, Todd Feltman, Tommy Lasorda |
Piazza: Catcher, Slugger, Icon, Star by Greg Prince is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers. 
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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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