 
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. |
The funny thing is, I had this series circled on my calendar a long time ago — with an accompanying sense of dread. The dread was that Pete Alonso would hit at least one big home run and the Mets would fall to the Orioles, with the series loss enough to push them out of serious […]  14 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Broadcasters, Chris Bassitt, David Ross, ESPN, Managers, Old Friends, Orioles, Pete Alonso, Samuel Basallo, Xzavion Curry Congratulations to Pete Alonso of the Baltimore Orioles on hitting your 300th career home run at Citi Field. Please go hit No. 301 somewhere else. Pete’s having gone somewhere else is what got us into this particular mess, the one in which a 3-2 Met lead in the top of the ninth inning became a tie […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Coby Mayo, Curtain Calls for Visitors, Francisco Alvarez, Kodai Senga, Milestones, Orioles, Pete Alonso, Sean Manaea The Polar Bear had a homecoming in Flushing Monday night. Except for the uniform he wore, it was like he never left. The uniform he wore indicated he did leave. Thus, the need for a homecoming. Pete Alonso of the Baltimore Orioles was welcomed back to Citi Field as Pete Alonso of the New York Mets. […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Homecomings, Mathematically Eliminated, Pete Alonso In a lost season, the least the Mets could do was not get beaten by Freddy Fucking Peralta. That wasn’t quite the only thing I wanted from the dregs of 2026, but it was pretty close to it: Sure, lose eleventy billion games while playing dull, uninspired baseball. Just don’t get beaten by the failed Met […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Dylan Ross, Francisco Lindor, Freddy Peralta, Ghosts, Pete Alonso, Rays, Sean Manaea, The Holy Books A lot of signals emerge from a season that’s cratered, and as a veteran Mets fan, I have enough experience with craters to have grown familiar with them. Last night’s 2-1 loss to the Phillies, the maiden voyage of the SS Andy Green, brought another jolt of recognition: Ah yes, it’s the loss that somehow […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andy Green, Brandon Marsh, Brandon Nimmo, Carlos Mendoza, David Stearns, Derek Hill, Devin Williams, Edwin Diaz, Huascar Brazoban, Jared Young, Jorge Polanco, Kodai Senga, Marcus Semien, Mark Vientos, Pete Alonso, Phillies, Steve Cohen, Zach Thornton, Zack Wheeler We once had a Squirrel, or should I say, last night he had us. I’ll cop to a touch of Jeff McNeil nostalgia after our longtime second baseman/first-rate handyman returned to Citi Field from the wilds of West Sacramento to take a bite out of his former workplace associates on Friday, getting hot at the plate […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Athletics, Brandon Nimmo, Clay Holmes, Craig Kimbrel, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Lindor, Hamstrings, Injuries, Jeff McNeil, Juan Soto, Max Muncy, Old Friends, Pete Alonso, Shea Langeliers It would be kind of interesting to note Wednesday’s Mets-Diamondbacks game started three hours earlier than originally slated due to frigid conditions at Citi Field, but that happened the day before, so…no, not that interesting nor noteworthy. It would be kind of interesting to note Wednesday’s Mets-Diamondbacks game got all nine tops of innings pitched by […] By the time 2026 rolled around I had a long-established relationship with spring training: I’d put the first televised game on my calendar, watch the initial 20 minutes with avid interest, watch the next 20 with vague attention, and then either be looking at my phone or asleep. And after that I’d wait for the […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2026 Mets, Al Lang Stadium, Bo Bichette, Brett Baty, Brooklyn Cyclones, Clover Park, Daulton Varsho, David Stearns, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Alvarez, Francisco Lindor, Freddy Peralta, Grant Rogers, Jorge Polanco, Marcus Semien, Mark Vientos, Pete Alonso, Port St. Lucie, Shea Stadium, Spring Training, St. Lucie Mets, Wally Backman 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 Previously on Flashback Friday… A little piece of me is always watching the Mets in 1970. Mostly I was enchanted with the possibility that the Mets would win the World Series in 1975. I was in love with the 1980 Mets. They weren’t the first Mets team I was ever hung up on, but I think, given where […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2020 Mets, Andres Gimenez, David Peterson, Flashback Friday, Mad Men, Obscurity, Pete Alonso, Tom Seaver, Yoenis Cespedes |
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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