 
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. |
Welcome to A Met for All Seasons, a series in which we consider a given Met who played in a given season and…well, we’ll see. And when the morning light On Wednesday night, October 2, 1985, at Busch Stadium, Tommy Herr batted for the St. […]  6 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1985 Mets, A Met for All Seasons, Bob Gibson, Dwight Gooden, Jerry Koosman, Sandy Koufax, Tom Seaver I just started reading a book I’ve had around for a while, The Greatest Game Ever Pitched by Jim Kaplan. It’s a deep dive into the legendary sixteen-inning 1-0 duel between Warren Spahn and Juan Marichal in 1963 and wisely includes a statistical section. For frame of reference, I […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aaron Nola, Frustration, Gary Johnson, Jacob deGrom, Jose Bautista, Juan Marichal, Madison Bumgarner, Max Scherzer, Midweek Matinees, Ray Stevens, Sandy Koufax, Tony Randazzo, US Open, Warren Spahn When the expansion draft rolled around on October 8, 1961, the one conceived to simultaneously create and cripple the New York Mets as a nominally competitive entity, George Weiss attempted to build a winning pitching staff from not too many wins. The seven pitchers he chose — Roger Craig, Craig Anderson, Ray Daviault, Al Jackson, […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Ambiorix Burgos, Erstwhile 18-Game Winners, Jane Leavy, Jason Vargas, Mickey Lolich, Pitcher Wins, Sandy Koufax, Team History As the Mets were getting underway Friday night in Flushing, I was situated well north of Citi Field, holding down half of a table at the Annual Sharon Summer Book Signing in Connecticut, a fundraiser for the grand old Hotchkiss Library, founded 124 years ago next month. The other half of the table was occupied […] 17 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1965 Mets, Connecticut, Dodgers, Excellent Addition to Your Canoeing Library, Hotchkiss Library, Justin Turner, Rich Hill, Sandy Koufax, Seth Lugo, Tug McGraw I want to believe we’ll beat the Braves on Opening Day (you never know) and finish substantially ahead of them this season (probably, but I take nothing as a given). What’s sad is that Atlanta has lifted the lid on SunTrust Park — their fifteenth home in eighteen years — by moving ahead of us in […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Citi Field, Duke Snider, Dwight Gooden, Gary Sheffield, Home Run Apple, Macintosh Club, Milestone Quarry, Sandy Koufax, SunTrust Park, T#m Gl@v!ne, Team History, Utter Foolishness Clayton Kershaw shutting down the Mets on almost no hits…where have we seen that before? Almost everywhere we’ve run into him, it seems, save for one buoyant October night, which attests to fine Met timing, and even then we barely touched his fresh-made turkey on nine-grain wheat with jalapeños, mustard and a little bit of […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Amazin' Again, Clayton Kershaw, Excellent Addition to Your Baseball Library, Sandy Koufax, Storytelling, Vin Scully What the hell’s so funny about Bartolo Colon? After a year and a month of watching him practically every fifth day, I have to admit I don’t get the joke. He’s older than everybody. He’s rounder than everybody. He says less than anybody. He swings through almost everything. His batting helmet flies off with little provocation. Yeah? […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | An Appreciation, Bartolo Colon, Eddie Murray, Juan Lagares, Orioles, Sandy Koufax, Steve Carlton So I went to Saturday’s Mets baseball game — it was 1973 Playing Cards Day, for gosh sake, the Wilponian equivalent of 52 tiny old-timers shuffling out of a plastic-coated, Caesars-branded pack for our brief nostalgic reverence — and a marathon broke out. Yup, another long one from those wonderful folks who brought you the […] 20 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bruce Chen, David Aardsma, David Wright, Eric Hosmer, Extra Innings, Ike Davis, Jeremy Hefner, Josh Satin, Royals, Sandy Koufax “Now, Leo, most of us are just hearing the news. And I don’t like to be the first one to say it, but I’m gonna. I think the President has got to strongly consider not running for re-election.” “You think you’re the first one to say it?” “Leo…” “You are, at minimum, […] 17 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bad Contracts, Bobby Jones, Bonus Babies, Hisanori Takahashi, Oliver Perez, Padres, Raul Valdes, Ryota Igarashi, Sandy Koufax, Steve Trachsel |
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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