 
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. |
Congratulations to Pete Alonso of the Baltimore Orioles on hitting his 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 […] Baseball is almost universally weird, but there’s weird by normal baseball standards and then there’s whatever happened to the Mets on Tuesday night in Miami. Sandy Alcantara reported for duty with his sinker acting as a Mets sleeper agent. That was obvious from the very first pitch of the game, which Francisco Lindor smacked over the […]  3 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Andy Green, Clayton McCullough, Dedniel Nunez, Francisco Lindor, Joe Mack, Jonathan Pintaro, Juan Soto, Kodai Senga, Kyle Stowers, Last Place, Marlins, Nate Lavender, Nationals, Owen Caissie, Perfect Game Bids, Sandy Alcantara, Sean Manaea, Soilmaster Stadium 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 The Mets, who’d looked so plucky since the trade deadline, seem to have settled back into their extended sag. On Thursday night nothing went right: Sean Manaea was horrid, getting tattooed by the Brewers and adding insult to his own injury by alligator-arming a throw to first, giving Jackson Chourio an extra out which he turned […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brett Baty, Brewers, Francisco Alvarez, Injuries, Jackson Chourio, Jacob Misiorowski, Jared Young, Jeff Passan, Mark Vientos, Sean Manaea, Tommy John Surgery For most of my life, my relationship to needles has been a matter of bracing for the absolute worst and reacting to them as if they definitely are. Once in a while, if a medical professional is coming at my anatomy in a spot where I’m not used to it, I will still yelp and […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Interleague Play, Jefry Yan, Luis Robert Jr., Needles, Sean Manaea, Teammates with State Capital Names, White Sox, Yelps, Yowls Tie it in the eighth, win it in the twelfth. Blow a lead, get it back. Take as long as you need for more runs than them, provided you prevail. Break a deadlock and hold your ground. Romp from jump. As long as nobody gets hurt, there are no bad ways to win a ballgame. But […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carson Benge, Francisco Lindor, Jared Young, Jefry Yan, Jorge Polanco, Nationals, Pinch-Runners, Pinch-Running, Sean Manaea, Walkoffs Against the Nationals on Saturday, Sean Manaea saw the middle innings go awry and Will Dion pitched capably, an indication that he doesn’t belong anywhere near the Washington bullpen. But that was just the pieces being moved into place for the main event, which explored a fascinating (in a small-f way) philosophical inquiry: The Mets’ […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Ewing, Andy Green, Billy Amick, Binghamton Rumble Ponies, Brett Baty, Brian McCann, Bullpen, Carson Benge, City Connects, Clayton Beeter, Corey Collins, Emilien Pitre, Francisco Alvarez, Francisco Lindor, Gabe Davis, Jared Young, Jefferson Rojas, Jefry Yan, Jorge Polanco, Kevin Parada, Nasim Nunez, Nationals, Pinch-Running, Portland Sea Dogs, Postgame Pressers, Questionable Managerial Decisions, Sean Manaea, Will Dion, Will Turner, Yovanny Cruz Sean Manaea pitched … well, OKish in that he walked a ton of Guardians and gave up hits to more Guardians but somehow emerged from it only mildly scathed. Daniel Duarte, newly shot up the bullpen pecking order by vacancies, pitched well and so did Nate Lavender, finally getting to make his big-league debut. Kodai […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bo Bichette, Bryce Conley, Carson Benge, Daniel Duarte, Guardians, Kodai Senga, Luis Torrens, Nate Lavender, Sean Manaea When the Mets edged the Braves in the afternoon portion of Wednesday’s day-night “doubleheader” at Citi Field (if they scan for tickets twice, then it’s really just two wholly separate games played on the same day), it was both satisfying and mystifying. The satisfaction came mainly from the Mets having extended a winning streak to […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 14-3 Symmetry, Carson Benge, Chris Sale, Christian Scott, Cionel Perez, Daniel Duarte, Day-Night Doubleheaders, Mystery, Satisfaction, Sean Manaea, Spite, Splendiferous Catches, The Two-Thirds Mark, Trade Deadline Here’s a free preview of the 2026 Holy Books roundup: It wasn’t Carson Benge‘s fault. On Friday night Benge made not one but two sparking plays against the Dodgers, first nailing Shohei Ohtani at third when the best player in the history of the game tried to turn a one-handed excuse-me double into a triple, and […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Minter, Brooks Raley, Carson Benge, Dodgers, Francisco Alvarez, Freddie Freeman, Juan Soto, Kyle Tucker, Roki Sasaki, Sean Manaea, Shohei Ohtani |
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. 
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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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