 
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. |
Dear Mr. Elias: I am returning the earned run average you sent me following my most recent start in San Diego. I hope this causes no difficulties for you in your role as official statistician of Major League Baseball. While I appreciate the diligent recordkeeping that you’ve made synonymous with your globally recognized brand, the truth […]  12 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Another State Altogether, Earned Run Average, Elias Sports Bureau, Jacob deGrom, Joe Musgrove, Marie Kondo, Microscopic Numbers, Sid Fernandez, Statistics The new Metropolitan standard of excellence by way of archaic statistics is Five Wins and Six Losses. That’s right, 5-6. Never mind the likes of 25-7, 19-10, 22-9, 24-4 or 20-6. Move over, Messrs. Seaver (those first three), Gooden and Dickey. You were Amazin’ in your respective […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 5-6 Pitchers, Carlos Torres, Charlie Williams, David Cone, Jacob deGrom, Kevin Kobel, Pedro Martinez, Ron Darling, Sid Fernandez, Team History, Tug McGraw They scheduled a baseball game in the northeastern United States for March 29 and snow was on the ground within a week of its first pitch. Imagine that. You’ll have a harder time imagining the baseball being played under climate conditions ideally associated with the sport in […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Jack Hamilton, Jacob deGrom, Jason Jacome, Jay Hook, Moment of Silence, Nino Espinosa, Noah Syndergaard, Opening Day Starters, Ray Burris, Second Game Starters, Sid Fernandez, Team History, Tracy Stallard Hey now and forever, Michael Conforto, you’re an All-Star, no matter how your league got its game on, no matter that there was a decent case to be made for at least two other players from your team getting your spot. But never mind that Jacob deGrom was the most stellar Met of the first […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | All-Star Game, All-Star Team, All-Stars, Bobby Bonilla, Bud Harrelson, Carlos Beltran, Cleon Jones, Darryl Strawberry, Dave Kingman, David Wright, Duke Snider, Dwight Gooden, Gary Carter, Jerry Grote, Jerry Koosman, Joel Youngblood, John Stearns, Jon Matlack, Keith Hernandez, Lance Johnson, Lee Mazzilli, Mets Who've Won All-Star Games, Michael Conforto, R.A. Dickey, Ron Hunt, Sid Fernandez, Team History, Todd Hundley, Tom Seaver, Tug McGraw, Willie Mays They walked on Ninth Avenue, with Harvey and the two friends in front, his sister and her husband behind them. When they arrived at the restaurant, his sister was laughing about what had just happened on the street. “Do you know how many people just did the second take on you?” she said to her […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Gerry Arrigo, Harveysteria, Ike Davis, Marlon Byrd, Matt Harvey, Pitchers Hitting, Sid Fernandez, Terry Collins, Tom Seaver It appears they let anybody turn 50 years old today. Even me. As Sid Fernandez, Benny Agbayani, Rick Trlicek and a handful of others who — Trlicek-style — avoided distinguishing it could confirm, 50’s a number, just like any other number. Yet when you reach a number that’s considered enough of a milestone to rate commemorative-patch […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aging, Benny Agbayani, Birthdays, Cheap Plays on Collin McHugh's Name, Collin McHugh, Rick Trlicek, Sid Fernandez Blink and you’re missing it, this 2012 World Series. The Tigers certainly seem to have leaned on the fast-forward button without realizing it. Maybe it’s appropriate how swiftly the first three games have flown by as they’ve landed in Giants territory, and not just because record-level winds are forecast to lift America’s East Coast into the […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2012 Postseason, Gregor Blanco, Ryan Vogelsong, Sandy Amoros, Sergio Romo, Sid Fernandez, Tim Lincecum Bravo, pretty much without exception and with only limited debate, for the 50th Anniversary Mets’ All-Time Team as revealed Sunday night at the 92nd Street Y and broadcast Thursday night on SNY. The committee empowered to choose the all-timers — Howie Rose, Gary Cohen, Marty Noble, John Harper, Mike Vaccaro and Mike Lupica — gave […] 47 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 50th Anniversary, All-Time Team, Cleon Jones, Darryl Strawberry, Davey Johnson, David Wright, Dennis Cook, Edgardo Alfonzo, Endy Chavez, Jerry Koosman, Jim McAndrew, Joel Youngblood, Jose Reyes, Keith Hernandez, Kevin Mitchell, Melvin Mora, Mike Piazza, Rick Reed, Rod Kanehl, Roger McDowell, Rusty Staub, Sid Fernandez, Team History, Terry Leach, Todd Pratt, Tom Seaver, Tug McGraw, Turk Wendell Mike Pelfrey’s been re-signed, so that’s a load off our minds. If we didn’t have the tall wonder’s shortcomings on which to dwell, what starter’s lack of progress would obsess us ahead of Spring Training? Jon Niese’s probably, which seems a little quick, considering he’s only 25 and has yet to make more than 30 starts […] 17 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bill Pulsipher, Eric Hillman, Greg Harris, Hisanori Takahashi, Jason Jacome, Jerry Koosman, Jon Matlack, Jon Niese, Pete Schourek, PItching, Rob Gardner, Sid Fernandez, Team History, Tug McGraw Welcome to the final installment of The Happiest Recap, a solid gold slate of New York Mets games culled from every schedule the Mets have ever played en route to this, their fiftieth year in baseball. We’ve created a dream season that concludes here with the “best” 162nd game in any Mets season and the […] 34 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1979 Mets, 1986 Mets, 1999 Mets, Al Leiter, Ed Kranepool, Fiftieth Anniversary, Gary Carter, Joan Payson, Lorinda de Roulet, Melvin Mora, Rick Reed, Rickey Henderson, Sid Fernandez, Team History, The Happiest Recap |
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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