 
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. |
Who the heck are the 2018 Mets, anyway? The most obvious answer is that they’re 15-7, which is pretty damn good. But they sure didn’t look 15-7 during Wednesday night’s ghastly loss. They sure haven’t looked like that for a solid two weeks now, in fact. Wednesday night’s game will be dealt with succinctly, out of a […] “If you believe you’re playing well because you’re getting laid, or because you’re not getting laid, or because you wear women’s underwear, then you are! And you should know that!” — Crash Davis I hate to say it, but the Mets aren’t this good. All too soon, they will provide evidence of that. They will lose. Maybe […]  12 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Asdrubal Cabrera, Hot Streaks, Juan Lagares, Luck, Michael Conforto, Mickey Callaway, Steven Matz The biggest reason for optimism about the 2018 Mets? It’s that Noah Syndergaard and Jacob deGrom could pitch nearly 30% of their innings. The biggest reason for pessimism? Even in an ideal scenario, more than 70% of their innings will have to be pitched by someone else. Which puts the spotlight squarely on a line of […] The Mets lost, and it was annoying — after a drought in the clutch, they came back to tie the game against the Diamondbacks and their dreadful uniforms, forcing the business of determining a winner to extra innings. Then Erik Goeddel came on as the latest reliever, and it was immediately clear that he didn’t have […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Pollock, Amed Rosario, Dominic Smith, Erik Goeddel, Robert Gsellman, Steven Matz Statistically, it didn’t matter that the Yankees came to Citi Field from the Bronx to complete their Subway Series sweep. It mattered that they came from near the top of their division. The Mets versus any serious contender this year has been almost uniformly bad news. Talk about hewing to your weight class. The lightweight 2017 […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2003 Mets, Curtis Granderson, Futile Comebacks, Grand Slams, Luis Severino, Raul Gonzalez, Reds, Rob Schneider, Steven Matz, Strength of Schedule, Subway Series, Yankees Steven Matz looked all right for a change for four innings Saturday night; looked a little too much like Jonathon Niese in the fifth inning; and never made it out of the sixth. Unlike Niese, the Mets’ latest vexingly underperforming lefty stalwart didn’t blame anybody but himself for his shortfall. He never does. Yoenis Cespedes […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aaron Nola, Amed Rosario, Chasen Bradford, Neil Walker, Steven Matz, Trades, Yoenis Cespedes The Amed Rosario Era commenced Tuesday night in Denver. Also, the Michael Conforto Era, the Steven Matz Era, the Jose Reyes Era and all the other eras on which we blithely bestow the names of the callups whose debuts we breathlessly anticipate continued. We don’t necessarily think of those as eras in progress. The unalloyed […] A few impressions that remain from another late night in San Diego absorbed via the television in New York: • The San Diego Padres of this century, no matter their episodic success, always come off as extras in a not particularly believable baseball movie. “Why couldn’t they use a real team? Padres? What the hell are […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Chris Flexen, Padres, Randy Jones, Steven Matz “Let’s take a look!” The big story — Mets 2017. Ten-game homestand. Friday…Oakland. Steven Matz? Michael Conforto — home run! T.J. Rivera — home run? One out, two on, T.J. up, A’s lead… Lucas […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A's, Addison Reed, Bob Melvin, Hansel Robles, Jerry Blevins, Joe Piscopo, Michael Conforto, Ryon Healy, Steven Matz, T.J. Rivera, Topical References from 1982, Yoenis Cespedes The picture to take away from Sunday’s 13-4 drubbing at the hands of the Rockies was Steven Matz trudging across a suddenly hostile mound looking like he’d been told to move a hundred bags of concrete from one place to another for no satisfactory reason. Well, unless you tuned in a little bit late, in which case […] |
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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