 
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. |
Not by the Mets — I was at least a reasonably well-behaved guest up in section 339 with my work colleagues, a long way from home plate and the pitches David Peterson didn’t throw in sufficient proximity to it. Rather, I’ve been banned by my kid on suspicion of being a jinx. I’m 0-for-4 in outings […]  17 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Braves, Citi Field, Cubs, David Peterson, Frustration, Losing Streaks, Starling Marte, Superstition, Sweeps It happens sometimes: life, that amorphous bundle of stuff, refuses to conform itself to the rhythms of 7:10 and 1:10 and 4:10. I thought I had my July 4th parceled out so three hours were reserved for the Mets game, but I hadn’t been paying attention to which day was which. I’ve got a mental list of […] 21 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Chris Johnson, Fans, Fernando Rodney, Happy Holidays, Jeurys Familia, Jonathan Lucroy, Matt Harvey, Superstition, Terry Collins, Uniforms, Yoenis Cespedes There are moments when you sense things can’t get any better for your team. Those are moments that are both gratifying and terrifying. Peak Mets, to dabble in the fashionable vernacular, may have been achieved early this past week. Bartolo Colon had homered on Saturday, his accomplishment stayed the toast of the town well into Monday. […] 1 comment - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2016 Mets, Bartolo Colon, Charlie Blackmon, Coors Field, Jerry Blevins, Jon Gray, Kevin Plawecki, Matt Harvey, Michael Conforto, Network, Noah Syndergaard, Superstition I just got my mental images developed from the World Series. Wanna see ’em? They’re right here in this envelope. This is one of me all excited to realize I’m going to a World Series game for the first time in my life. No, I wasn’t there any of the other times the Mets were in […] 40 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2015 Postseason, 2015 World Series, Citi Field, David Wright, Joy, Juan Uribe, Noah Syndergaard, Superstition The constantly vigilant, uncommonly retentive (not to mention preternaturally anxious) baseball fan’s mind comes fully equipped with hyperlinks. He sees something and it reminds him of something he’s seen before. It may or may not be worth the trouble of clicking on, but he know it’s there. For example, Wednesday night the Mets were ahead of […] 38 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2005 Mets, Aaron Heilman, Braden Looper, Brian Schneider, Chris Woodward, Dae-Sung Koo, Danny Graves, Eric O'Flaherty, Hansel Robles, Jeurys Familia, Livan Hernandez, Matt Harvey, Pedro Martinez, Preston Wilson, Ramon Castro, Roberto Hernandez, Ron Darling, Ryan Church, Superstition, Willie Randolph The full moon is callin’ Thursday afternoon, give or take a sidelined shoulder and a tightened hamstring, Spring Training worked as well as it possibly could. A split squad of […] You know things are strange when Greg Prince violates a baseball taboo. The email arrived about midway through Bartolo Colon‘s attempt at retiring 27 straight Seattle Mariners, with the subject line HERESY. “I’m not feeling more than minimally emotionally invested in Bartolo Colon’s particular effort today,” Greg wrote to me. He didn’t spell out what that effort was, […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bartolo Colon, Johan Santana, Mariners, No-Hit Bids, No-Hitters, Perfect Game, Ruben Tejada, Superstition, Taijuan Walker Given my choice, of course I wouldn’t have been in Orlando. Nothing against Orlando, or Disney World (where I’m staying while signing books at Star Wars Weekends), but on the night Johan Santana freed us from our ancient, unwanted distinction, my first choice would of course have been to be in the stands at Citi Field, […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Fans, First No-Hitter in New York Mets History, Johan Santana, Joy, Superstition, Twitter Short of doing something that will get you arrested, you can’t affect the outcome of a baseball game. Your hooting and hollering does nothing. Neither does praying, cajoling or threatening. Baseball takes no notice of your swaggering overconfidence and ignores your pretend humility. It does not care that you care. It does not care that […] 16 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Cardinals, David Wright, Justin Turner, Ruben Tejada, Superstition, Tony La Russa, Willie Harris Update: Audio! Now you can say TLDL instead of TLDR! Thought I’d post what I read at Varsity Letters’ fifth-anniversary shindig last week, for posterity but mostly because it’s a reflection on a Mets game we’d be better off to recall more often, particularly in these trying days. Odds are you’ll recognize it at once — […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2000 Mets, Braves, Fans, Hope, John Rocker, Memories, Mike Piazza, Shea Stadium, Superstition |
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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