 
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. |
“My Girl” you know about — the singalong that accompanies Francisco Lindor‘s ABs is a new tradition that’s all the sweeter for its organic origins and the Mets having sense enough to stay out of the way. But the crowd at Citi Field wasn’t satisfied with augmenting the Temptations. They did the honors on “Take Me […]  13 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Brandon Nimmo, Bryce Harper, Jeff McNeil, Juan Soto, Kyle Schwarber, Mark Vientos, Nolan McLean, Pete Alonso, Phillies, Sweeps, Taijuan Walker, Tanner Banks, Trea Turner “Wanna watch the Mets play the Angels?” “A great is a great. Wanna watch?” “Not necessarily. Wanna watch?” “They can, […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, Francisco Lindor, Mike Trout, Pete Alonso, Satisfaction, Sean Manaea, Sweeps, Travis d'Arnaud, Ump Show So the Mets had another team meeting … and things got worse. Worse as in 12-1, worse as in out of it by the top of the second, worse as in Travis Jankowski finished up on the mound (before seeing a 2025 Mets AB, no less). Frankie Montas was terrible, the relievers who followed him weren’t […] 16 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Anger, Cap Game, Eric Chavez, Frankie Montas, Jeremy Barnes, No Offense, Pirates, PNC Park, Rockies, Sweeps, Travis Jankowski “No way we were losing that game!” I exclaimed the instant after we won that game, “that game” being Wednesday afternoon’s ten-inning thriller at Citi Field and “we” being the New York Mets, with me implicit in the first-person plural. Of course there were many ways we could have lost that game, as most games […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A Touch of Giddiness, April, Balks, Baserunning, Brett Baty, David Peterson, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Lindor, Hayden Senger, Juan Soto, Max Kranick, Nick Castellanos, Pete Alonso, Phillies, Reversals, Rob Thomson, Starling Marte, Sweeps, Winning Streaks, Zack Wheeler The Mets haven’t explicitly promised to catch me if I fall backwards in their general direction, but I trust them to, figuratively speaking. In this young season that has shown signs of early maturation and sustained blooming, I keep coming back to a single five-letter word. Trust. I trust these Mets to win ballgames. I trust […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Cardinals, Clay Holmes, Francisco Lindor, Juan Soto, Sweeps, Trust Without knowing what they paid, I’d say the Mets got an excellent rate on their weekend spa treatment. They’ve rarely entered a Monday appearing more relaxed and ready to face whatever awaits them. In this case, it’s a playoff chase in September. The 2024 White Sox will make anybody look and feel fantastic. The 2024 White […] 20 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1962 Mets, Francisco Lindor, Garrett Crochet, Pablo Reyes, Sean Manaea, September, Spa Treatment, Steve Carlton, Sweeps, Tom Seaver, White Sox I generally keep track of what the Mets are doing even if I’m away, sneaking looks at MLB.tv, popping an airpod into an ear, or at least letting GameDay do its pantomime thing in my lap. But combining a trip to Iceland with the Mets’ Road Trip from Hell was a perfect recipe for being well […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, Cal Raleigh, Danny Young, Jeff McNeil, Luis Castillo, Luis Severino, Mariners, Ryne Stanek, Sweeps • The Mets lost, 5-2, at Citizens Bank Park on Sunday night, completing a weekend in which there was a definitive milestone of futility planted every step along the way. Sunday’s wasn’t as momentous as clinching a losing record (Thursday), being mathematically eliminated from postseason contention (Friday) or assuring the 2023 Mets would drop further […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Anthony Kay, Cristopher Sanchez, Elimination Day, Jose Butto, Orion Kerkering, Peyton Battenfield, Phillies, Ronny Mauricio, Sheadenfreude, Sweeps, USF Bulls, Yankees When Max Scherzer starts, which Max Scherzer will we get? The one who’s hypercompetitive, hyperintense and hyperfocused en route to a stifling mound performance? Or the one who’s all those things to less Met-positive discernible effect? Both, as Scherzer nears 40, exist in our world. We prefer the former. We have, for various reasons that […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2021 Mets, Mark Canha, Max Scherzer, Sweeps, Taijuan Walker I mean, sometimes it’s joy. A lot of times it’s joy, in fact. But sometimes it isn’t. Take, for instance, Wednesday afternoon in Milwaukee, which certainly did not count as joy. I guess you could make a case that it was better than losing 10-zip on Monday, and superior to losing 9-0 on Tuesday. On Wednesday the Mets […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, Brewers, David Peterson, Garrett Mitchell, Pain, Sweeps |
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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