 
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. |
One half of a season is behind the New York Mets and so is the rest of the National League East. You can’t ask for a much better situation following 81 games. The chips don’t settle that way very often. The Mets have finished the statistical first half in first place six times previously. They’ve won […]  21 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Aaron Loup, Bette Midler, Brandon Nimmo, Brandon Woodruff, Brewers, Bunting, Depth, Dom Smith, Edwin Diaz, First Half, First Place, Francisco Lindor, Michael Conforto, Neckerchiefs, Pete Alonso, Seth Lugo, Team History, Trevor May, Tylor Megill Elton John’s “Levon” was “born a pauper to a pawn on a Christmas Day when the New York Times said, ‘God is dead, and the war’s begun.’” What exactly does that mean? As Jimmy Rabbitte said in The Commitments regarding the lyrics to “A Whiter Shade of Pale” in the imaginary interview he conducted throughout […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1996 Mets, Albert Almora Jr., Bernard Gilkey, Blowouts, Bobby Bonilla, Braves, David Peterson, Debuts, Elton John, Lance Johnson, Mark Clark, Position Players Pitching, Procol Harum, Rico Brogna, Sean Reid-Foley, Team History, The Commitments, Thomas Szapucki, Todd Hundley The word that keeps getting repeated by Mets and people around the Mets is “electric”. Citi Field, they say, is electric. They’re not referring to how the stadium lights are lit or how its loudspeakers are amplified. They’re describing the atmosphere with fans filling seats with their anatomies and the air with their exclamations. Capacity […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2020 Mets, 2021 Mets, David Peterson, Electric, Jake Marisnick, Mets Fans, Team History, Unplugged With so many roster transactions involving current Mets — including three more planned tonight to facilitate the deinjuring of a trio of heretofore injured Mets — we can be forgiven for not having taken note of every up and down involving former Mets. Yet we can’t let this AL Central subtraction from April 28 get […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2006 Mets, 2007 Mets, 2008 Mets, 2009 Mets, 2010 Mets, 2011 Mets, Darren O'Day, Joe Smith, Justin Turner, Last Met Standing, Longest Ago Met Still Active, Oliver Perez, Ruben Tejada, Shea Stadium, Team History It isn’t a beautiful night at normally beautiful Wrigley Field, as the Mets have fallen further behind the Chicago Cubs, and now manager Luis Rojas comes out of the dugout to have a word with home plate umpire Bruce Dreckman, apparently ready to make a change to his lineup. After conferring with Dreckman, Luis walks […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bob Murphy, Casey Stengel, Cold, David Peterson, Errors, Francisco Lindor, Gil Hodges, J.D. Davis, Luis Guillorme, Luis Rojas, Pete Alonso, Position Players Pitching, Radio, Redeeming Features, Team History, Wrigley Field What do we want out of Opening Day? 1) For it to arrive. The first is essential, whether we’re talking wishing for the season to start sooner than possible (when Spring Training inevitably drags) or start at all (see 2020…or just the other day). The second speaks […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Citizens Bank Park, Harbingers, hindsight, Home Runs, Opening Day, Opening Day Delays, Team History With Spring Training having concluded Monday following a .500 result (3-3 vs. the Cardinals) and a .500 exhibition record (11-11-2), we offer a hearty Faith and Fear welcome to the all-but-official ten about-to-be new Mets of 2021, each of whom appears slated for inclusion on the Opening Day 26-man roster. Mind you, speaking conditionally is […] One of the rites of Spring is being reminded all in baseball is not as it sounds. For example, sometimes you hear about pitchers going through “dead arm,” and your instinct is to freak out because dead surely sounds like an irreversible condition. But then you’re told, no, “dead arm” is a temporary malady, don’t […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aaron Laffey, Al Jackson, Al Leiter, Bill Denehy, Bill Latham, Bob L. Miller, Carlos Carrasco, Craig Swan, Dave Mlicki, David Cone, David Peterson, Dillon Gee, Don Cardwell, Dwight Gooden, Elbow Soreness, Fifth Starters, Hank Webb, Harry Parker, Jason Vargas, Mark Bomback, Mark Clark, Nolan Ryan, Ray Sadecki, Rick Reed, Team History, Terry Leach The Mets lost their first exhibition game on Monday afternoon, but they won a ton of goodwill Monday morning by unveiling the patch they will wear on their uniforms throughout 2021 in memory of Tom Seaver. The homage presents the retired-number disc that hangs in the left field rafters at Citi Field in miniature: 41 […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1964 Mets, Banner Day Doubleheader, Craig Anderson, Jesse Orosco, Moment of Silence, Patches, Team History, Tom Seaver, Willard Hunter When Joey Lucchesi, acquired from the Padres on January 19, Inauguration Eve, makes his first appearance as a Met, he will become the first Met to go by Joey. That’s a legitimate choice. Just ask Joey Votto, Joey Bishop or David Geddes, who took “Run Joey Run” to No. 4 in 1975. Just ask Joe […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Joe Biden, Joe Christopher, Joe Crawford, Joe DePastino, Joe Foy, Joe Ginsberg, Joe Grzenda, Joe Hicks, Joe Hietpas, Joe McEwing, Joe Moock, Joe Nolan, Joe Orsulak, Joe Panik, Joe Pignatano, Joe Sambito, Joe Smith, Joe Torre, Joe Vitko, Joey Lucchesi, Names, Presidents, Team History, The Pinch-Running Files |
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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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