Welcome to 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 consisting of the “best” 40th game in any Mets season, the “best” 41st game in any Mets season, […]
 
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. |
 12 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1964 Mets, 1999 Mets, 2009 Mets, Dick Smith, Fiftieth Anniversary, Omir Santos, Robin Ventura, Team History, The Happiest Recap Welcome to 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 consisting of the “best” 37th game in any Mets season, the “best” 38th game in any Mets season, […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1973 Mets, 1981 Mets, Fiftieth Anniversary, George Stone, Greg Harris, Mookie Wilson, Team History, The Happiest Recap The Mets aren’t bad unless you’re a strict constructionist who sees a team with more losses than wins as definitively not good. Nineteen wins against twenty-one defeats is sub-.500. It doesn’t look great in isolation (or when you pull the 19-21 apart and notice the Mets are 8-14 against teams currently above .500). Within the context […] Welcome to 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 consisting of the “best” 34th game in any Mets season, the “best” 35th game in any Mets season, […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1969 Mets, 1994 Mets, 1996 Mets, Fiftieth Anniversary, John Cangelosi, John Franco, Team History, The Happiest Recap, Tom Seaver If I go down “I’ll show you something today,” Ty Cobb told reporters, or so the story goes. “I’m going for home runs for the first time in my career.” It was May 5, 1925, the year of Babe Ruth’s bellyache, as it was called, […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carlos Beltran, Grace, Joe DiMaggio, Team History, Ty Cobb Welcome to 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 consisting of the “best” 31st game in any Mets season, the “best” 32nd game in any Mets season, […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1970 Mets, 1983 Mets, 2010 Mets, Darryl Strawberry, Fiftieth Anniversary, Gary Gentry, Ike Davis, Team History, The Happiest Recap Welcome to 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 consisting of the “best” 28th game in any Mets season, the “best” 29th game in any Mets season, […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2006 Mets, 2011 Mets, David Wright, Fiftieth Anniversary, Jorge Julio, Ronny Paulino, Team History, The Happiest Recap Welcome to 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 consisting of the “best” 25th game in any Mets season, the “best” 26th game in any Mets season, […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1989 Mets, 1991 Mets, 2004 Mets, Darryl Strawberry, Fiftieth Anniversary, Howard Johnson, Mike Piazza, Team History, The Happiest Recap Welcome to 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 consisting of the “best” 22nd game in any Mets season, the “best” 23rd game in any Mets season, […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1967 Mets, 1972 Mets, 2002 Mets, Fiftieth Anniversary, Jack Fisher, Shawn Estes, Team History, The Happiest Recap, Willie Mays Welcome to 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 consisting of the “best” 19th game in any Mets season, the “best” 20th game in any Mets season, […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1974 Mets, 1987 Mets, 1992 Mets, Bob L. Miller, David Cone, Fiftieth Anniversary, Mike Scott, 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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