 
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. |
In a post to Twitter, Rick Coutinho of ESPN Radio says RHP Sean Green has modified his delivery, and his sidearm motion is even more pronounced than it was last year. Anybody who was caught up in the peer pressure of seventh grade in the […]  18 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1962 Mets, 1997 Mets, 2005 Mets, 2006 Mets, 2007 Mets, 2008 Mets, Al Leiter, Batting Orders, Carlos Beltran, Carlos Delgado, Daveotronic 5000, David Sloane, David Wright, Frankie Rodriguez, Fred Wilpon, Happy Days, Henry Winkler, Jerry Manuel, Joe Cocker, Johan Santana, Jose Reyes, Mike Jacobs, Pat Morita, Rod Barajas, Saturday Night Fever, Sean Green, Spring Training, Team History, Willie Randolph, Yusmeiro Petit Anyone who knows Dan Quayle knows that, given a choice between golf and sex, he’ll choose golf every time. The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue arrives in my mailbox every February to no particular anticipation or fanfare. Certainly its contents are well put together, and I wouldn’t argue they don’t merit an objective hubba-hubba! and a […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1964 Mets, 1986 Mets, 1987 Mets, Amado Samuel, Baseball Cards, Brooklyn Decker, Bud Harrelson, Dan Quayle, Dominican Republic, Frank Taveras, Jose Reyes, Kathy Ireland, Kathy Ireland in a Mets Cap, Marilyn Quayle, Mets Cap, Mets Pop Culture, Mets shortstops, Sammy Samuel, Sports Illustrated, Swimsuit Issue, Team History, Teddy Martinez, Tony Fernandez Omar Minaya heard it was Fred Wilpon’s thirtieth anniversary as a Met owner. For a gift, he thought about what the chairman and CEO had; didn’t have; and once had but had no longer. Omar was intrigued by the last category. Surely, he thought, there was something Fred once held in his collection, regretted not […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2002 Mets, Brian Stokes, Gary Matthews Jr., Gary Sheffield, McKay Christensen, Recidivst Mets, Team History In the three decades since Fred Wilpon entered our consciousness, oftentimes the best thing about the ownership group he’s played a major part in running was who he was and who they weren’t. First, it was outstanding that Doubleday & Company, Inc. — 95% majority owners of the New York Mets as of January 24, 1980 […] 31 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Fred Wilpon, Jeff Wilpon, Joan Payson, Lorinda de Roulet, Nelson Doubleday, Ownership, public relations, Team History Four for four: the Mets went 4-for-4 today. They resumed baseball activities with a bang. The long-rumored, long-postponed, long-hidden Mets Hall of Fame announced its class for 2010, its first class in eight years, and it’s a doozy. It’s so good I have this feeling I’m writing one of those “wouldn’t it be nice?” fictional blog […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Darryl Strawberry, Davey Johnson, Dwight Gooden, Frank Cashen, Mets Hall of Fame, Team History My 2010 plans weren’t inexorably altered when I learned the Dodgers signed Argenis Reyes to a minor league contract, but upon doing a bit of checking, I now realize we’ve lost someone whose penchant for instant winning was unprecedented. We’ve lost a Met who was able to say, longer than any other Met, that he […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2008 Mets, Argenis Reyes, Mike Piazza, Team History, Tom Paciorek, Willie Mays, Winning Streaks Earlier this week, esteemed FAFIF commenter Kevin from Flushing sent me a link to a video report out of Minnesota regarding the new Twins ballpark with the following warning: “kick in the balls 23 seconds in” I didn’t necessarily want a kick there or anywhere, but with a come-on like that, how could I not click? I […] 26 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Mets Hall of Fame, public relations, Team History There’s a lot of talk going around about all-time franchise records for hits. I assume this has something to do with the eternal appreciation fans and media have for true legends of the game. Given that the subject is in the air, I thought it would be fun (my kind of fun, at any rate) […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1971 Mets, 1979 Mets, Bud Harrelson, Cleon Jones, Ed Kranepool, Edgardo Alfonzo, Felix Millan, Jerry Grote, Mookie Wilson, Team History In one of the legendary exchanges of 1969, Leo Durocher dismissed the challengers nipping at the heels of his frontrunning club after his team salvaged the final game of what must have been, from the standpoint of the visitors’ clubhouse at Shea Stadium, a very demoralizing series. “Were those the real Cubs today?” a reporter asked […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Glendon Rusch, Jason Isringhausen, Longest Ago Met Still Active, Melvin Mora, Octavio Dotel, Paul Byrd, Team History The Mets were losing 3-2 after three innings of my listening to them. Then I had to abandon their game so I could see an old friend of mine remarry. Then, during the cocktail hour, I checked the final from Wrigley: Cubs 11 Mets 4. You could have knocked me over with a feather. From the […] |
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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