 
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. |
Lest it get a little lost in free-floating anxiety over the Mets’ recent woes (two consecutive losses and 46 of their last 125), let’s get excited over the return of Old Timers Day. Let’s use an exclamation point to express that excitement! Old Timers Day! It’s back! In the spirit of no longer having to campaign for […]  6 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  National League Town, Old Timers Day, Steve Cohen, Team History Most of the time you don’t know. Sometimes you know just enough. Sunday I didn’t definitively know if the Mets were dead and buried at 4-0 after one; were alive and well at 4-4 in the middle of the fourth; had dirt kicked on them at 7-4 at the end of four; had sprung back […] 16 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1990 Mets, 2022 Mets, Alec Bohm, Bob Murphy, Brandon Nimmo, Comebacks, Damn Things, Daniel Vogelbach, Edwin Diaz, Jose Butto, Mark Canha, Michael Perez, Nate Fisher, Phillies, Six Feet Under, Starling Marte, Team History, Trevor May Welcome to the Brett Baty Era of New York Mets baseball. It is fitting that you can’t spell “Bretty Baty” without “era”. After Wednesday night, the same could be said of “Max Scherzer,” “Starling Marte,” “Trevor May,” “Peter Alonso,” “Edwin Orlando Diaz” and “Francisco A. Lindor.” Lindor’s middle name is Miguel, actually, but you can […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Braves, Bret Baty, Callups, Debuts, Eras, Max Scherzer, Mets Third Basemen, Old Timers Day, Prospects, Team History, Youth Heartiest congratulations go out to Carlos Carrasco, who used the occasion of the Mets’ 100th game of the season to notch the 100th regular-season win of his career. He was supported in his effort Saturday night at Miami by solo home runs from Jeff McNeil, Francisco Lindor and J.D. Davis and backed up by another […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 100th Wins, Al Leiter, Carlos Carrasco, Don Cardwell, Dwight Gooden, Jerry Koosman, Johan Santana, Miguel Batista, Milestones, Randy Jones, Ray Sadecki, Steve Trachsel, Team History, Tom Seaver In 1969, 1973, 2000 and 2015, the Mets qualified for the postseason without the benefit of capturing their first game after the All-Star break, thus if you need a little precedent to take the edge off the first game the 2022 Mets played in five days leaving you wondering if they thought Friday night was […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aaron Ledesma, All-Star Break, Armando Benitez, Billy Eppler, Bubba Trammell, Buck Showalter’s Windbreaker, Charlie Puleo, Chasen Bradford, Chris Woodward, Colin Holderman, Daniel Vogelbach, Eric Hosmer, J.C. Martin, Jacob deGrom, Jose Reyes, Jose Valentin, Max Scherzer, Miguel Cairo, Nolan Ryan, Old Friends, Passion, Second Half, Second-Half Openers, Team History, Trades, Yu Darvish I’ll take two wins in three games, even if the price is one loss in the middle. Not that that’s how series of baseball games work, exactly, but that is how the Mets-Braves to-do went down. We won Monday. They won Tuesday. We won Wednesday. That’s math as good as it gets when you don’t […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Buddy Harrelson, Chris Bassitt, Dom Smith, Dreams, Drew Smith, Droughts, Eduardo Escobar, Francisco Lindor, John Stearns, Luis Guillorme, Mark Canha, Series Win, Team History, Tommy Hunter 1. The Mets ran this ticket special in the 1980s that was incredibly successful. For the price of one admission, you could see the most fearsome competitor in the game, a peerless clutch hitter and first base play that was as revolutionary as it was nonpareil. They were also willing into throw in for that […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | An Appreciation, Keith Hernandez, Ralph Kiner, Retired Numbers, Seinfeld, Team History After defeating the Marlins on Monday afternoon, the Mets are 24-10 at home and 4-1 in games that end homestands. As if to express their affection for Citi Field at the end of this 5-2 homestand, they touched home six times en route to their 6-0 victory, each time crossing the plate like it meant […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, Astros, David Peterson, Dom Smith, Ender Inciarte, Homestands, Jerar Encarnacion, John Paciorek, Juan Lagares, Marlins, Mets Once Removed, Mike Birkbeck, P.J. Conlon, Pedro Feliciano, Road Trips, Seinfeld, Team History, Terry Leach, Tommy Hunter, Willie Harris Following Friday night’s 7-3 victory over the Angels, the 2022 Mets are 39-21 after sixty games. Here is a comprehensive list of every Mets team that had as good a record or better than the current edition at the same juncture in its season: 1. 1986: 44-16 That’s it. That’s the list. It may not feel as if […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1986 Mets, 2022 Mets, Brandon Nimmo, David Peterson, Edwin Diaz, Mark Canha, Pete Alonso, Team History, Tylor Megill, Unsurpassed Records On August 8, 1963, the day after Jim Hickman hit for the first cycle in Mets history, the Mets won again, 3-2, with first baseman Duke Carmel (one of two Dukes to play for the Mets that day at the Polo Grounds) hitting the deciding home run in the eighth inning. Between Carmel’s big blow […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aftermath, Alex Ochoa, Cycles, Eduardo Escobar, Eric Valent, Jim Hickman, John Olerud, Jose Reyes, Keith Hernandez, Kevin McReynolds, Mike Phillips, Pete Alonso, Scott Hairston, Starling Marte, Team History, Tommie Agee |
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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