 
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. |
Blink and you’re missing it, this 2012 World Series. The Tigers certainly seem to have leaned on the fast-forward button without realizing it. Maybe it’s appropriate how swiftly the first three games have flown by as they’ve landed in Giants territory, and not just because record-level winds are forecast to lift America’s East Coast into the […]  9 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2012 Postseason, Gregor Blanco, Ryan Vogelsong, Sandy Amoros, Sergio Romo, Sid Fernandez, Tim Lincecum If a pitcher can be deemed “major league” after two starts, Matt Harvey would seem to be it. His lifetime mark has dropped to 1-1, which isn’t an accurate reflection of how well he pitched against the Giants Tuesday night and — whatever we think of the usefulness of pitchers’ won-lost records — probably doesn’t […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | .500, Bill Denehy, Dick Selma, Matt Harvey, Sandy Alderson, Scott Hairston, Tim Lincecum, Tom Seaver, Trades Somehow, I imagined that seeing my favorite team play a doubleheader that included two big-league debuts and began with David Wright poised to claim the club record for RBIs would be more fun. After 10 days far from home, the idea of my own couch and the Mets on my own TV was pretty close to […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | David Wright, Giants, Ike Davis, Jeremy Hefner, Jordany Valdespin, Sean Ratliff, The Holy Books, Tim Lincecum Things looked promising Saturday night right from the get-go in the top of the first when Carlos Beltran doubled for the 1,854th hit of his illustrious career and Daniel Murphy doubled right behind him for the 268th hit of his illustrious career to give the Mets an early 1-0 lead. But then Tim Lincecum settled […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Career Hit Totals, Chris Capuano, Illustrious Careers, Mechanical Bull, Tim Lincecum I love Tim Lincecum, I really do. I love that perfect motion of his — my description of it last year was “the equation that solves a knotty physics problem, and leaves you smiling at the elegance and beauty of the answer,” which I’m not going to improve on. I love his God-given talents, […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carlos Beltran, Giants, Ike Davis, No-Hitters, Tim Lincecum, Willie Harris The grizzled cabbie craned his neck out of the taxi window to survey the madhouse on Market Street. San Francisco’s busiest downtown boulevard, even on normal days, was teeming with thousands of jubilant Giant followers. Car horns were honking. Orange and black confetti was fluttering from the windows above. Strangers were shaking hands, then embracing. […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2010 Postseason, Bill Kent, Buster Posey, David Plaut, Deliverance, Don DeLillo, Giants, Madison Bumgarner, New York Giants, Roger Kahn, Suffering, Tim Lincecum, World Series, World Series Ending If you’re lucky enough to not be a Cablevision subscriber, enjoy Game One of the 2010 NLCS tonight on Fox. If you’re like me, you’re rushing off to a radio to hear Tim Lincecum square off against Roy Halladay in one of the few matchups that fairly screams “PITCHING DUEL!” in advance (which means it […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2010 Postseason, Christy Mathewson, Corporate Nonsense, Tim Lincecum I know I’m not the first to note their facial and follicle similarity, but on Thursday night Tim Lincecum really put me in mind of Mitch Kramer, the newly minted ninth-grader doing his best to avoid a paddling from the SOB seniors in 1993’s 1976 homage Dazed and Confused. Whenever I see Lincecum’s locks, I think of […] 20 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carlos Beltran, Dazed and Confused, Jose Reyes, Mitch Kramer, R.A. Dickey, Shawn Mullins, Tim Lincecum By the late innings it was pretty clear that someone wasn’t going to win today’s game as much as they’d survive it. Oliver Perez was awful. Raul Valdes, admittedly asked to do something difficult, could not. Jenrry Mejia failed, as young men finding their way must. David Wright did nothing at the plate except scream […] |
Piazza: Catcher, Slugger, Icon, Star 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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