 
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. |
I believe there’s a reason above all others that Ed Kranepool resonates like no one else in the Met mythology: He was here from the first year through the eighteenth year of the franchise uninterrupted. Ed Kranepool’s entire Mets career (his entire major league career, for that matter) can be expressed via a simple en-dash. Ed […]  10 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Bartolome Fortunato, Bill Pulsipher, Bob L. Miller, Bobby Bonilla, Cleon Jones, Comma Mets, Daniel Murphy, Dave Kingman, Ed Kranepool, Hubie Brooks, Jason Isringhausen, Jim Gosger, John Franco, Kelly Stinnett, Kevin Mitchell, Lee Mazzilli, Mike Jacobs, Mike Jorgensen, Nolan Ryan, Pedro Feliciano, Punctuation, Recidivst Mets, Rusty Staub, Team History, Tim Foli, Tom Seaver, Tug McGraw Saluting No. 41 on the Empire level (couldn't find his statue). It’s amazing how the memory of Seaver’s greatness has faded in New York over the last 20 years. Pitchers whose accomplishments are anywhere near Seaver’s might have been expected to have gained in reputation from having pitched 12 seasons under the scrutiny of […] Welcome to a special midweek World Series edition of Flashback Friday: Take Me Out to 34 Ballparks, a celebration, critique and countdown of every major league ballpark one baseball fan has been fortunate enough to visit in a lifetime of going to ballgames. BALLPARK: Fenway Park 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Boston Braves, Braves Field, Fenway Park, Flashback Friday, Pedro Martinez, Red Sox, Tom Seaver Two annual rituals of the baseball season cross paths in the middle of every Met June: the instinctive recollection of monumental trades that took place this time of year in years gone by and the reappearance, via clever scheduling nobody asked for, of former friends and foes who now wear American League garb. It seems […] 22 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2003 Mets, 2006 Mets, Anniversaries, Bobby Valentine, Bruce Berenyi, Corey Patterson, Dan Norman, Dave Kingman, Doug Flynn, Interleague Play, Juan Samuel, Managers, Manny Acta, Nick Markakis, Pat Zachry, Paul Siebert, Sluggo, Steve Henderson, Tom Seaver, Trades, Ty Wigginton Friday night was an extraordinary pitchers’ duel. The only thing that would have made it perfect would have been a better result, both in terms of reversing the identities of the winning and losing teams and if Johan Santana had, like Yovani Gallardo, pitched all nine innings in the process. This is not a rant about […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1969 Mets, 1996 Mets, 1997 Mets, 2002 Mets, 2005 Mets, Cory Lidle, Don Cardwell, Dual Complete Games, Gary Gentry, Glendon Rusch, Jack DiLauro, Jerry Koosman, Jim McAndrew, Johan Santana, Mike Maddux, No-Hitters, Nolan Ryan, Paul Wilson, Pedro Feliciano, Pedro Martinez, Relief Pitching, Rick Reed, Ryota Igarashi, Shawn Estes, Starting Pitching, Takashi Kashiwada, Team History, Tom Seaver, Wayne Granger, Yovani Gallardo [T]his appreciation for diverse views may also come in handy as a diehard Mets fan serving alongside her new colleague-to-be, Yankees fan Justice Sotomayor — who I believe has ordered a pinstripe robe for the occasion. Elena Kagan has been nominated to serve as the next Associate Justice of the Supreme Court […] 16 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1983 Mets, Elena Kagan, Presidents, Supreme Court, Tom Seaver Winning in 20 innings by using 24 Mets who accumulated 9 hits despite batting against 2 Cardinal position players for the last 3 of those innings has generated some truly deep thinking among our readers, as evidenced by our unusually busy (for a Sunday) comments section and in-box. It’s great stuff, particularly the following, an […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1965 Mets, 1973 Mets, 1985 Mets, 2010 Mets, Al Jackson, Bill Russell, Billy Cowan, Bob Shaw, Bobby Klaus, Bud Harrelson, Casey Stengel, Cliff Floyd, Dwight Gooden, Ed Kranepool, Ernest Hemingway, Felipe Lopez, George Stone, George Theodore, J.C. Martin, Jack Fisher, Jason Isringhausen, Jim Brewer, Jim McAndrew, Johan Santana, Karim Garcia, Ken Boswell, Marathon, Orlando Cepeda, Pete Richert, Phil Hennigan, Randy Johnson, Rusty Staub, Rutgers, Sharon Chapman's Marathon Run, Tom Seaver, Tug McGraw, Ubaldo Jimenez, Woodrow Wilson, World War I It’s September 2009. The last thing I want to do is give the Mets more of my money. But there I am, at Citi Field, in the team store browsing, when I see a sign advising me that player number t-shirts are on SALE. See, this is why I’ll never be an effective participant in a […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2009 Mets, Bud Harrelson, Dwight Gooden, Edgardo Alfonzo, Favorite Players, Injuries, Jose Reyes, Mike Jacobs, Rey Ordonez, Rico Brogna, T-shirts, Tom Seaver One of your Mets trivia staples is, “Name the Mets players who have been inducted into the Hall of Fame.” For the longest time, you had but four names to memorize if you wanted to answer in full: • Yogi Berra, inducted 1972 You understood each of these […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2002 Mets, Duke Snider, Eddie Murray, Gary Carter, Hall of Fame, Nolan Ryan, Richie Ashburn, Rickey Henderson, Roberto Alomar, Tom Seaver, Warren Spahn, Willie Mays, Yogi Berra The Mets were meandering through their most arid major award season since 1993 — the last time no Met scored a single vote for MVP, Cy Young, Manager of the Year or Rookie of the Year nor nabbed a Silver Slugger or Gold Glove — when it appeared we’d have nothing more to sate our […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Al Jackson, Carlos Gomez, Cleon Jones, Darryl Strawberry, Dwight Gooden, Eddie Kunz, Fernando Martinez, Gregg Jefferies, Hubie Brooks, Ike Davis, Jay Payton, Jeff Kent, Jerry Koosman, Jesse Gonder, Jon Matlack, Jon Niese, Ken Boswell, Lastings Milledge, Mike Pelfrey, Mookie Wilson, Omir Santos, Philip Humber, Prospects, Roger McDowell, Ron Swoboda, Todd Hundley, Tom Seaver, Topps All-Rookie Team, Ty Wigginton |
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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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