 
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. |
By definition, a Sunday afternoon spent beating a pair of American League All-Stars en route to winning by five is time well spent. That’s what the Mets did on July 4, racking up four runs in 3 1/3 innings off All-Star Gerrit Cole, whose situations were as sticky as his grip might no longer be, and […]  19 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Aroldis Chapman, Brandon Nimmo, Dom Smith, Francisco Lindor, Fucking Idiots, Gerrit Cole, Jose Peraza, Lucas Luetge, Marcus Stroman, Pete Alonso, Subway Series, Tomas Nido, Yankees Well, at least the pig exited covered with lipstick. The Mets fell behind 4-0 against a scintillating Yu Darvish on a night when Taijuan Walker didn’t have his best stuff, kept getting into trouble of his own making, and had very little in terms of bullpen and bench behind him – a situation that led to […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bad Luck, Billy McKinney, Disappointment, Fernando Tatis Jr., Francisco Lindor, Ha-Seong Kim, James McCann, Jurickson Profar, Kevin Pillar, Late Night West Coast Games, Luis Rojas, Managers, Manny Machado, Mark Melancon, Mason Williams, Padres, Pete Alonso, Taijuan Walker, Tim Hill, Tomas Nido, Travis Blankenhorn, Yu Darvish I went off to California for a week and while I was out there the Mets underwent some renovations, to say the very least. Deep breath. I’d barely registered the arrival of Jake Hager before he got his first big-league hit and then was subtracted from the roster. The minorly heralded Khalil Lee arrived, swung and missed […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Baseball Cards, Billy McKinney, Catchers, Edwin Diaz, Injuries, Jacob deGrom, Replay Review, Ryan McMahon, The Holy Books, Tomas Nido, Yennsy Diaz “Please cover your left eye and tell me what you saw Wednesday night from Atlanta.” “David Peterson carrying a no-hitter into the fifth inning, showing the promise that gets us so excited about him … defensive prodigy Khalil Lee making his second sensational catch in two nights … Cameron Maybin using his wheels and wits to […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Cameron Maybin, David Peterson, Expectations, Frustration, Jacob Barnes, James McCann, Khalil Lee, Ronald Acuna Jr., Tomas Nido (Presented with eternal affection for the timeless creation of Ruth Roberts and Bill Katz) Meet this Met There’s Tommy Hunter Johneshwy Fargas Toe! Suddenly’s a power bat 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bill Katz, Bullpen Games, Cameron Maybin, Johneshwy Fargas, Jonathan Villar, Kevin Pillar, Khalil Lee, Roster Turnover, Ruth Roberts, Tomas Nido, Tommy Hunter, Trevor Hildenberger, Wilfredo Tovar Kvetching about the mounting mountain of injuries to Met players is darkly amusing until somebody gets hurt. I mean really hurt. Monday night in Atlanta, Kevin Pillar was smacked in the face by a rising 95 MPH fastball thrown with no purpose other than getting him out by the Braves’ Jacob Webb. It happened literally in a […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Hit By Pitch, Injuries, Jacob Webb, James McCann, Kevin Pillar, Noah Syndergaard, Sean Reid-Foley, Tomas Nido, Velocity The most delightful aspect of the 2021 Mets to date that hasn’t involved Jacob deGrom pitching and hitting has been the emergence of the self-anointed Bench Mob, the aggregation of heretofore part-timers who’ve produced plentifully when called on, which has also plentifully. Riding to our injury-riddled rescue in the grand tradition of Bambi’s Bandits, Hondo’s […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bench Mob, Chris Carter, Designated Hitter, Hamstrings, Injuries, Interleague Play, Jake Hager, Jeff McNeil, Jeremy Hefner, Jonathan Villar, Jose Peraza, Kevin Pillar, Marcus Stroman, Michael Conforto, Patrick Mazeika, Tomas Nido True confession time: Your recapper earns no accolades for being an attentive student of the game Wednesday night, dozing off before the conclusion of Game 1 (“Did they lose?” I asked Emily when roused) and remaining groggy and befuddled for a good chunk of Game 2. Just as well, since I figure we don’t particularly […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Ali Sanchez, Cardinals, Doubleheaders, Ghosts, Jonathan Villar, Jordan Yamamoto, Kevin Pillar, Marcus Stroman, Patrick Mazeika, Paul DeJong, Tomas Nido So that was complicated. The Mets’ Monday night game against the Cardinals didn’t look like a particularly good bet, not with old friend Adam Wainwright on the mound and Nolan Arenado and Paul DeJong lurking to do what they do. Not to mention the Mets put J.D. Davis on the IL and didn’t have Brandon Nimmo […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alex Reyes, Cardinals, Chili Davis, Jeff McNeil, Joey Lucchesi, Nolan Arenado, Tomas Nido If it had been at all delightful, Tuesday’s twi-night doubleheader at Citi Field could have been billed a Berra’s Delight. Anybody who could make sense of the nonsense at hand would have been admitted free. Or admitted at all. Nobody is admitted to baseball games in 2020, of course. After fourteen innings of futility, nobody who […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1975 Mets, Ali Sanchez, Andres Gimenez, Corey Oswalt, Doubleheaders, Home Teams Away, Jon Berti, Juan Lagares, Luis Rojas, Marlins, Mets Managers, Pandemics, Patrick Mazeika, Rick Porcello, Seth Lugo, Stealing Home, Team History, The Pinch-Running Files, Tomas Nido, Yogi Berra |
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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