 
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. |
To get us rolling, a sample of my strongly held opinions that make people either smile politely until I shut up or quietly back away from me when they think I’m not noticing: The American League is a jumped-up beer league, the National League should never have agreed to treat it as an equal, and John […]  12 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1973 World Series, A's, American League, Ballparks, Braves, Chris Bassitt, Gambling, John McGraw, Las Vegas, Laughers, Magic Numbers, Mark Canha, MLB, Onslaught of Gambling Commercials, SNY, Stephen Vogt, Whitey Herzog, Yogi Berra One of the great frustrations of being a fan is how different a team can look on successive days. In one game absolutely nothing works; less than 24 hours later everything does. Or vice versa, of course. Players know this far better than we do and respond to it with a studied stoicism that we sometimes […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Anthony Rizzo, Bartolo Colon, George Weiss, James Loney, Jason Heyward, Johnny Murphy, Reggie Jackson, Steve Chilcott, Whitey Herzog I was no fan of Whitey Herzog’s when he was The Enemy in the middle and late 1980s. Man, did I hate those Cardinal teams, probably more than I hated the Bobby Cox Braves of the late ’90s and early 2000s, Durocher’s Cubs, Leyland’s Pirates or Charlie Manuel’s Phillies of recent vintage. That’s a lot of […] 20 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Casey Stengel, Davey Johnson, Gil Hodges, Hall of Fame, Managing, Mets Hall of Fame, Team History, Whitey Herzog |
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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