 
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. |
If you spent the night renewing your membership in the Diehards’ Club by watching the Mets play extra innings against the Padres, you not only got to see a Mets win — you got ample opportunity to reflect on the team’s past, its future and (oh yeah) it’s glass-half-something present. The accolades and the happy sentiment […]  5 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Bobby Parnell, Brandon Nimmo, Draft, Jason Isringhausen, Josh Thole, Lucas Duda, Ruben Tejada, Terry Collins, Todd Tichenor Joseph Fichtelberg, chairman of the English department at Hofstra University, has notified us of the establishment of a scholarship fund that honors the memory of the great Mets fan, blogger, author and friend Dana Brand: *** It was less than three months ago that Dana Brand was taken from us. I worked with Dana for […] The Mets have lost five in a row, ten of thirteen. Those are trends we haven’t seen since the atrociousness of April. There was no sign the Mets would snap out of it then, but they did. There’s no sign the Mets will snap out of it now, and, given that no return date is […] I can see why it’s a big deal that Mike Pelfrey spoke his mind. It reveals that he has one. Watching him on the mound for six seasons, particularly when things begin to go a little haywire, I wouldn’t have sworn under oath that he had a noodle to use. Other than that, I don’t quite […] Whatever hopes we had of catching the Braves (and somewhere in our Ya Gotta Believe hearts we all had them) have melted away over the last two weeks. At the end of July, you may remember, the Mets took four in a row from the Reds; since then, we’ve won a grand total of four […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Cody Ransom, Dillon Gee, Ian Kennedy, Paul Goldschmidt, Stupid Rules, Yadier Molina Welcome to The Happiest Recap, a solid gold slate of New York Mets games culled from every schedule the Mets have ever played en route to this, their fiftieth year in baseball. We’ve created a dream season that includes the “best” 112th game in any Mets season, the “best” 113th game in any Mets season, […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1963 Mets, 1982 Mets, 1985 Mets, Dwight Gooden, Ellis Valentine, Fiftieth Anniversary, Roger Craig, Team History, The Happiest Recap The Mets never say die, but sometimes they die anyway. They won’t say die for the next 45 games but I suspect what remains unspoken will occur more or less half the time no matter their best intentions. Of the choice between “more or less,” more would certainly be preferable. When a team that isn’t supposed […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | .500, 2011 Mets, 2012 Mets, August, Hope, Hustle Howard Johnson, Ryder Chasin and the shirt heard ’round the world. Howard Johnson could hit home runs and steal bases in tandem (if not simultaneously; the rules don’t allow that) like no Met before him and no Met after him. Only Darryl Strawberry could do it — 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bar Mitzvah, FAFIF Shirt, Howard Johnson, Ryder Chasin The last two nights, the Mets offered us a stirring reminder that while the playoffs may be out of reach, there’s still plenty of baseball to be enjoyed, whether you’re out at Citi Field, parked in front of the TV or wandering around with the radio as your companion. They played scrappy, fundamentally sound ball, […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Casey Stengel, Dan Napoleon, Ruben Tejada, Terry Collins “Woo! We win again! Way to go, Ruben!” “Hey, […] 16 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Eerily Quiet, Jason Isringhausen, Mets Fans, Mike Baxter |
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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