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” 109th game in any Mets season, the “best” 110th game in any Mets season, […]
 
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. |
 6 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1971 Mets, 1983 Mets, 1998 Mets, Fiftieth Anniversary, Ken Boswell, Team History, The Happiest Recap, Turk Wendell, Walt Terrell I saw this New York Times piece on my iPad and spent the next couple of hours trying to keep my blood from boiling. I love the Times, but Jim Luttrell’s post is tone-deaf about Mets fans specifically, baseball fans in general, and ignores the actually interesting currents and tribes of the city in favor of […] 36 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Daniel Murphy, David Wright, Fans, Heath Bell, Injuries, Justin Turner, Lucas Duda, Media Criticism, Mike Baxter, New York Times This is what it sounded like during Terry Collins’s postgame press conference Sunday, where the primary subject was the status of Jose Reyes and Daniel Murphy: “Terry, have you ever seen this many injuries on one team?” “Terry, this is tough, isn’t it?” “Terry, can you believe how many injuries your team has had?” “Terry, your team has had […] 16 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Daniel Murphy, Injuries, Jose Reyes, Media, Mindless Rituals, Terry Collins I’d forgotten how great home runs could be. Seriously. Saturday night was a perfect illustration of why they’re such superb creatures when they’re on your side. The Mets hit four home runs. Nothing showy — two guys hit one, one hit two; two came with nobody on, the other two with one on. Four swings. Six […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Citi Field, Home Runs, Jason Bay, Josh Thole, Justin Turner What was farther out of the realm of possibility: that the Mets would make a stand against the Braves or that I’d be there to see them attempt it? Not long ago both happenstances seemed reasonably reasonable. My part should have been a breeze: I made plans to see Friday night’s game with a friend who […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2011 Mets, Headaches, Jose Constanza, Moonstruck, Phantom Games, Regrets, Uniforms 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” 106th game in any Mets season, the “best” 107th game in any Mets season, […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1962 Mets, 1966 Mets, 1988 Mets, Bob G. Miller, Fiftieth Anniversary, Keith Hernandez, Ron Swoboda, Team History, The Happiest Recap INT. CITI FIELD — NIGHT Several dejected Mets are sitting around the clubhouse, half in and half out of their uniforms. JUSTIN TURNER R.A. DICKEY 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, Daniel Murphy, Johan Santana, Justin Turner, R.A. Dickey, Rainouts Well, Emily and I had fun for eight innings. It was a lovely night, we warmed up for the game with my wife’s first-ever visit to Donovan’s (I wouldn’t say it’s the best burger in New York City, but it’s very good — a bar burger executed perfectly), and during the mid innings I got to […] 25 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Citi Field, Disappointment, Fans, Jason Isringhausen, Johan Santana, Justin Turner, Marlins 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” 103rd game in any Mets season, the “best” 104th game in any Mets season, […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1983 Mets, 1985 Mets, 1995 Mets, Dwight Gooden, Fiftieth Anniversary, Jason Isringhausen, Mookie Wilson, Team History, The Happiest Recap 1) Bottom of the ninth, Mets losing, Wright leads off. Grounds to short. Takes a nice play from Ramirez, but he’s out pretty easily. With that, I’ve decided, “Let’s just get this over with. The trains are all screwy as it is thanks to the storm that unleashed hail the size of hockey pucks on […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Angel Pagan, Daniel Murphy, Jason Bay, Lucas Duda, Marlins, Sudden Changes of Fortune |
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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