 
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. |
The 2013 All-Star Game is barely over and I’ve already forgotten all but its most salient details: • Tom Seaver threw out the first pitch, looking as robust as ever. • Matt Harvey went two scoreless, settling down after two shaky batters, no thanks to his catcher Yadier Molina who’s supposed to be so valuable at that […]  20 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  All-Star Game, Billy Wagner, Citi Field, David Wright, Matt Harvey, Tom Seaver Mike Piazza is a New York Mets Hall of Famer. We didn’t necessarily require official confirmation. After completing three of his eventual eight seasons wearing the orange, black and blue, his eternal status was pretty well nailed down in our eyes as well as our hearts. One can only speculate why it took the Mets […] The Mets lost to the Pirates in a quiet, unmemorable game that at least saw Terry Collins manage a bullpen the way one would like: he was cognizant of his starting pitcher’s gas tank and brought his closer in when it mattered instead of when baseball conventional wisdom (which is 90% mythical and the other […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brooklyn Cyclones, Hagerstown Suns, Ike Davis, Jordany Valdespin, Minor Leagues, Terry Collins, Willie Mays Mostly asleep but a little awake early this morning, I remembered I had to get up and write up one of those games I had no desire to dissect let alone relive. “That was deplorable,” I thought as I sunk back into unconsciousness, which is interesting to me since “deplorable” is a word I don’t […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bobby Parnell, Confluence, David Aardsma, David Wright, Deplorable, Gonzalez Germen, Jeremy Hefner, Jordany Valdespin, Jordy Mercer, Josh Edgin, Overwrought Yahoos, Pedro Alvarez, Terry Collins Perhaps I need to be more cynical, but I’m genuinely excited that All-Star Week is upon us and around us. Is it called All-Star Week? I can’t believe it’s not. I assume it’s trademarked and MLB is cashing in on it. MLB will be cashing in off me in two scoops when I visit FanFest twice. […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | All-Star Game, Darryl Strawberry, David Wright, Johnny Callison, Matt Harvey, Polo Grounds, Ron Hunt, Tom Seaver, Willie Mays Today is the 40th anniversary of my first appearance in a major league box score. There I am…look closely. See the part where it says the attendance was 18,776? I’m one of the 18,776. Without me, it’s 18,775. I was just one fan in one seat at Shea Stadium on the afternoon of July 11, 1973. […] 44 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1973 Mets, Anniversaries, Duffy Dyer, Jerry Koosman, Shea Stadium “Never once in his eight seasons of cheering for the Mets has he felt so good. For the first time, he doesn’t miss Willie Mays quite so much.” You couldn’t miss the chip on Megan Draper’s scantily clad shoulder as she briefly took her […] 17 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carlos Beltran, Giants, Mad Men, Marlon Byrd, Small Sample Sizes, Trades, Zack Wheeler Nine innings? Three hours and twenty-three minutes? What a gyp! What kind of Mets game is that in the middle of the night? Surely it was only the opener of a twidawn doubleheader. Surely they had to replay the sixth to the thirteenth from the night before in deference to Bruce Bochy attempting to make […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Dillon Gee, Marathons, Marlon Byrd, Rosemary Woods, Shaun Marcum, Team History, Terry Collins, West Coast Trips “Neither rain nor snow nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” You might know that as the U.S. Postal Service’s motto, though actually it just adorns one of their temple-like buildings here in New York City. (And is a translation of Herodotus, who was talking about messengers in […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andres Torres, Brandon Crawford, Extra Innings, Giants, Matt Harvey, Terry Collins Harvey and Hefner and…does anything rhyme with Hefner? Did you ever think we might need something that does? The Mets have five starters in their rotation, four who are healthy, three who have proven themselves reasonably reliable and two who are extraordinarily effective. One of them is prospective National League All-Star starter Matt Harvey. He’s so […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | H&H Bagels, Hugh Hefner, Jeremy Hefner, Johnny Sain, Matt Harvey, Rhyming, Tasteful Nude Photography, Warren Spahn |
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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