 
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. |
When I turned 41 When I turned 45 When I turned 47 Today I turn 51 51 they give coaches — none who’s fixed Ike  27 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Birthdays, Dave Hudgens, Lance Johnson, Mel Rojas, Mike Maddux, Rick White, Team History This just in, from the press box at Shea Stadium, where a 5-4-3 triple play hit into by the Pirates’ Bill Mazeroski just went unnoticed for the umpteenth time: the Oscar’s Cap Awards for 2013, recognizing the ongoing presence of the Mets in popular culture, both lately and eternally, have been announced. The Oscar’s Caps, or […] These kids, the kid in all of us and the calendar are ready for baseball to get here sooner than later already yet. The 8-8 Jets are done. The 7-9 Giants are done. My 2-10 USF Bulls remain on extended bowl hiatus since 2010. In other words, all of my parochial football interests, such […] If you are a spiritual descendant of Virginia of “yes, Virginia…” fame this Christmas Day, you may want to take the following observation with a grain of salt or at least an ounce of nog. When the Mets were done hosting Queens schoolchildren last week and the player who took on the role of Santa Claus […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Daniel Murphy, Eric Young Jr., John Franco, Mets Holiday Party, Santa Claus, The Sopranos Carlos Beltran shouldn’t feel so bad about Mets ownership’s attitude toward him a few years ago as he counts his Yankee dollars in the present. The unfortunate Trailways Toss of his reputation — a.k.a. throwing Beltran under the bus over knees not healed and hospitals not visited — seems to have hastened a change in […] 17 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carlos Beltran, Ike Davis, Justin Turner, Marlon Byrd, Media, Mets Holiday Party, Ray Knight, Sandy Alderson I assigned myself two missions as I arrived at Citi Field Tuesday morning to cover my fourth consecutive Mets holiday party for Queens schoolchildren. One I had planned, the other developed on the fly. The ad hoc mission involved getting out of the bitter cold after an overly literal, presumably underinstructed windbreaker-wearing guard on the other […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aces, Citi Field, Jib, Jon Niese, Mets Holiday Party, Pedro Martinez, Tom Seaver, Zack Wheeler As mind-blowing concepts went, none could explode the goop inside this onetime 15-year-old’s coconut quite as much as what I learned was about to take place on the first Saturday of August 1978. There was going to be a baseball card show at Shea Stadium. Think about that: • Baseball card show. • Shea Stadium. Now think about it […] Oh, you suddenly wacky Mets. No sooner had I fallen back into despair and trotted out my Sandy as Charlie Brown, Jeff as Lucy cartoon than it was announced that the Mets had signed Bartolo Colon — who’s equal parts huge, old and good — to a two-year contract that, like Curtis Granderson not long before, […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bartolo Colon, Citi Field, Fans, Kids, Sandy Alderson, Tom Seaver, Wilpons “Hey, do any of you guys know a pitcher named Bartolo Colon?” 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bartolo Colon, Bill Brasky, Kaz Ishii, Mike DeJean “The Mets were for the common people, I thought — the policemen and the doormen and the shoeshine boys and the newsdealers and the hot dog peddlers.” “There is more Met than Yankee in every one of us.” The hot stove season, particularly […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carlos Beltran, Curtis Granderson, Duke Carmel, Free Agents, True New Yorkers, Yankees |
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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