 
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. |
Are you ready for some history? Not real history, but a numerical marker of passing historical interest? Are you ready for the slight chance of a run or two being scored by the home team tonight? Then you’re ready for Michael Conforto, suddenly (after weeks of wailing and wondering) recalled by your offensively bereft New York […]  17 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Michael Conforto, One Thousand Mets, Team History It’s odd being away from your baseball team for nine games. Not to mention that being six hours ahead of behind the U.S. pretty much takes you out of seeing anything. While I was in Italy night games began at 1 a.m. I caught a couple of innings of the Mets and the Cardinals trudging […] 35 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Clayton Kershaw, Lucas Duda, Michael Conforto, Michael Cuddyer, Sandy Alderson For the first time in seven years, I’m finding myself more than moderately bothered by the result of a Mets game lost on this late a date on the calendar…an indicator of progress for the franchise, if not for myself. We must be stepping up in class. Get to July 22 of previous seasons — or […] 38 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bobby Parnell, Disappointment, Jordan Zimmermann, Noah Syndergaard, Pennant Race, Richard Nixon, Terry Collins I wish the Mets weren’t already out of the pennant race. I wish the Mets weren’t always getting their brains beaten in by the Washington Nationals. I wish the Mets weren’t always falling apart after the All-Star break. 22 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bobby Parnell, Eric Campbell, Jacob deGrom, Jenrry Mejia, Jeurys Familia, Nationals, Pennant Race, Perspective, Wish Fulfillment Perhaps you remember when you could cure what momentarily ailed a television set by whacking it on the side. It did the trick maybe once in twenty tries, but the memory of it working that one time stayed with you. So if your reception was erratic, your rabbit ears weren’t hearing your pleas and neither […] 16 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A Good Zetz, Alex Torres, Amateur Television Repair, Matt Harvey Perhaps you’ve heard the story of John Daly, host of CBS’s What’s My Line?, introducing his broadcast of Sunday night, May 31, 1964, with the honest admission that he’d been backstage watching the most “marvelous” — or in one retelling “fantastic” — baseball game between the New York Mets and San Francisco Giants just before […] 41 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bobby Parnell, Carlos Martinez, Carlos Torres, Carlos Villanueva, Curtis Granderson, Dorothy Kilgallen, Eric Campbell, Extra Innings, Jeurys Familia, John Daly, Jon Niese, Kevin Pawlecki, Kolten Wong, Kurt Warner, Lucas Duda, Marathons, Satchel Paige, Sean Gilmartin, Tim Cooney, Yadier Molina Losing by ten runs once you’ve fallen behind by four in the first inning isn’t better than many things, but based on recent, compelling evidence, it sure beats losing by one run when the tying run stands on third base. A 12-2 loss attributable primarily to Bartolo Colon simply not having it is almost relaxing […] During yet another scintillating replay review Friday night, we learned Keith Hernandez spent part of his All-Star break pulling weeds. Not by himself, mind you. He was assisting Maggie, “the gal that oversees my property,” in getting the job done, which, as Gary Cohen pointed out, was “lovely” of him. It’s lovely, too, to know […] 35 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Cardinals, Keith Hernandez, Noah Syndergaard, Offensive Ineptitude, Seinfeld The goal of every baseball fan this time of year is to endure the All-Star break while complaining about its existence as much as possible. It’s interminable, it’s endless, it’s too long. Find some more synonyms. Traditionally, by Wednesday it’s completely outlived its utility, yet they went and extended it a few years ago to […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | All-Star Break, Franchise Four, Jacob deGrom, PItching I’m still kvelling from Jacob deGrom in the All-Star Game last night. Seriously. I should be more upset that the National League did not uphold the honor of the essentially meaningless midseason exhibition (home field, schmome field; Mets in five), but p’shaw! to that. A decision for Jacob would have been swell and an MVP […] 35 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | All-Star Game, All-Star Team, All-Stars, Jacob deGrom |
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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