 
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. |
Welcome to another recap in transit! Wednesday night’s game found me on my way to an airplane and ended while I was on said conveyance; Friday night’s began with me wearily navigating a Penske rental truck through New Jersey with Joshua as my co-pilot and supplier of Mets news. (More than you want to know: My […]  4 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Adam Ottavino, Eduardo Escobar, Francisco Lindor, Ghosts, Gosuke Katoh, Hate, Jeffrey Loria, Marlins, Pedro Lopez, Pete Alonso, Tommy Nance Everybody misplaces their Mojo from time to time. In the summer of 1999, Austin Powers had to chase his Mojo all the way back to 1969. A couple of months later, the 1999 Mets’ Mojo experienced dizzying spikes and frightening declines despite Jim Morrison’s advice that it should keep on risin’. For a night-and-a-half in […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1999 Mets, Alex Ochoa, Austin Powers, Bloated Pitching Staffs, Brewers, Chasen Shreve, Drew Smith, Eduardo Escobar, Edwin Diaz, Hunter Renfroe, J.D. Davis, Jeff McNeil, Luis Guillorme, Mark Canha, Mojo, Nick Plummer, Pete Alonso, Pinch-Running, Robin Ventura, Seth Lugo, Short Benches, Starling Marte, The Pinch-Running Files, Tomas Nido, Tylor Megill 7:10 Finish talking to a friend about an art project. Tired from packing ahead of a flight to Charlottesville. Time to watch some Mets baseball! 7:17 Jeez, David Peterson has already hit two Brewers. In a cheap horror movie there’d be some dissonant strings warning of bad things to come. 7:19 Luis Urias slaps a two-run single […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, Brewers, David Peterson, Howie Rose, Jake Reed, Jeff McNeil As he reintroduced viewers to Citi Field, Gary Cohen channeled (not Dr.) Bob Harris by calling Tuesday in New York one of the Ten Best Days of the Year weatherwise. Of course nobody keeps track of the “best” days by weather nor might any two people agree on what precisely confers such status on a […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bob Harris, Brandon Nimmo, Chris Bassitt, Luis Guillorme, Satisfaction, Simpatico, Starling Marte OK, so Sunday’s 4-1 victory over the Angels wasn’t the most memorable of ballgames — no crazed rollercoaster of lead changes, indelible highlights or controversies. But it was satisfying nonetheless: a trim, tidy baseball game, easy to admire if not necessarily one to commit to the top shelf of memory. The Mets got a couple of […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Angels, Buck Showalter, Closers, Edwin Diaz, J.D. Davis, Kurt Suzuki, Mike Trout, Pete Alonso, Taijuan Walker, Tony La Russa, West Coast Trips Hey old friends One day chums New friends pour 1. Noah Syndergaard Juan Lagares 16 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aaron Loup, Amed Rosario, Juan Lagares, Justin Turner, Khalil Lee, Michael Conforto, Noah Syndergaard, Old Friends, Oliver Perez, Stephen Sondheim, Steven Matz, Travis d'Arnaud, Wilmer Flores, Zack Wheeler Following Friday night’s 7-3 victory over the Angels, the 2022 Mets are 39-21 after sixty games. Here is a comprehensive list of every Mets team that had as good a record or better than the current edition at the same juncture in its season: 1. 1986: 44-16 That’s it. That’s the list. It may not feel as if […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1986 Mets, 2022 Mets, Brandon Nimmo, David Peterson, Edwin Diaz, Mark Canha, Pete Alonso, Team History, Tylor Megill, Unsurpassed Records A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure of sharing the story of how Nanette Fluhr’s painting “Lonny,” a portrait of her son in a Mets cap and Mets jersey, was going to be digitzed and travel to the Moon. Quick addendum: that piece that appeared on FAFIF will be getting the same treatment […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Internal Affairs, Lonny, Lunar Codex, Nanette Fluhr, Noah Syndergaard, The Moon Pete Alonso and Starling Marte are not on the IL, not apparently out for weeks or months, but day to day. And that was the good news from MetsWorld for Wednesday night. Seriously, if you got the injury update and then went to bed, you were the smart one. Because the game was a disaster. Chris […] On August 8, 1963, the day after Jim Hickman hit for the first cycle in Mets history, the Mets won again, 3-2, with first baseman Duke Carmel (one of two Dukes to play for the Mets that day at the Polo Grounds) hitting the deciding home run in the eighth inning. Between Carmel’s big blow […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aftermath, Alex Ochoa, Cycles, Eduardo Escobar, Eric Valent, Jim Hickman, John Olerud, Jose Reyes, Keith Hernandez, Kevin McReynolds, Mike Phillips, Pete Alonso, Scott Hairston, Starling Marte, Team History, Tommie Agee |
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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