 
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. |
Like everybody else, I’m mortal. I have an expiration date, a timer that will ring, a final quarter that will yield GAME OVER. One day I’ll have a final moment and once it’s past, I’ll be dead. I have no idea when that final moment will be — it could come a few minutes from now, […]  6 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Brandon Nimmo, Braves, Charlie Morton, Mortality, Tylor Megill Oh, how quickly things can change. Who’d even heard of Phil Bickford 10 days ago? And yet tonight there I was cheering energetically for Bickford to get out of a straitjacket against the Cubs and give the Mets a win — in a rubber game, no less. I could say I was on the edge of my […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, Booing, Christopher Morel, Cubs, Francisco Alvarez, Ian Happ, Phil Bickford, Rene Rivera Some are like summer The 2023 Mets have assured themselves they will not be the statistical equal of the 2022 Mets, having notched their 62nd loss Tuesday night the season after […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1998 Mets, Abraham Almonte, Carlos Carrasco, Daniel Vogelbach, Hardy Perennials, Historic Dropoffs, Historical Plunges, James Taylor, Jameson Taillon, Pete Alonso, Ryder Chasin, Team History, Throwing Things Baseball is a sport of long-term truths that fight their way out of short-term noise, so the Mets winning a rain-interrupted laugher over the Cubs was only a surprise from an emotional standpoint: It had been pretty obvious to us loyal diehards doughty faithful pathetic masochists that they would never win another game in 2023, […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brett Baty, Cubs, Danny Mendick, Ian Happ, Kodai Senga, Laughers, Pete Alonso Jose Quintana came highly recommended on Angi when you were looking for a gardener. He wasn’t necessarily the best, but he was very good. So you contacted him. Jose informed you he’d be very happy to help you with all your gardening needs, except he had to tend to a medical situation before he could […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2026 Mets, Bunch of Rocks, Jose Quintana, Misplaced Gardening Talents There’s a post to be written about how the rest of the season is a chance for David Peterson and Tylor Megill — your last two Mets starters down in Baltimore — to show they belong in the starting rotation, to demonstrate that they’re more than just fill-ins for now-traded Hall of Famers, to add […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | David Peterson, Disappointment, Orioles, Tylor Megill James McCann destroyed the team that sent him away, going 3 for 3 with 5 RBIs and even stealing a base. That’s the headline, but the punchline comes courtesy of our Metsmerized buddy Mike Mayer: Only two catchers have ever had at least 3 hits, 5 RBIs, a walk and a steal in a game against […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brett Baty, David Peterson, Francisco Alvarez, James McCann, Josh Walker, Mark Vientos, Orioles, Starling Marte Every season includes mathematical milestones that take me by surprise when I look up and notice them. Has this much of the season already flown by? It usually starts at the 16-game mark. We’re barely two weeks removed from Opening Day and, bam, 10% of the season has disappeared. We do this only fifteen more […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carlos Carrasco, Danny Mendick, Fountains, Interleague Play, Jonathan Arauz, Josh Walker, Position Players Pitching, Royals, Spiritual Forfeits The Original Mets were stocked primarily by a legendarily threadbare expansion draft that left the Mets capable of winning one of every four games they’d play in their first year. With a full season’s experience under their collective belt, the Slightly Less Original Mets took the field for their second year and won eleven more […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1963 Mets, 2015 Mets, Anthony Recker, Bill Haas, Claude Raymond, Danny Mendick, Dismal Present, Eric Campbell, George Weiss, Jack Fisher, John Mayberry Jr., Jonathan Arauz, Mark Canha, Phil Bickford, Potentially Brighter Future, Rafael Ortega, Reed Garrett, Royals, Special Draft, Steve Cohen, Team History Some days can’t possibly be summed up by one post. So consider this one just the start of a conversation that kicks off tonight but will go on in some form for years. The Mets traded pretty much everybody. Justin Verlander went back to the Astros, where — as I semi-seriously predicted — he’ll now face […] 26 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Billy Eppler, Dominic Leone, Embarrassment, Francisco Alvarez, Josh Walker, Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer, Rafael Ortega, Royals, Steve Cohen, Tommy Pham, Trade Deadline, Trades |
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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