 
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. |
Since we’re Mets fans, we all knew the bullpen had issues. Since we’re adults, we all know progress isn’t always or even usually a smooth arc — it comes with fits and starts. A day after blowing a big lead because of a nightmarish inning of relief, the Mets endured a bunch of bad luck, came […]  3 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Astros, Brandon Nimmo, J.D. Martinez, Luis Severino, Mark Vientos, Matt Festa In this new upbeat era of Mets baseball in which we only grimace ironically, let’s catalogue our positives. Ty Adcock not only made his Met debut, but sparkled in it. Mark Vientos went about as deep as one can to dead center at Citi Field. Before Mark hit his mark, the Mets made the most of […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bullpen Depth, Disappointment, Expectations, Jake Diekman, Reed Garrett, Ty Adcock, Tylor Megill I won’t claim it’s high on my lengthy list of Selig/Manfred era outrages, but it annoys me that the Astros are in the American League. They’re our expansion siblings, after all, arriving along with us in 1962 as the Colt .45s. We began as a novelty act to salve the still-fresh wounds of Dodgers and Giants […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Astros, Fans, Grimace, Jeff McNeil, Joe Sheehan, Jose Altuve, Jose Iglesias, Jose Quintana, OMG, Ronel Blanco, Tyrone Taylor They’re probably not this good, are they? How could they be? Fifteen wins in nineteen games seems to give us all the answer we need, a stretch that’s unfurled since their last pairing of consecutive losses, not to mention the active streak of three victories during which the most recent ascension or explosion feels it […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aaron Judge, Adrian Houser, Ben Gamel, Emotional Cost Certainty, Francisco Alvarez, Harrison Bader, Michael Mays, Sean Manaea, Subway Series, Subway Series Sweep, Ty Adcock, Tyrone Taylor, Willie Mays I stopped attending Subway Series games years ago because they’re like Thanksgiving dinners where every single uncle and cousin you dislike RSVPs that they’ll show up drunk and eager to talk politics. No thanks — I’ll catch these from my couch, where any woofing mookdom can be addressed as an internal affair. That part’s predictable; the […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aaron Judge, Adam Ottavino, Brandon Nimmo, Bullpen, Carlos Mendoza, Danny Young, David Peterson, Dedniel Nunez, Francisco Alvarez, Gerrit Cole, Harrison Bader, J.D. Davis, Mark Vientos, Reed Garrett, Subway Series, Yankee, Yankees The part where the Mets hit three home runs; receive a practically flawless performance from their starter; and win is the best part from Sunday night at Wrigley Field. Sadly, it’s not the main part. The main part is the part where the umpires inspect the Mets’ closer’s glove and pitching hand and tell him, […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Edwin Diaz, Ejection, Rosin, Sticky Hands, Suspension, Sweat, Ump Show By the time Saturday afternoon rolled around our 2024 beach vacation was at an end: house cleaned, last Long Beach Island breakfast consumed, farewells said, and car filled for the trip back to Brooklyn, the heat wave we’d been happy to miss, and normal life. Heading up the Garden State Parkway, your correspondent was frankly weary. […] “Solstice schmolstice,” they might say in the bleachers at Wrigley Field, where the exact position of the sun doesn’t matter as long as it’s out somewhere. They have their new tradition of building a cup snake that wends all the way to Lake Michigan, perhaps Michigan itself, and they have their old tradition of throwing […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Francisco Alvarez, J.D. Martinez, Joe Hudson, Jose Iglesias, Jose Quintana, Steve Gelbs, Summer, Tomas Nido, Willie Mays, Wrigley Field Here’s a list of what I did Thursday during our week of vacation on Long Beach Island: bike ride That’s a pretty damn good day, one I felt absurdly lucky to get to enjoy. The ballgame was the last couple of innings of the Giants and the Cardinals at Birmingham’s […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, Cubs, Francisco Alvarez, Francisco Lindor, J.D. Martinez, Joe Hudson, Jose Iglesias, Laughers, Luis Torrens, Shota Imanaga, Tomas Nido, Wrigley Field Being a fan is inherently ridiculous. Two weeks ago we were collectively rending our garments because the Mets were painful to watch and we were killing time waiting to a) see what they got for every upright body at the trade deadline; and b) complain about seeing Pete Alonso in the togs of the Mariners/Cubs/Giants/What-Have-Yous. Then came […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andrew Heaney, Drew Smith, Edwin Jimenez, Leody Taveras, Pete Alonso, Rangers, Sean Manaea, Sean Reid-Foley, Starling Marte |
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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