The first week of baseball is seductive and also a little dangerous: You’re so glad to have baseball back and to resume the rhythms of fandom that you can shrug off the disappointment that comes with every game having a winner and a loser. The first week really does offer participant trophies, and each season […]
 
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. |
 4 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Astros, Ghosts, Griffin Canning, Howie Rose, Jeremy Pena, Jose Siri, Josh Hader, Juan Soto, Mark Vientos, Max Kranick, Spencer Arrighetti, Yordan Alvarez Friday night’s game ended with the sweetest of words. Am I referring to “Mets win” or to “put it in the books?” To quote the tyke from the Internet meme, “Why not both?” On Thursday the Mets did a lot of things right — hitters refused to expand the strike zone and heretofore suspect relievers pitched […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Minter, Apple TV+, Edwin Diaz, Juan Soto, Pete Alonso, Reed Garrett, Rob Drake, Ryne Stanek, Tylor Megill, Uniforms The Mets played to five ties in Spring Training. You can’t do that in the regular season, eight long-ago curfew/rain-related exceptions to the rule notwithstanding,. Therefore, Opening Day 2025 was going to be either a win or a loss, meaning we were bound to process it, in very basic terms, as good or bad. Loss equals […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Astros, Clay Holmes, Framber Valdez, Hayden Senger, Huascar Brazoban, Josh Hader, Juan Soto, Mets Opening Day, Opening Day, Rationalization, Uniforms It was 34 degrees this morning in New York because it’s March 27, and on March 27, about a week beyond winter, you’re as likely as not to get a very chilly morning. Days with mornings with that low a temperature don’t exactly scream baseball weather. But the Mets were in Florida for a month-and-a-half (where […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Minter, Astros, Billy Murphy, Bob Gallagher, Brandon Nimmo, Clay Holmes, Ed Kranepool, Felix Mantilla, Field Of Dreams, Griffin Canning, Hayden Senger, Jack DiLauro, Jeff Torborg, Jose Siri, Juan Soto, Lenny Randle, March, Mark Bradley, Max Kranick, Mike Cubbage, Moment of Silence, Opening Day, Patches, Rickey Henderson, Ron Locke, Team History, Tommie Reynolds, Wayne Graham Baseball seasons run only so many games and so many months long. Yet if you’re lucky, they last forever. Also, if you’re a little unlucky after the fact, they stick around without a peer emerging to join them where you left them. The season that lands at No. 3 among MY FAVORITE SEASONS, FROM LEAST […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1986 Mets, Boldface Type, Jimmy Breslin, My Favorite Seasons, My Least Favorite Seasons Flies who’ve watched Spring Training shake their buzzy little heads and remark on unfortunate colleagues dropping like Mets. Down goes Alvarez (hand). Down goes McNeil (oblique). Down already went Montas and Manaea and the backup infielder Madrigal who wasn’t hyped enough to be saddled with Jed Lowrie comparisons, so at least he’s got that going […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2024 Mets, Aging, Being John Malkovich, Casey Kasem, Francisco Lindor, Grimace, Larry Sanders, My Favorite Seasons, My Least Favorite Seasons, OMG, Playlists, Ralph Malph, Recency Bias, Towels Before he incurred infamy for the two words he uttered to communicate he wanted no more of his 1980 rematch versus Sugar Ray Leonard — “no más” — Robert Duran was mainly recognized as the fighter who was “pound for pound” the best in the world. Duran is the reason I learned that phrase. For […] Academy Award winners deemed guilty of defying brevity in their acceptance speeches Sunday night heard the orchestra subtly nudging them off the Dolby Theatre stage. New York Mets receive a more definitive elbow toward the rideshare area on Seaver Way when the powers that be decide it’s their time to go. Designated for assignment. Waived. […] |
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. |
|
Copyright © 2025 Faith and Fear in Flushing - All Rights Reserved |
||