 
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. |
Dear Student: The following is your remote learning unit for May 27, 2021. Please complete each assigned exercise, derived from this afternoon’s lesson plan, and submit your answers through your personalized educational portal, using code TWOFORTHURSDAY. Please stay safe, New York Metropolitan Teaching Technologies — 1) A standard scheduled baseball game measures nine innings. How many innings would a doubleheader […]  17 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Billy McKinney, Cameron Maybin, Churves, Connor Joe, Doubleheader Sweeps, Doubleheaders, Edwin Diaz, Jeurys Familia, Jose Peraza, Marcus Stroman, Noah Syndergaard, Robert Gsellman, Rockies It’s presumptuous to project thoughts onto the deceased. The deceased can’t speak for themselves, yet we the living haughtily decide what they might be thinking if they were still with us. I do anyway. For a decade now, I’ve done it with Dana Brand. Though it’s presumptuous as hell, I do it because I miss Dana. […] Six hits. Five for singles. Only two — the lone double, followed by one of the singles — were grouped in helpful proximity to one another, generating an entire run to cut the scoreboard deficit from gaping to yawning, but either way insurmountable most of the afternoon. Sit indoors on a sunny Sunday in New York […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | C Team, Johneshwy Fargas, Jordan Yamamoto, Robert Gsellman, Wilfredo Tovar, Yennsy Diaz Did ya see how the bottom of the eighth between the Mets and Marlins ended on Saturday? Dom Smith made a hellacious dive with two out to corral a grounder from Miguel Rojas, rolled over on his rear end and rid himself of the ball before retrieving his bearings, guiding it to Miguel Castro at […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Dan Seals, Defense, Dom Smith, Joey Lucchesi, John Ford Coley, Johneshwy Fargas, Sean Reid-Foley, Tommie Agee Never mind the cliché about a team beset by injuries resembling a M*A*S*H unit. The Mets of the moment — with 16 players on their injured list — are closer to a M*A*S*H episode. A specific M*A*S*H episode in my mind, the one titled “Carry On, Hawkeye,” from the second season of the series. In […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Drury, Dae-Sung Koo, Ed Sudol, Extra Innings, Francisco Lindor, Injuries, Jake Hager, Johneshwy Fargas, Khalil Lee, M*A*S*H, Marcus Stroman, Marlins, Night Clubs, Recidivist Mets, Sugar Kings, The Pinch-Running Files, Umpiring, Wilfredo Tovar “Please cover your left eye and tell me what you saw Wednesday night from Atlanta.” “David Peterson carrying a no-hitter into the fifth inning, showing the promise that gets us so excited about him … defensive prodigy Khalil Lee making his second sensational catch in two nights … Cameron Maybin using his wheels and wits to […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Cameron Maybin, David Peterson, Expectations, Frustration, Jacob Barnes, James McCann, Khalil Lee, Ronald Acuna Jr., Tomas Nido (Presented with eternal affection for the timeless creation of Ruth Roberts and Bill Katz) Meet this Met There’s Tommy Hunter Johneshwy Fargas Toe! Suddenly’s a power bat 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bill Katz, Bullpen Games, Cameron Maybin, Johneshwy Fargas, Jonathan Villar, Kevin Pillar, Khalil Lee, Roster Turnover, Ruth Roberts, Tomas Nido, Tommy Hunter, Trevor Hildenberger, Wilfredo Tovar Kvetching about the mounting mountain of injuries to Met players is darkly amusing until somebody gets hurt. I mean really hurt. Monday night in Atlanta, Kevin Pillar was smacked in the face by a rising 95 MPH fastball thrown with no purpose other than getting him out by the Braves’ Jacob Webb. It happened literally in a […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Hit By Pitch, Injuries, Jacob Webb, James McCann, Kevin Pillar, Noah Syndergaard, Sean Reid-Foley, Tomas Nido, Velocity The most delightful aspect of the 2021 Mets to date that hasn’t involved Jacob deGrom pitching and hitting has been the emergence of the self-anointed Bench Mob, the aggregation of heretofore part-timers who’ve produced plentifully when called on, which has also plentifully. Riding to our injury-riddled rescue in the grand tradition of Bambi’s Bandits, Hondo’s […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bench Mob, Chris Carter, Designated Hitter, Hamstrings, Injuries, Interleague Play, Jake Hager, Jeff McNeil, Jeremy Hefner, Jonathan Villar, Jose Peraza, Kevin Pillar, Marcus Stroman, Michael Conforto, Patrick Mazeika, Tomas Nido Less than 24 hours after the Mets lost to the Rays by one run on Friday night, the Mets were losing by one run to the Rays on Saturday afternoon, yet whereas Friday’s defeat grated deeply as a one-run loss will, the one-run deficit the Mets were alternately trying to overcome and maintain Saturday didn’t […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bench Mob, Bullpen Games, Bulpability, Churves, Drew Smith, Francisco Lindor, Jake Barnes, Jake Hager, Jeurys Familia, Joey Lucchesi, Jose Peraza, Khalil Lee, Pete Alonso, Rays, Sean Reid-Foley, St. Petersburg, Tommy Hunter |
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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