Welcome to The Happiest Recap, a solid gold slate of New York Mets games culled from every schedule the Mets have ever played en route to this, their fiftieth year in baseball. We’ve created a dream season consisting of the “best” 70th game in any Mets season, the “best” 71st game in any Mets 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. |
 8 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1963 Mets, 1964 Mets, 1972 Mets, Fiftieth Anniversary, Jimmy Piersall, Joe Christopher, Team History, The Happiest Recap, Tom Seaver Welcome to The Happiest Recap, a solid gold slate of New York Mets games culled from every schedule the Mets have ever played en route to this, their fiftieth year in baseball. We’ve created a dream season consisting of the “best” 52nd game in any Mets season, the “best” 53rd game in any Mets season, […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1964 Mets, 1976 Mets, 1986 Mets, Dave Kingman, Fiftieth Anniversary, Larry Bearnarth, Team History, The Happiest Recap, Tim Teufel Welcome to The Happiest Recap, a solid gold slate of New York Mets games culled from every schedule the Mets have ever played en route to this, their fiftieth year in baseball. We’ve created a dream season consisting of the “best” 40th game in any Mets season, the “best” 41st game in any Mets season, […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1964 Mets, 1999 Mets, 2009 Mets, Dick Smith, Fiftieth Anniversary, Omir Santos, Robin Ventura, Team History, The Happiest Recap Welcome to The Happiest Recap, a solid gold slate of New York Mets games culled from every schedule the Mets have ever played en route to this, their fiftieth year in baseball. We’ve created a dream season consisting of the “best” fourth game in any Mets season, the “best” fifth game in any Mets season, […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1964 Mets, 1984 Mets, 2005 Mets, Al Jackson, Dwight Gooden, Fiftieth Anniversary, Pedro Martinez, Team History, The Happiest Recap On October 28, 1961, eight dignitaries in suits — including Mayor Bob Wagner, master builder Bob Moses and future villain Don Grant — plunged spades into the ground and touched off the beginning of construction on a project tentatively titled Flushing Meadow(s) Stadium. It took 902 days to get from ceremonial shovels to the first […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1964 Mets, 2008 Mets, Ballparks, Citi Field, Dana Brand, Flashback Friday, Jack Fisher, Keith Hernandez, Matthew Silverman, Michael Shapiro, Robert Moses, Shea Stadium, Team History Anyone who knows Dan Quayle knows that, given a choice between golf and sex, he’ll choose golf every time. The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue arrives in my mailbox every February to no particular anticipation or fanfare. Certainly its contents are well put together, and I wouldn’t argue they don’t merit an objective hubba-hubba! and a […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1964 Mets, 1986 Mets, 1987 Mets, Amado Samuel, Baseball Cards, Brooklyn Decker, Bud Harrelson, Dan Quayle, Dominican Republic, Frank Taveras, Jose Reyes, Kathy Ireland, Kathy Ireland in a Mets Cap, Marilyn Quayle, Mets Cap, Mets Pop Culture, Mets shortstops, Sammy Samuel, Sports Illustrated, Swimsuit Issue, Team History, Teddy Martinez, Tony Fernandez |
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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