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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. |
 1 comment - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1969 Mets, Art Shamsky, Juan Soto, Mets Right Fielders, Queens Baseball Convention, Winter The first pitch that will carry the most weight in Game Three of the National League Championship Series will be thrown by Luis Severino. Our emotions will ride on that pitch and however many more Luis throws, each guaranteed our overwhelming support — despite Luis’s fondness for the black jerseys that will infiltrate our heretofore […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1969 Mets, 2024 Postseason, Ceremonial First Pitches, Darryl Strawberry, Dwight Gooden, Edgardo Alfonzo, Luis Severino, Matt Harvey, Robin Ventura, Yoenis Cespedes Good news: the Mets weren’t eliminated from winning their division Monday night, cleverly getting rained out while Atlanta (you’re not gonna believe this) lost. Not only did the Mets gain ground by not doing anything but pulling a tarp over the field, but Jeff McNeil overtook a declining Freddie Freeman in the batting race simply […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1969 Mets, 1997 Mets, National League East, Powerhouse Division, Rain, Team History You score 15 runs, what do you get? Enough peace of mind to carry you through an off day, I hope. The New York Mets, who entered Wednesday tied for first place in the National League East, exited Wednesday a half-game ahead of their closest competition. Not bad for a team declared deceased by a vocal […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1969 Mets, 2007 Mets, Alex Claudio, Bob Moose, Chris Bassitt, Jacob deGrom, Lloyd Bentsen, Questionable Invocation of Precedent, Tyler Naquin It’s Sunday night. The Mets haven’t won in more than a week. As if that’s not enough of a shame, our greatest miracle has been celebrated anew, and this is how our team responds in the present? What we could really use is a nice offensive explosion while everything is looking listless and limp, maybe […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1969 Mets, 2019 Mets, 2022 Mets, Almost Famous, Cleon Jones, Dana Brand, Daniel Vogelbach, Edwin Diaz, Gil Hodges, Hall of Fame, Irene Hodges, Joely Rodriguez, Losing Streaks Snapped, Pete Alonso, Time With apologies to Moonlight Graham awaiting a lifetime for his first at-bat in Field of Dreams; Blue Moon Odom, mainstay of the dynastic 1970s Oakland A’s; Wally Moon’s “Moon shots” down the right field line when the Flatbush-abandoning Dodgers put down temporary stakes at the woefully misshapen L.A. Coliseum; and even Pete Alonso’s shall we […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1969 Mets, Bar Mitzvah, Lonny, Lunar Codex, Mad Men, Nanette Fluhr, Oscar's Cap Awards, The Moon Look at Dan Napoleon On May 11, 1969, the New York Mets woke up in as good a situation as they’d ever enjoyed after 28 games: 13-15, a mark they’d reached previously only in […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1963 Mets, 1964 Mets, 1967 Mets, 1969 Mets, Amos Otis, Charley Smith, Felix Mantilla, Jim Hickman, Ken Boyer, Mets Outfielders-Third Basemen, Mets Third Basemen, Mets Third Basemen-Outfielders, Team History They weren’t kidding when they said Jerry Koosman was clutch. Beat the mighty Orioles twice to tie and win the World Series? Yeah, that was swell, but look at what he’s accomplished lately. • Jerry Koosman shows up at Citi Field to have his number retired, and the 2021 Mets shake out of their characteristic doldrums […] 19 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1969 Mets, 1976 Mets, 20 Wins, Family, Jerry Koosman, Retired Numbers My usual approach to frustrating losses is to recap them as quickly as possible and have faith that the sun rising again will bring a little optimism back with it. But sometimes I can’t bring myself to do that and opt for a different strategy, which is basically to go to bed and hope it […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1969 Mets, Booing, David Peterson, Francisco Lindor, Garrett Richards, Jerry Blevins They were 89 moments in the sun, 89 moments under the spotlight, 89 days and nights of our lives when little else mattered to us. I mean more than usual. “The Mets go melodramatic in October,” Roger Angell once wrote. “It’s in their genes.” Here we inspect the DNA and report the findings. Here we do […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1969 Mets, 1973 Mets, 1986 Mets, 1988 Mets, 1999 Mets, 2000 Mets, 2006 Mets, 2015 Mets, 2016 Mets, Mets Postseason Games, Team History |
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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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