 
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. |
Forty years ago tonight, the Mets were visiting Pittsburgh, sitting in fourth place, 3½ games behind the front-running Pirates in the N.L. East with a record of 73-77…and they were about to post one of the 500 most Amazin’ wins of their first 50 years. From The Happiest Recap (First Base: 1962-1973)… *** Game two of […] On Saturday, August 10, Zack Wheeler and the Mets beat the Diamondbacks, 4-1, while Phil Hughes and the Yankees lost to the Tigers, 9-3. I enjoyed both games immensely. The Mets had taken over third place in the N.L. East and sat only two games behind Washington for second. The Yankees were stuck down in […]  10 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1973 Mets, Moment of Silence, Rabbi Evan Radler, Yankees Final Score: Braves 13 Mets 5. Monday’s Belabored Day matinee was played on the […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1973 Mets, Aaron Harang, Comebacks, Craig Swan, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Derek Wallace, Doc Medich, John Stearns, Tim Byrdak, Vic Black I will not read too much into this afternoon’s Mets’ 11-0 thrashing of the Nationals. 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1973 Mets, Bob Gibson, Daniel Murphy, Ike Davis, Jenrry Mejia, Juan Lagares, Sequestration Today is the 40th anniversary of my first appearance in a major league box score. There I am…look closely. See the part where it says the attendance was 18,776? I’m one of the 18,776. Without me, it’s 18,775. I was just one fan in one seat at Shea Stadium on the afternoon of July 11, 1973. […] 44 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1973 Mets, Anniversaries, Duffy Dyer, Jerry Koosman, Shea Stadium On Friday night, after getting to be part of a conversation with Dwight Gooden, Greg and I were in the right-field stands, watching Matt Harvey finish up his domination of the Nationals. “How is it this team isn’t in first place?” I asked him. “Doesn’t it feel like they should be?” That’s what a 7-4 road trip […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1973 Mets, Daniel Murphy, Delusion, Dillon Gee, Fans You don’t gotta believe or anything crazy like that, but you gotta take stock of what’s been going on in the National League East since May 26: New York 15-14 If that’s not 1973 in miniature, I don’t know what is. We bemoan the lack of a 40th anniversary tribute from the organization that […] 21 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1973 Mets, 2013 Mets, Faith, Jeremy Hefner, Josh Satin, LaTroy Hawkins, Marlon Byrd, Mets Third Basemen, Zach Lutz I’m picturing Mets marketing types watching the games from St. Louis and Chicago this week. They see the deep-seated allegiance in the home crowds set against the respective backdrops of Cardinalia and Cubbishness. There are symbols and there are statues and there is total engagement between the fans and the franchises, one of which has […] 22 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1973 Mets, Mets Marketing, Shortsighted Decisions Not sure whose brilliant idea it was to place the first days of spring so close to the last days of winter, but if you require something to warm you up as March’s lionlike weather persists, consider that we sit and shiver on the precipice of the 40th anniversary of the 1973 National […] Something struck me while the Giants were being demolished by the Reds, 9-0, Sunday and the Nationals were getting stomped by Carlos Beltran’s Cardinals, 12-4, Monday: this never happens to us. The Mets have never been truly blown out of a postseason game. They’ve never lost one by eight runs. They’ve never lost one by nine […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1969 Mets, 1973 Mets, 1986 Mets, 1988 Mets, 1999 Mets, 2000 Mets, 2006 Mets, 2012 Postseason, Blowouts, Faint Praise |
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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