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” seventh game in any Mets season, the “best” eighth 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. |
 11 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1967 Mets, 1986 Mets, 2009 Mets, Fiftieth Anniversary, Jackie Robinson, Ray Knight, Team History, The Happiest Recap, Tom Seaver For any Mets fan who survived 2009 by telling yourself it couldn’t get any worse, this one’s for you. It’s 2010, and, technically, it didn’t get any worse. The 2009 Mets limped to the finish line with 70 wins — and required a three-game sweep of the Astros the final weekend to accumulate that many. The […] 21 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2009 Mets, 2010 Mets, Attendance, Dillon Gee, Gouging, Hisanori Takahashi, Lucas Duda, Luis Hernandez, Marketing, Nick Evans, Pricing, Ruben Tejada, Tickets Jonathon Niese endured. Ike Davis awoke. David Wright served the main course to one lucky Acela Club patron. The Florida Marlins learned that no one — and I mean no one — comes into our house and pushes us around (hubris not applicable on final days of seasons). And while all this was going on, […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1977 Mets, 2009 Mets, 2010 Mets, Acela Club, Bad Luck, Bernie Williams, Carlos Beltran, Carlos Delgado, Chase Utley, Citi Field, Daniel Murphy, Darryl Strawberry, David Wright, Duke Snider, Gary Sheffield, Gil Hodges, Home Runs, Ike Davis, Injuries, Jimmy Sheckard, John Milner, John Stearns, Jon Niese, Kelvim Escobar, Mark Teixeira, Mel Ott, Mickey Mantle, Mike Jacobs, New Yankee Stadium, Polo Grounds, Renovated Yankee Stadium, Rod Barajas, Rudy, Shea Stadium, Steve Henderson, Steve Zabriskie, Team History, Tim Jordan, Washington Park, Yankee Stadium “This is Country Time lemonade mix. There’s never been anything close to a lemon in it, I swear!” Upset that the Mets don’t have a plan? Please. The Mets have never had anything close to a plan in them. I swear. It would be too easy to say “plan” is a […] 47 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2008 Mets, 2009 Mets, Aaron Cook, Abraham Nunez, Angel Pagan, Brady Clark, Brandon Knight, Chris Aguila, Chris Ianetta, Damion Easley, Dexter Fowler, Died A Met, Fernando Nieve, Gustavo Molina, Jason Bay, Jeff Francoeur, John Maine, Jon Niese, Jose Reyes, Matt Wise, Mike Jacobs, Moises Alou, Pedro Feliciano, Raul Casanova, Raul Valdes, Ricardo Rincon, Ricky Gervais, Rockies, Rod Barajas, Ryota Igarashi, Team History, Tony Armas Jr., Trot Nixon Jose Reyes is not running. He’s not swinging. He’s not fielding or throwing. He’s not functioning as a baseball player. We understand today he’s resting. With any luck, he’s healing. But he’s a Met, so I wouldn’t go that far. Reyes’s thyroid condition has sidelined him for a truly Metsian prognosis of two to eight weeks. Nobody […] It’s September 2009. The last thing I want to do is give the Mets more of my money. But there I am, at Citi Field, in the team store browsing, when I see a sign advising me that player number t-shirts are on SALE. See, this is why I’ll never be an effective participant in a […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2009 Mets, Bud Harrelson, Dwight Gooden, Edgardo Alfonzo, Favorite Players, Injuries, Jose Reyes, Mike Jacobs, Rey Ordonez, Rico Brogna, T-shirts, Tom Seaver Remember, in the wake of the Carlos Beltran fiasco, how the Mets wanted those mean people in the media and all us nasty bloggers to think about the rash of injuries that derailed the team on a case-by-case basis, instead of trying to look for patterns? Well OK. Fair enough. Let’s evaluate these comments from J.J. […] As the fires of the season from Hell cool to a smoldering pain, I’ve caught myself thinking about what the most agonizing part was. And I think I’ve figured it out. It was the anticipation of disaster. As the season wore wearily on, we were a beaten people by the middle innings. Then by the bottom of […] Too bad the story is apocryphal. Too bad lefty Giant reliever Don Liddle — after retiring lefty Vic Wertz in Game One of the 1954 World Series with two on and none out — didn’t actually declare to his teammates upon being pulled in favor of righty Marv Grissom, “I got my man.” It’s too […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2009 Mets, Don Liddle, Most Valuable Met, Pedro Feliciano, Vic Wertz, Willie Mays “Welcome, Mr. Fry. If you’ll just follow me this way, I’ll show you your suite.” “OK. This is kind of a weird experience. Can you tell me …” “It’s an adjustment for everybody, sir. We’ve found that it’s best if you take things in at your own pace. Now then, here we are. After you, Mr. Fry.” “Hmm. […] |
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 © 2024 Faith and Fear in Flushing - All Rights Reserved |
||