During the endless (or so it seemed) New York City newspaper strike of 1978, when checking one’s phone for headlines was somehow not an option, a parody of the so-called Paper of Record made the rounds. Not The New York Times, it was called, the brainchild of George Plimpton, the industrious correspondent who would go […]
 
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. |
 5 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2014 Postseason, Genuine Class, Giants, Larry Baer, Ownership In the end, it was the year of the pitcher…one pitcher in particular. It was the year of Madison Bumgarner. The towering lefty won the 2014 World Series Wednesday night, accompanied by 24 San Francisco Giants, several of whom he couldn’t have done it without. The rest will likely stare down at their third shiny […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2014 Postseason, Giants, Madison Bumgarner, Royals, World Series Ending Welcome to Cliché Stadium for the last Major League Baseball game of this year. It takes place tonight. When it is over, there will be no tomorrow. Not one necessarily worth contemplating anyway. Except for Giants partisans who would have preferred the opportunity to bubble-wrap the Commissioner’s Trophy, fasten its seatbelt and fly it home, nobody didn’t […] It’s a long way from Matty vanquishing Athletics in 1905 to MadBum mowing down Royals in 2014, though if you’ve pitched yourself into the same conversation, the gap grows short. In Game Five of the current World Series, Madison Bumgarner threw a shutout for the ages, certainly one that would have fit comfortably within the […] If we’re being fair to the primary participants and their loyal fans, this would be a good time to end the World Series. Each side has won twice, once at home, once on the road. Everybody’s had a chance to show their best selves. There’s something to feel good about from most every angle. We’ve seen […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2014 Postseason, Bruce Bochy, Casey Stengel, James Shields, Jason Vargas, Jay Leno, Jeff Torborg, Joaquin Arias, Joe Maddon, Leo Durocher, Les Moss, Managing, Ned Yost, Sparky Anderson, Terry Collins, Walt Alston, Woody Allen, Yusmeiro Petit The Royals’ 7-2 victory in Wednesday night’s Game Two provided a healthy reminder that there are two league champions vying in this World Series. Or, more cynically, the Giants’ 7-2 defeat in Wednesday night’s Game Two provided a pointed reminder that an 89-win team is playing an 88-win team for the championship of the world. […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1998 Mets, 2001 Mets, 2002 Mets, 2003 Mets, 2014 Postseason, Bruce Chen, Dennis Cook, Ed Lynch, Jose Reyes, Julio Franco, Last Met Standing, Longest Ago Met Still Active, Luis Lopez, Marco Scutaro, Masato Yoshii, Mike Glavine, Mike Piazza, Octavio Dotel, Pedro Feliciano, Rigo Beltran, Scott Strickland, Team History, Tony Phillips, Turk Wendell, Ty Wigginton, Willie Blair It did not occur to me that an October might arrive when my two true teams would come face to face in a World Series, and that I would have to discover and then declare an ultimate loyalty. The odds against two particular teams’ meeting in a World Series in any given year are so […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2014 Postseason, Carlos Delgado, Eric Hosmer, Giants, Hozzie the Cat, Yusmeiro Petit I’m guessing the Kansas City Royals didn’t use their extended hiatus between clinching the ALCS and commencing the World Series to get to know our vast array of New York Mets blogs, which is to say I’m also guessing the Kansas City Royals are totally unfamiliar with us and our work. I put that out […] When we’ve played this late into a year, we’ve been at our most Amazin’. Ours is the franchise over which Roger Angell once concluded, “The Mets go melodramatic in October, it’s in their genes…” He wrote that in 2001, specifically about a series of games from 1988, but also knowing the events of 2000 and […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2014 Postseason, Metropolitan Exceptionalism, Team History The last National League East team to advance in a postseason was the Philadelphia Phillies of 2010, who swept the Cincinnati Reds in the NLDS, the series that opened with Roy Halladay throwing a no-hitter. The Phillies seemed on track to make their third consecutive World Series, but would be stopped cold by the San […] |
Piazza: Catcher, Slugger, Icon, Star by Greg Prince is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers. 
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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. 
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