 
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. |
Hosmer the Cat (a.k.a. Hozzie) rightfully turns his back on Hosmer the first baseman (a.k.a. the enemy). As we approach the never previously calculated New York Mets Championship Equinox — Saturday at 9:53 PM EDT is the moment between the final pitch of the pennant-clincher and the first pitch of the World Series — […]  22 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2000 Mets, 2015 Postseason, 2015 World Series, Bandwagons, Baseball Equinox, Hozzie the Cat, Royals, World Series Fever The temptation after a night like Wednesday, when the New York Mets defeated the Chicago Cubs, 8-3, at Wrigley Field to sweep the National League Championship Series in four straight games and claim the fifth pennant in franchise history is to say this is what makes being a Mets fan worthwhile. Nonsense. It’s been worthwhile all […] 73 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2015 Mets, 2015 National League Champions, 2015 Postseason, Daniel Murphy, Jeurys Familia, Lucas Duda, Worthwhile The Mets have used a simple formula to get past the Dodgers and 3/4 of the way past the Cubs: Combine great starting pitching with a shutdown ninth inning. It’s worked pretty well … but the Mets are adding ingredients to the recipe. We’ll get back to the latest legends of Murphtober and […] 45 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2015 Postseason, Cubs, Daniel Murphy, David Wright, Jacob deGrom, Wrigley Field, Yoenis Cespedes The Greatest Show on Murph continues. Every postseason night, a supremely credentialed starting pitcher faces the New York Mets and every postseason night, Daniel Murphy trumps that ace, converting him into just another overwhelmed spectator craning his neck in a venue jammed with gobsmacked gawkers. Clayton Kershaw, Zack Greinke, Jon Lester and now Jake Arrieta […] 37 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2015 Postseason, Citi Field, Daniel Murphy, Jake Arrieta, Jeurys Familia, Let's Go Mets, Mets Fans, Noah Syndergaard The physicist Leonard Mlodinow has something to say about baseball narratives. This is from The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives (via this Freaknonomics post): …if one team is good enough to warrant beating another in 55% of its games, the weaker team will nevertheless win a seven-game series about four times out of 10. And […] 21 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2015 Postseason, Cubs, Curtis Granderson, Daniel Murphy, Juan Lagares, Kyle Schwarber, Matt Harvey, Travis d'Arnaud It’s a small detail from a big night, no more than a leaf on a tree in the forest of delight that emanated from Chavez Ravine Thursday night as the New York Mets defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers, 3-2, to advance to the National League Championship Series. But the detail tells us a little something. Get […] 60 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2015 Postseason, Daniel Murphy, Improvement, Jacob deGrom, Jeurys Familia, Noah Syndergaard, Terry Collins, Zack Greinke One of the underrated facets of your team being in the postseason is the off day. Fans of the Nationals, the Braves and other N.L. East also-rans are long past the point of off days. Cardinals fans are plum out of them as are those who lived and, at last, died with the Rangers and […] Baseball is a game played nine to a side, with wheeling motion and shifting fielding assignments and set plays and so much else. But each play starts not with nine people doing multiple things, but with one person doing one thing: The pitcher takes the ball and throws it in the direction of home plate. When […] 59 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1969 Mets, 2015 Postseason, Citi Field, Clayton Kershaw, David Wright, Dodgers, Ed Charles, Justin Turner, Ron Swoboda, Steven Matz Justin Arnold knows how to dress for a Mets playoff game. He and his dad know how to bring their team luck, too. Wanted to thank one of the 44,000 fans who made Citi Field a special place to be for Game Three, Justin Arnold. That’s him, between me on the right and his […] “Hello? Anyone still up?” “I’m not hungry. They’ve got great food at work. I’m still wired, though. I just had to drop by and tell somebody […] 32 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2015 Postseason, Chase Utley, Citi Field, Coming of Age Moments, Gil Flores, Matt Harvey, Pete Rose, Ruben Tejada, Rusty Staub, Shea Stadium, Yoenis Cespedes |
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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