 
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. |
“I just can’t wait to rewrite our story.” Baseball is stories as much as it’s statistics; it’s equal parts narrative and numbers; it’s four cups of emotion for every quart of analytics. Baseball is also rules, exceptions and the narrowest of hallways between those two opposing walls. The rules, written and otherwise, have […]  10 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2017 Postseason, 2018 Postseason, A.J. Hinch, Alex Cora, Carlos Beltran, Compartmentmalization, FanFest, Jeff Luhnow, Managerial Decisions Gone Awry, Mets Managers, Sign-Stealing In the great contemporary tradition of making everything about ourselves, congratulations to the New York Mets’ expansionmates, the Houston Astros on winning their first World Series and, after fifty-six seasons, minting the Expansion Class of 1962 as the first in which everybody can bring a Commissioner’s Trophy to show and tell. Eleven World Series have now […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2017 Postseason, Alex Cora, Astros, Brent Strom, Carlos Beltran, Collin McHugh, Continental League, Dave Hudgens, Expansion, Gary Pettis, Houston, Juan Centeno, Tyler Clippard, World Series, World Series Ending Welcome to the peak of existence, the cusp of the Seventh Game of the World Series, that hoary hypothetical sprung to life. You know how managers are accused of managing a mundane midsummer situation “like it’s the Seventh Game of the World Series”? There will be no need for “like” this evening and, going in, […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2017 Postseason, Astros, Bullpenning, Dodgers, Dramatic Climaxes Add ’em all up, from October 1, 1921, a 5-3 victory over the Philadelphia A’s in the first game of a doubleheader at the Polo Grounds, to October 11, 2017, the fifth game of the American League Division Series won, 5-2, over the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field, and you conclude the New York Yankees […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2017 Postseason, Astros, Celebrations, Clinchings, Elimination Day, Expectations, Frank Robinson, New York Championships, Norman Greenbaum, Sheadenfreude, Thirteen Days, Yankees As you know, I’ve been a big Dodgers fan ever since it occurred to me the Astros might not win the ALCS, so congratulations to my favorite team of the past 48 to 72 hours on winning their/“our” first pennant in 29 years. It’s been a helluva ride, huh? Congratulations foul-tipper extraordinaire Curtis Granderson. Congratulations […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1988 Mets, 2017 Postseason, Chris Woodward, Curtis Granderson, Dodgers, Justin Turner, Steve Garvey, The Mary Tyler Moore Show I was a temporary Astros fan earlier this month, sort of like I was this month in 1980. Way back then, Houston being in the playoffs was novel and they were playing a team, the Phillies, that I detested. The Mets were nowhere in sight. It was October like it’s supposed to be when you […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2017 Postseason, Astros, Municipal Sanity Preservation What’s red and white and available for dinner the rest of October? Your National League East Champion Washington Nationals, who I have to say aren’t doing a very good job of representing our division on the larger stage. As is their custom in this decade, they went to the NLDS. As is their more noted […] 17 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2017 Postseason, Cubs, Heartbreak, National League East, Nationals Monday afternoon I was keeping an eye on the Astros and the Red Sox in the fourth game of their American League Division Series, rain spitting on Fenway, Houston trying to close it out, Boston trying to keep it going, both clubs straddling the line between urgent and panicked as they relied on their respective […] 19 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2017 Postseason, Astros, Geography, Las Vegas, Minor Leagues, Red Sox, Syracuse An Asdrubal Cabrera three-run homer in the 11th to beat the Phillies? What Met fan would say no to that? Sadly, though, Cabrera’s Saturday night shot will never be more than a faint echo of the one we’ll all remember. That one, off Edubray Ramos, came down the stretch last September, when the Mets were fighting […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1988 Mets, 2017 Postseason, Asdrubal Cabrera, Disappointment, Gary Carter, Kirk Gibson, Orel Hershiser |
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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