 
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 have two favorite stealth statistics from the 2024 season. 1) When the Mets bottomed out at 22-33 on May 29, everybody in the National League, save for the Rockies and Marlins, had a better record than them: the three division leaders, the three Wild Card holders of the moment, and six teams with what appeared […]  4 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2024 Mets, Believe, Math, Nikon Camera Mets Player of the Year For those keeping adjustable score of very recent, relatively quiet Met offseason acquisitions at home, you can pencil in the following: Righthanded pitcher Yuhi Sako. A southpaw counterpart named Brandon Waddell. Jared Young, who plays first. Catcher Chris Williams. Righty Griffin Canning, who maddeningly contained Met bats one day last summer, so I can say, “Him I’ve heard of.” If you […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2024 Mets, 2025 Mets, Alex Reyes, Brandon Waddell, Carlos Beltran, Chris Williams, Culture, Dave Winfield, David Stearns, Gary Carter, Griffin Canning, Howie Rose, Jared Young, Juan Soto, Mike Hampton, Mike Piazza, Offseason Bookkeeping, Perceptions, Pete Alonso, Randy Keisler, Steve Cohen, Team History, Terry Collins, Yuhi Sako Lest unanimity get a bad name, let us forget the myopic groupthink that infected 30 members of the Baseball Writers Association of America and let us all instead commit to a Metsiastically agreeable concept: No Met was more valuable in 2024 than Francisco Lindor. Perhaps you have an opposing viewpoint. It takes all kinds, one supposes. In […] And yet, it felt fantastical. I wasn’t entirely sure the road I walked was even there anymore. And even if it were there as the map said, and even if I went to walk it again on another day, another season, maybe in a different pair of shoes, it wouldn’t be the same road. I […] 27 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1776, 2024 Mets, 2024 Postseason, 2025 Mets, Francisco Lindor, Moment of Silence, Neil King Jr., Parades Yet To Be Scheduled The Mets lost, and their season is over. Sean Manaea didn’t have his putaway stuff, Phil Maton looked gassed, and Kodai Senga turned in one good inning but not a second. Meanwhile, the hitters worked solid ABs and kept creating traffic, but couldn’t get the big hit they needed: They were 2 for 9 with runners […] 24 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2024 Mets, 2024 Postseason, Brandon Nimmo, Disappointment, Dodgers, Farewells, Francisco Alvarez, Francisco Lindor, Jeff McNeil, Jesse Winker, Jose Iglesias, Joy, Kodai Senga, Mark Vientos, Pete Alonso, Phil Maton, Sean Manaea, Starling Marte, Tyrone Taylor It’s so much easier to give up. The Mets are losing. The Mets are going to lose. I know the Mets are going to lose. You know the Mets are going to lose. So let’s give up on the charade of rooting for them to stop losing and give in to the reality that a […] Late on a Sunday night in 1975, I’m watching Sammy & Company on Channel 4 because I’m up, it’s on, and nothing else is. The Sammy in question is Sammy Davis, Jr. He’s done it all in show business and now he’s hosting this syndicated not quite talk show, not quite variety show. It’s got […] 19 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2002 Mets, 2024 Mets, Brandon Nimmo, Braves, Clinchings, Closing Day, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Lindor, Hollering, Hooting, Jarred Kelenic, Joey Lucchesi, Karma, Mets Pop Culture, Old Friends, Pete Alonso, Redemption, Sammy Davis, Screaming, Shouting, Spencer Schwellenbach, Travis d'Arnaud, Tylor Megill, Tyrone Taylor We’re in. 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2024 Mets, 2024 Postseason, Braves Lose, Clinchings, Mets Win C’mon, Francisco. C’mon, Jose. C’mon, Mark. C’mon, the whole bunch of you, one through nine. It was no use. I called to them through the TV with encouragement by first name or nickname and, save for a single in the first and a double in the fifth, the personal touch was of no use. Nor […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2024 Mets, Brewers, Damn Yankees, Sniff ‘n’ the Tears, Uncertainty The following is not to be construed as an endorsement of playing a regular-season baseball game on a Sunday night, particularly when that game was originally scheduled to be played on a Sunday afternoon, and it’s definitely not an endorsement of any television network that has purchased the contractual right to move this baseball game […] 32 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2024 Mets, Brandon Nimmo, Closing Day, Closing Night, Edwin Diaz, Fan Appreciation Weekend, Jose Butto, Miracles, Old Friends, Pennant Race, Pete Alonso, Phil Maton, Phillies, Sunday Night Baseball, That Thing You Do, Tylor Megill, Tyrone Taylor, Zack Wheeler |
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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