 
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. |
The hours before first pitch of a series that determines who goes to the World Series, regardless of time zones or network dictates, drag longer than any other hours on any clock anywhere. The Mets are going in Game One with a pitcher making his third major league start of 2024. His manager acknowledges three innings […]  2 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2024 Postseason, Adam Ottavino, Jeff McNeil, Kodai Senga, Waiting We knew it would be the warm California sun glowing amid local start times of 5:15 PM Sunday and 1:08 PM Monday. We just didn’t know in which part of the Golden State Ol’ Sol would be splashing down on the Mets. Now we do. It’s glamorous L.A., it’s gleaming Dodger Stadium, it’s the hallowed […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2024 Postseason, Bob Seger, Bring It On, Dodgers There are off days in the postseason, but there’s never a day off from thinking about the Mets when the Mets are in the postseason. The Mets and we needed the briefest of respites after clinching the National League Division Series — which I swear I knew was as good as won once it became […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2024 Postseason, Buzz, Dates, Nate Bargatze, Off Days, Singularity, Words Shortly after Shea Stadium completed its sixteenth season of operation as home of the New York Mets, it was busy being the home of the New York Jets. The Mets were done for the year by October. This was 1979. Competitively, the Mets were done for the year by April. Citi Field is currently in the […] 20 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2024 Postseason, Citi Field, Home, Shea Stadium The New York Mets broke it to me gently early Saturday evening. They appreciate my help, but they got this. They have a plan, they know what they’re doing, they’re going to do it, I can just relax. I nodded my understanding. I’m not going to relax, but I think I get what they’re telling […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2024 Postseason, Brandon Nimmo, Confidence, David Peterson, Doubt, Jose Iglesias, Kodai Senga, Phillies, Reed Garrett, Zack Wheeler 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 […] I had the feeling I was seeing something I hadn’t witnessed before, so I ran through it in my head to confirm. Eleven postseasons. Twenty postseason rounds. Ninety-four postseason games. It took until the respective eleventh, twentieth and ninety-fourth of the above for the New York Mets to do something they’d never done before. Never […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1973 Mets, 2015 Mets, 2024 Postseason, Brewers, Helpful Precedent, Oof, Pete Alonso, Phil Maton, Sean Manaea, Team History We’re in. 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2024 Mets, 2024 Postseason, Braves Lose, Clinchings, Mets Win |
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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