 
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. |
Welcome to A Met for All Seasons, a series in which we consider a given Met who played in a given season and…well, we’ll see. Every Met roster seems to have one — a guy who slumps around under a little black cloud, trailed by misfortune both chronic and mysterious. Mysterious because he doesn’t seem to deserve what […]  15 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2017 Mets, A Met for All Seasons, Aaron Heilman, Adeiny Hechavarria, Jonahs, Jonathon Niese, Jose Offerman, Mike Pelfrey, Paul Sewald, Roger Cedeno Welcome to A Met for All Seasons, a series in which we consider a given Met who played in a given season and…well, we’ll see. The New York Mets will, in all likelihood, play baseball again on Friday. I say “in all likelihood” because it might rain. But I also say it, of course, because there’s a pandemic going on, one […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2019 Mets, A Met for All Seasons, Adeiny Hechavarria, Chris Mazza, Citi Field, Closing Day, Dom Smith, Paul Sewald, Pete Alonso, Walker Lockett Another year in the books! Another decade in the books! And another class of matriculating Mets to welcome to The Holy Books! Background: I have a trio of binders, long ago dubbed The Holy Books (THB) by Greg, that contain a baseball card for every Met on the all-time roster. They’re in order of arrival in […] 19 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2019 Mets, Aaron Altherr, Adeiny Hechavarria, Baseball Cards, Brad Brach, Brooks Pounders, Chris Mazza, Donnie Hart, Edwin Diaz, Hector Santiago, J.D. Davis, Jed Lowrie, Joe Panik, Justin Wilson, Keon Broxton, Luis Avilan, Marcus Stroman, Pete Alonso, Rajai Davis, Robinson Cano, Ryan O'Rourke, Sam Haggerty, Stephen Nogosek, The Holy Books, Walker Lockett, Wilmer Font, Wilson Ramos Someone to hold you too close It was visceral in a way not much of Mets baseball is for me after 50 years of rooting for the Mets and 15 years of writing of the Mets. I think […] 29 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2019 Mets, Adeiny Hechavarria, Closing Day, Dom Smith, Humphrey Bogart, Liz Callaway, Stephen Sondheim, The West Wing, Walkoffs Perhaps they showed up better on TV, but from Promenade at Citi Field, those Casper the Friendly Ghost tribute togs the Mets wore Friday night in deference to Players Weekend marketing concerns were hard to make out. White pants. White shirts. White caps. White numbers. An offensive attack that amounted to a collective white flag. […] 23 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adeiny Hechavarria, Chilliness, Edwin Diaz, Eerily Quiet, Horrendous Uniforms, Jacob deGrom, Jeurys Familia, Paul Sewald, Pitchers Hitting, Players Weekend, Strikeouts, Wilson Ramos FLUSHING (FAF) — The New York Mets did not come back to defeat the Washington Nationals, 7-6, Friday night, as Todd Frazier did not hit a game-tying, ninth-inning, three-run homer off Nationals closer Sean Doolittle, not setting up an immediate second rally that didn’t culminate in Michael Conforto driving home Juan Lagares with the winning […] 26 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adeiny Hechavarria, Brad Brach, Comebacks, Death of Incredulity, Drama, Frenzy, Joe Panik, Marcus Stroman, Michael Conforto, Todd Frazier, Walkoffs The Tenth Annual Princes and Chasins Spend a Tuesday Night At Citi Field in August Game came with a surprise at the bottom of its Cracker Jack box: competitive implications beyond the bonhomie inherent in these get-togethers. Bonhomie is all the four of us were in it for when we settled on this date, same […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adeiny Hechavarria, Bonhomie, Luis Guillorme, Pete Alonso, Ryder Chasin, Tradition, Wilson Ramos, Zack Wheeler When I was in junior high, I’d carry a Bic pen in the front left pocket of my jeans and, at some point in the course of the school year, the pen would explode. Several points, actually…and a whole pack of pens. I never understood that. It was just hanging around during one class, then […] The Mets have prevailed. In a battle of the teams with the two worst records in the National League, they are the least worst. In their five-member division, they place fourth on merit. Take that, Marlins. The Marlins did. They were outplayed by the Mets for two consecutive games in a three-game series — in Miami, no […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2013 Mets, Adeiny Hechavarria, Alan Suriel, Amed Rosario, Fourth Place, George Foster, Jacob deGrom, Jeff McNeil, Jeurys Familia, Juan Lagares, Keith Hernandez, Little Treats, Pete Alonso, Robinson Cano, Series Win, Wilson Ramos Hey Brodie, whatcha doin’? Awesome! Hey Brodie, why ya throwin’ a chair? Cool! Hey Mickey, whatcha doin’? Outta sight! Hey Todd, whatcha doin’? 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adeiny Hechavarria, Brodie Van Wagenen, Chairs, Dominic Smith, Edwin Diaz, Ejections, Jake Arrieta, Jeff McNeil, Justin Wilson, Mickey Callaway, Mysterious Ways, Noah Syndergaard, Robert Gsellman, Seth Lugo, Steven Matz, Todd Frazier, Tomas Nido |
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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