 
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. |
Hey old friends One day chums New friends pour 1. Noah Syndergaard Juan Lagares  16 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Aaron Loup, Amed Rosario, Juan Lagares, Justin Turner, Khalil Lee, Michael Conforto, Noah Syndergaard, Old Friends, Oliver Perez, Stephen Sondheim, Steven Matz, Travis d'Arnaud, Wilmer Flores, Zack Wheeler It’s a world that could use Francisco Lindor, a guy called Mr. Smile. It’s a world that could use a reason to smile. From our parochial perspective, it’s a world that could use Mr. Smile ceremonially slipping into Mets jersey No. 12 and smiling like crazy as flashes pop inside whichever title-sponsored club remains as […] 22 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Amed Rosario, Andres Gimenez, Bradford William Davis, Carlos Carrasco, Compartmentmalization, Francisco Lindor, Photo Ops, Sandy Alderson, Trades, Zoom You remember where you were for the truly big trades that reorder a franchise, the ones that you know are lines between before and after. The winter day when I saw in the newspaper that Gary Carter, the ebullient yet tough-as-nails All-Star catcher for the Montreal Expos, was coming to the Mets. The summer afternoon spent eyeing […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Amed Rosario, Andres Gimenez, Carlos Carrasco, Francisco Lindor, Hope, Indians, Isaiah Greene, Josh Wolf, Ownership, Steve Cohen, Trades In a sixty-game season whose primary appeal may be the encompassing of elements largely unprecedented, you pretty much have to be in it for those things you’ve never seen before. They may not add up to an orthodox major league campaign, let alone big-picture success, but they sure do get your attention. Take a 1-unassisted at […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Amed Rosario, Blue Jays, Buffalo, Erasmo Ramirez, Game-Losing Pickoffs, Pitchers Fielding, Saves, Seth Lugo, Team History, Unicorn Scores, Wilson Ramos “Whoa, there he is! Whadda you doin’ around here?” 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Amed Rosario, Andres Gimenez, Brandon Nimmo, David Peterson, Dom Smith, Erasmo Ramirez, Jeff McNeil, Labor Day, Michael Conforto, Miguel Castro, Zack Wheeler The Mets were supposed to be off Thursday, which would have been fitting given the sad news Wednesday night that Tom Seaver — No. 41, the Franchise, the most essential and irreplaceable figure in team history — had died Monday at 75. Thursday would have been a day to mourn and reflect on the memory […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Amed Rosario, Aroldis Chapman, Billy Hamilton, Edwin Diaz, Farewells, J.A. Happ, J.D. Davis, Justin Wilson, Manny Sanguillen, Miguel Castro, Pete Alonso, Robert Gsellman, Steve Cohen, Tom Seaver, Tyler Ford, Yankees When the 2020 season was in the uncertain talking stage — after Spring Training, before Summer Camp — I was pretty sure of one thing: other than for historical perspective purposes, I would never want to see highlights of whatever transpired on the field once the Mets started playing, if they started playing. And once […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2020 Mets, Amed Rosario, Billy Hamilton, Dom Smith, Doubleheader Sweeps, Edwin Diaz, Jeff McNeil, Subway Series “Don’t hold the ball so hard, OK? It’s an egg. Hold it like an egg.” So says Crash Davis to Ebby Calvin LaLoosh. It’s good advice for us all. The Mets suddenly look … OKish? They’ve remembered how to hit, the defense has been reasonably sound, and the bullpen offers depth, and not just because of the […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Amed Rosario, Brandon Nimmo, Corey Oswalt, Hope, Robinson Cano The saving grace of a season’s first loss, particularly if it follows the euphoria of a season’s first win, is its inevitability. It was gonna happen sooner or later. Get this unpleasant slice of reality over with since you know darn well you have to and move on. But don’t get it over with the […] Outside it’s cold, misty, and it’s raining. We’ve got a FanFest; who right here’s complaining? Not anybody who thinks it’s sexy that the Mets opened Citi Field on the last Saturday in January for as much baseball as they could possibly produce without benefit of a baseball game. It was the first hopefully annual FanFest in […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1969 Mets, 1986 Mets, 2000 Mets, 2020 Mets, Al Leiter, Alan Suriel, Amed Rosario, Art Shamsky, Articles of Confederation, Carlos Beltran, Dave Foley, Edwin Diaz, FanFest, Jacob deGrom, Jeff McNeil, Jerry Ford, Jerry Maguire, John Hanson, Luis Rojas, Mad Men, Pete Alonso, Proximity, QBC, Queens Baseball Convention, Rainbows, Robinson Cano, Rod Stewart, Steven Matz, Todd Zeile, Truck Day, Turk Wendell |
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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