 
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. |
All longtime Yankee icons are equally detestable, but some are less equally detestable than others. That’s my grudging way of expressing a Mets fan’s appreciation for Andy Pettitte, the longtime Yankees icon I detested marginally less than the others, on the occasion of his departure from baseball. This is detesting less, not not detesting. A Mets […] John Olerud’s name appears on the 2011 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot. It should be the other way around. The Baseball Hall of Fame should appear on the 2011 John Olerud ballot. THE 2011 JOHN OLERUD BALLOT Rules: Please vote for the honors, offices and/or institutions to which John Olerud should consider lending his considerable personage. Mr. […]  3 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1997 Mets, 1998 Mets, 1999 Mets, An Appreciation, Hall of Fame, John Olerud Some players talk a good game. Only one in recent memory, however, has shown a knack for articulating an extraordinary postgame. R.A. Dickey is Faith and Fear in Flushing’s Most Valuable Met for 2010. He earned consideration through his pitching. He clinched the award the minute he cleared his throat. The knuckleballer nobody saw coming saved […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | An Appreciation, Articulate Pitchers, Most Valuable Met, R.A. Dickey Dad, I beg you to reconsider! Tractor pulls! Atlanta Braves baseball! Joe Franklin! The most comforting thing about watching Bobby Cox’s tenure as Braves manager end — besides knowing the Braves had lost, I suppose — was where […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2010 Postseason, An Appreciation, Andy Griffith, Bobby Cox, Braves, Keith Olbermann, Managers, TBS, The Simpsons A staple of every book I ever read about Tom Seaver and every article I ever read about Doc Gooden in his prime was the testimony of a teammate who said he and everybody else played better behind their ace. Fielders were more confident, more on their toes, just sharper. Interesting to me that the […] As expected, Cliff Floyd has signed with the Cubs (at Shea May 14-17), making him officially an ex-Met. It’s not like we didn’t know his going wasn’t coming. And now he’s truly gone. Cliff became a Met when the team didn’t know whether it was coming or going. The 2002 season was a calamity and the […] I know of a guy who’s got a lovely wife and a couple of fine kids. He was supposed to be on his way home to them, but he was in a pickle of a limbo of a quandary: Should I get on back to the missus and my children or should I go live […] Six years to the day that it was learned he was leaving the Mets to sign a week later with the Seattle Mariners, John Olerud has announced his retirement from baseball. Baseball is diminished. Baseball fans are diminished. The Mets, long detached from him, are diminished. We are all diminished. John Olerud played all of three seasons for the New […] |
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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