 
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. One day in the spring of 1987, I chatted on the phone with my mom. This wasn’t noteworthy — I was a senior in boarding school, and in the era before cellphones we’d take turns […]  7 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1986 Mets, 1988 Mets, A Met for All Seasons, Andre Dawson, Calvin Schiraldi, Charlie Kerfeld, Darryl Strawberry, Gary Carter, John Boccabella, Jon Matlack, Keith Hernandez, Randy Sterling It’s nice to know who you are, even if you don’t always buy into it, even if who you are keeps on changing. For example, per a request made here several weeks ago, Andre Dawson will be going into the Hall of Fame as a Montreal Expo, making thousands of dispossessed ‘Spos fans (if not […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1984 Mets, 1997 Mets, 2010 Mets, Andre Dawson, Bobby Valentine, Davey Johnson, Expos, Fernando Tatis, Generation K, Identity, Josh Fogg, Six Feet Under, Soilmaster Stadium, Uncertainty Andre Dawson’s election to the Hall of Fame conjures up a most frightening vision of a very scary slugger with a terribly lethal bat ready to destroy the next innocent baseball a New York Mets pitcher throws his way. I’ve read grumbles and snorts that Dawson’s career on-base percentage is too low to be worthy […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andre Dawson, Clint Everts, Craig Brazell, Endy Chavez, Expos, Gary Carter, Hall of Fame, Jason Bay, Jeff Kent, Jeff Keppinger, Mr. Met, Olympic Stadium, Omar Minaya, Rookie Hazing, Youppi |
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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