 
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. |
What are the stakes in a Subway Series where both sets of partisans would just as soon not? The Mets and Yankees have not too dissimilar records (the Mets are bad in a meh way, the Yankees are just meh), are both mired near the bottom of their divisions, and have both stumbled through the summer […]  6 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Billy McKinney, Daniel Vogelbach, Disappointment, Dominic Leone, Jeff McNeil, Justin Verlander, Pete Alonso, Subway Series, Yankees Given a choice between a bedraggled, ill-mannered win and a jut-jawed, morally inviolate loss, you take the win every time. And the historical record will show that the Mets beat the Yankees Wednesday night, prevailing 4-3 in walkoff fashion in the 10th at Citi Field. But if you were watching, you know that “win” is stretching […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bad Baserunning, Billy McKinney, Brandon Nimmo, Brooks Raley, Dumbass Wins, Eduardo Escobar, Gerrit Cole, Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Jeff Brigham, Justin Verlander, Mark Vientos, Nick Ramirez, Redemption, Steve Gelbs, Walkoffs, Yankees Great, there will actually be a season! Which means we have business to attend to — extending a slightly overdue welcome to 2021’s matriculating Mets, who are now in The Holy Books! (Background: I have three binders, long ago dubbed The Holy Books by Greg, that contain a baseball card for every Met on the all-time […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2021 Mets, Aaron Loup, Akeem Bostick, Albert Almora Jr., Anthony Banda, Baseball Cards, Billy McKinney, Brad Hand, Brandon Drury, Cameron Maybin, Carlos Carrasco, Chance Sisco, Figgs, Francisco Lindor, Geoff Hartlieb, Heath Hembree, Jacob Barnes, Jake Hager, Jake Reed, James McCann, Javier Baez, Jerad Eickhoff, Joey Lucchesi, Johneshwy Fargas, Jonahs, Jonathan Villar, Jordan Yamamoto, Jose Peraza, Kevin Pillar, Khalil Lee, Mason Williams, Nick Tropeano, Patrick Mazeika, Rich Hill, Robert Stock, Sean Reid-Foley, Stephen Tarpley, Taijuan Walker, The Holy Books, Thomas Szapucki, Tommy Hunter, Tommy Milone, Travis Blankenhorn, Trevor Hildenberger, Trevor May, Trevor Williams, Tylor Megill, Yennsy Diaz Bill James recently tweeted, “Things happen in baseball every day of the season which haven’t happened before. It isn’t ‘History’ unless someone writing a history of baseball or a history of the franchise or some such would bother to mention it. Otherwise, it’s just an oddity, or trivia.” In that case, I’m here to mention […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1963 Mets, 1989 Mets, Bill James, Billy McKinney, David Cone, Duke Snider, Johneshwy Fargas, Juan Samuel, Rich Hill, Rod Kanehl, Roel Ramirez, Stephen Tarpley, Team History, Tommy Hunter, Uniclone Scores, Unicorn Scores For my birthday I went back to Citi Field, and that was wonderful, even with zip-tied seats for social distancing and vaccination checks and mandatory masks. Last week I went to my second game and it was even nicer, because those three things were gone and the only strange note was how normal all the […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Billy McKinney, Brett Baty, Brooklyn Cyclones, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Alvarez, Hector Neris, Jacob deGrom, Jersey Shore Blueclaws, Kevin Pillar, Lowell Spinners, Luis Guillorme, Luke Williams, Michael Conforto, Pandemics, Phillies, Rhys Hoskins, Ronny Mauricio, Travis Blankenhorn As the Mets scored their first seven runs on Wednesday night, I felt a tinge of sadness for the Orioles pitcher who surrendered them. It wasn’t a particularly ceremonial surrender. No white flags, just pitches that didn’t have much fight left in them. I wouldn’t claim to know if the same could be said for […] 19 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Billy McKinney, Blowouts, Kevin Pillar, Matt Harvey, Taijuan Walker The Mets made it out of San Diego in one piece and first place. The 26 Mets who began the series with two aggravating losses were the 26 Mets who ended it with two energizing wins. Could these be the Mets we come to know and love for more than just a four-day Southern California […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Billy McKinney, Brandon Drury, Dom Smith, James McCann, Likable Mets, Lovable Mets, Marcus Stroman Well, at least the pig exited covered with lipstick. The Mets fell behind 4-0 against a scintillating Yu Darvish on a night when Taijuan Walker didn’t have his best stuff, kept getting into trouble of his own making, and had very little in terms of bullpen and bench behind him – a situation that led to […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bad Luck, Billy McKinney, Disappointment, Fernando Tatis Jr., Francisco Lindor, Ha-Seong Kim, James McCann, Jurickson Profar, Kevin Pillar, Late Night West Coast Games, Luis Rojas, Managers, Manny Machado, Mark Melancon, Mason Williams, Padres, Pete Alonso, Taijuan Walker, Tim Hill, Tomas Nido, Travis Blankenhorn, Yu Darvish Prior to nine years ago today, I regularly wove fantasies about a New York Met throwing a no-hitter. Then Johan Santana threw The First No-Hitter in New York Mets History, and I didn’t have to fantasize anymore. The Second No-Hitter in New York Mets History — perhaps one a little more spotless than The First […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Billy McKinney, Jacob deGrom, Johan Santana, Kevin Pillar, Mason Williams, No-Hit Bids, Pete Alonso The Mets’ run of injuries has been Biblical — witness this recent post, from Fangraphs, noting that Mets on the injured list account for nearly 20 WAR, going by preseason predictions. That’s by far the most WAR lost in the majors and should have been a recipe for disaster. And it still might be! But not […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Billy McKinney, Brandon Drury, Braves, Cameron Maybin, Charley Smith, Defense, Dom Smith, Francisco Lindor, Injuries, James McCann, Jonathan Villar, Jose Peraza, Marcus Stroman, Pete Alonso, Taijuan Walker |
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. 
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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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