In 1969, 1973, 2000 and 2015, the Mets qualified for the postseason without the benefit of capturing their first game after the All-Star break, thus if you need a little precedent to take the edge off the first game the 2022 Mets played in five days leaving you wondering if they thought Friday night was […]
 
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. |
 2 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Aaron Ledesma, All-Star Break, Armando Benitez, Billy Eppler, Bubba Trammell, Buck Showalter’s Windbreaker, Charlie Puleo, Chasen Bradford, Chris Woodward, Colin Holderman, Daniel Vogelbach, Eric Hosmer, J.C. Martin, Jacob deGrom, Jose Reyes, Jose Valentin, Max Scherzer, Miguel Cairo, Nolan Ryan, Old Friends, Passion, Second Half, Second-Half Openers, Team History, Trades, Yu Darvish Welcome to the sixth chapter of Faith and Fear’s historical countdown of the The Top 100 Mets of the 2000s. A full introduction to what we’re doing is available here. These are the more or less best Mets we rooted for as Mets fans during the decade FAFIF came to be. In honor of the […] Comments closed | | Print This Post | Braden Looper, Chris Woodward, Desi Relaford, Marlon Anderson, Melvin Mora, Mets of the 2000s, Mike Bordick, Mike Pelfrey, Moises Alou, Rey Ordonez, Rick White As you know, I’ve been a big Dodgers fan ever since it occurred to me the Astros might not win the ALCS, so congratulations to my favorite team of the past 48 to 72 hours on winning their/“our” first pennant in 29 years. It’s been a helluva ride, huh? Congratulations foul-tipper extraordinaire Curtis Granderson. Congratulations […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1988 Mets, 2017 Postseason, Chris Woodward, Curtis Granderson, Dodgers, Justin Turner, Steve Garvey, The Mary Tyler Moore Show I long ago worked with a CFO who was fond of quoting the late Everett Dirksen: “A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon you’re talking you’re talking about real money — so cut down on the paper clips.” The paper clips part may have been our CFO’s coda, but you could hear the longtime […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2015 Mets, An Appreciation, Chris Woodward, Drake LaRoche, Eric Campbell, Everett Dirksen, Joe McEwing, Matt Reynolds, Money, Ruben Tejada The constantly vigilant, uncommonly retentive (not to mention preternaturally anxious) baseball fan’s mind comes fully equipped with hyperlinks. He sees something and it reminds him of something he’s seen before. It may or may not be worth the trouble of clicking on, but he know it’s there. For example, Wednesday night the Mets were ahead of […] 38 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2005 Mets, Aaron Heilman, Braden Looper, Brian Schneider, Chris Woodward, Dae-Sung Koo, Danny Graves, Eric O'Flaherty, Hansel Robles, Jeurys Familia, Livan Hernandez, Matt Harvey, Pedro Martinez, Preston Wilson, Ramon Castro, Roberto Hernandez, Ron Darling, Ryan Church, Superstition, Willie Randolph Late June is a great part of the baseball season as it is — springtime has turned into summer, the pennant races are taking shape, the draftees are reporting to their first professional clubs, and short-season ball returns. (I just made my first trip back to MCU Park. More on that in a future post.) It’s […] 1 comment - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Baseball Cards, Bob Stanley, Chris Woodward, Minor Leagues, Ruben Gotay, Ryota Igarashi, Tim Redding, Travis d'Arnaud Soon enough, we will concern ourselves with Spring Training hellos, including those from the Mets’ most recent flurry of somewhat tentative acquisitions. There’ll be first-pitch greetings from Shawn Marcum, Scott Atchison and LaTroy Hawkins; first-catch greetings from Landon Powell; greetings for the first time in a little while from previously dispatched Omar Quintanilla; greetings for […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Chris Woodward, Danny Heep, Ed Charles, Football, Going Out On Top, J.C. Martin, Kevin Mitchell, Landon Powell, LaTroy Hawkins, Marlon Byrd, Masato Yoshii, Octavio Dotel, Omar Quintanilla, Pedro Feliciano, Ray Knight, Scott Atchison, Shawn Marcum, Team History |
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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