I’ve been to Fenway Park before — in fact, a few years ago I discovered that I saw my first-ever baseball game there, dandled (presumably) on my mother’s knee for a Red Sox-Tigers tilt in 1970 or so. I was back in the late 1990s, but with relatively few parks under my belt, my impressions […]
 
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. |
 7 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Brandon Nimmo, Brock Holt, Corey Oswalt, Dom Smith, Drew Smith, Fenway Park, Jackie Bradley Jr., Paul Sewald, Red Sox, Rick Porcello, Steven Wright, Yankees Suck The Mets spoiled their own chances of contending sometime during the spring. Now, on the cusp of fall, they have finally put a meaningful crimp in somebody else’s plans. I have no more against the Phillies these days than I do the […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Corey Oswalt, Drew Gagnon, Jacob deGrom, Jeff McNeil, Mike Vail, Phillies, Rain, Satisfaction, September, Spoilers The bane of the East Coast baseball fan, the midweek late night West Coast start time, had avoided our drowsy chaperoning for more than five months, but every season will eventually find a reason to literally keep you awake when you should probably go to sleep. Maybe […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2018 Mets, Corey Oswalt, Eric Hanhold, Jacob Rhame, Jason Vargas, Late Night West Coast Games, Most Mets in One Season, Rich Hill, Team History I really thought I had MLB At Bat licked. Volunteer duties and a kayaking trip kept me away from the Mets’ matinee against the Nats (I know, smallest of violins) and my post-vacation brain forgot to set the DVR to record the game. So when I arrived home a little before 8, my path to semi-responsible […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Blowouts, Corey Oswalt, Disappointment, Fans, MLB At Bat, Montreal Expos, Nationals, Paul Sewald, Steven Matz, Tyler Bashlor I was supposed to be writing this recap at home, finally returned from an eight-day jaunt that took me to six states and five ballparks (four of them new), with a side of genealogy dorkery. But that was before Biblical rains descended on New York, blanketing it in radar bands of creeping green, bubbling yellow […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bryan Holaday, Corey Oswalt, Dan Straily, Ed Hickox, Jacob Rhame, Jeff McNeil, Marlins, Paul Sewald, Tayron Guerrero The Mets last week lost a game started by Steven Matz, 25-4. Five days later, because Matz was injured, they started Corey Oswalt in his place. Matz is out with a mild flexor pronator strain, a phrase known primarily to: 1) Medical […] 19 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Al Jackson, Austin, Austin Jackson, Bad Baserunning, Bad Managing, Corey Oswalt, Dallas Green, Injuries, Jackson, Little Rock, Mickey Callaway, Nolan Ryan, Paul Sewald, Regional Dialect, State Capitals, Steven Matz, Wilmer Flores In a lost season, you appreciate the little things. Sometimes because they might grow into big things, and sometimes just for themselves. You appreciate two-out singles by Phillip Evans (yet another victim of the Great Jose Reyes Fiasco) and Amed Rosario to tie the game and then give the Mets a two-run lead. You appreciate that the […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, Corey Oswalt, Injuries, Jeurys Familia, Jose Bautista, Phillip Evans, Trades, Wilpons, Yoenis Cespedes Perhaps the reason the Mets seem on their way to their worst season since 1993 is they have too many Mets born in 1993. I wouldn’t expect a Major League Baseball team to discriminate on the basis of anything other […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1993 Mets, 2018 Mets, Birth Years, Branon Nimmo, Corey Oswalt, Drew Smith, Gabriel Ynoa, Jacob Rhame, Karma, Michael Conforto, P.J. Conlon, Robert Gsellman, Tyler Bashlor The first half of the season, which is actually a bit more than half, ended Sunday with the 2018 Mets deciding to remind us that yes, they’re the 2018 Mets. Ya want yer solid starting pitching, zero offense and a bullpen from hell? Here ya go. Actually I don’t remember ordering that combination or asking for a […] Five of us had tickets for the entire Mets-Phillies twi-night doubleheader Monday. More than five, according to official attendance figures, but I refer specifically to myself, the three people with whom I’ve been friends longer than anybody and the son of one of those people. I showed […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aaron Nola, Citi Field, Corey Oswalt, David Wright, Doubleheaders, Old Friends, Shea Stadium, Showers, Waiting, Walkoffs, Wilmer Flores |
Piazza: Catcher, Slugger, Icon, Star 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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