 
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. |
For whoever molds the story of the 2022 New York Mets into a controversial albeit highly entertaining limited series for HBO, here are a few data points to keep in mind when deciding where to be dramatic and where to be accurate. • Left fielder Nick Plummer was not making his major league debut when he […]  7 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  David Peterson, Dramatization, Francisco Lindor, HBO, Nick Plummer, Pete Alonso, Starling Marte, Uniclone Scores, Winning What was going through Darin Ruf‘s mind as he lay on or perhaps in the netting in San Francisco while the ball he’d been pursuing bounced around somewhere nearby in an entire-world sense but entirely too far away in a make-a-baseball-play sense while a less-than-ideal quantity of Mets hustled around the bases? Perhaps he was thinking […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alex Cobb, Darin Ruf, David Peterson, Giants, Luis Gonzalez, Maurico Llovera, Pete Alonso You get an early lead, which is good. You sweat an early lead, which is natural. You hold an early lead, which is satisfying. You do it all over again a couple of hours later and you’ve really got something there. In a parallel universe, perhaps the Braves come back on the Mets in one or […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, Carlos Carrasco, Confidence, David Peterson, Dom Smith, Doubleheaders, Drew Smith, Edwin Diaz, Pete Alonso, Seth Lugo Jeff McNeil lay face down in the Arizona turf, the last out of a 6-5 Mets win safely in his glove. He wasn’t hurt; he just needed a minute. At that point, we all did. The Mets moved to 11-4 on the season, which I will use bleeding-edge analytics to categorize as pretty damn good. But it […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Armando Benitez, Braden Looper, Christian Walker, Closers, David Peterson, Diamondbacks, Edwin Diaz, James McCann, Jeff McNeil, Jesse Orosco, Jeurys Familia, John Franco, Late Night West Coast Games, Matt Davidson, Pete Alonso, Randy Myers, Seth Lugo, Starling Marte, Tug McGraw, Zac Gallen Three paces that would be nice to keep up: 1) If the Mets go 7-3 fifteen more times (105-45) and they’ll be 112-48 with two games to go — and I probably won’t sweat the final two games too much. 2) If Pete Alonso matches his career total of 109 home runs six more times (654), he’ll […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aggressiveness, At This Pace, Buck Showalter, Chasen Shreve, David Peterson, Dom Smith, Drew Smith, Eduardo Escobar, Edwin Diaz, J.D. Davis, James McCann, Longest Ago Met Still Active, Oliver Perez, Pete Alonso, The Buck Rule, Trevor Williams, Wind “Hit it to Alec Bohm” shaped us as the winning formula in Philadelphia Monday night. The Mets kept beleaguering the Phillies’ third baseman, grounding balls in his direction; compelling him to pick them up; and forcing him to do something with them. Errant throws ensued in such volume that he was henceforth to be known […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alec Bohm, David Peterson, Eighth Innings, Injures, James McCann, Joely Rodriguez, Seth Lugo, Spit Takes, Taijuan Walker, Trevor May Well, that wasn’t much fun. The Mets were forced to start TBD — again! So they turned to Jerad Eickhoff — again! And it didn’t go well — again! Eickhoff, you may recall, had already been DFA’d twice by the Mets this year. He opted for free agency, but signed another minor-league deal and reported for duty […] 16 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Austin Riley, Braves, Carlos Carrasco, David Peterson, Jacob deGrom, Jerad Eickhoff, Jon Matlack, Nightmarish Pitching Performances, Noah Syndergaard, Rich Hill Thanks to doctor’s orders that didn’t come with an expiration date, I haven’t indulged in an Oreo or, for that matter, a Hydrox in many a year, but I think I still remember the optimal method for sandwich cookie enjoyment: 1) Pull apart. 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Blue Jays, Brandon Drury, David Peterson, Hyun-Jin Ryu, Injuries, Sandwich Cookies, Taijuan Walker Elton John’s “Levon” was “born a pauper to a pawn on a Christmas Day when the New York Times said, ‘God is dead, and the war’s begun.’” What exactly does that mean? As Jimmy Rabbitte said in The Commitments regarding the lyrics to “A Whiter Shade of Pale” in the imaginary interview he conducted throughout […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1996 Mets, Albert Almora Jr., Bernard Gilkey, Blowouts, Bobby Bonilla, Braves, David Peterson, Debuts, Elton John, Lance Johnson, Mark Clark, Position Players Pitching, Procol Harum, Rico Brogna, Sean Reid-Foley, Team History, The Commitments, Thomas Szapucki, Todd Hundley Perhaps you’ve heard or at least heard of the classic Jack Benny bit in which the comic entertainer who cultivated a notorious tightwad persona is held up at gunpoint. The robber makes clear he wants Benny’s wallet, and he wants it now. “Your money or your life.” There’s a pause. The pause extends. The pause simply will not end. The […] 16 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aaron Nola, Carvel, Cosmic Bargaining, Dan Aykroyd, David Peterson, Dom Smith, Doubleheaders, Francisco Lindor, Jack Benny, Luis Guillorme, Michael Conforto, Pete Alonso, Records, Seth Lugo, Strikeouts, Taijuan Walker, Tom Seaver |
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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