 
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. |
Every baseball fan worth her salt knows it’s one of the fundamental rules of fandom: You extrapolate from Opening Day at your peril. Collin Cowgill‘s grand slam on Opening Day 2013 didn’t kickstart a 162-0 season and a World Series title, or keep Cowgill in the major leagues until early May. On Opening Day 1969 Tom Seaver […]  6 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Andrew Brown, Bobby Parnell, Collin Cowgill, David Wright, Fans, Hope, Opening Day Oh, you suddenly wacky Mets. No sooner had I fallen back into despair and trotted out my Sandy as Charlie Brown, Jeff as Lucy cartoon than it was announced that the Mets had signed Bartolo Colon — who’s equal parts huge, old and good — to a two-year contract that, like Curtis Granderson not long before, […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bartolo Colon, Citi Field, Fans, Kids, Sandy Alderson, Tom Seaver, Wilpons Sometimes you find yourself a defender of the conventional wisdom. Here’s Brian Mangan on the Mets signing Curtis Granderson. His take is smart, and it ain’t pretty. But I’m still happy. The baseball stuff I’ll deal with quickly: I take heart from the fact that Granderson’s nightmarish 2013 was driven by not one but two bone-breaking HBPs, […] 16 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bernard Madoff, Chris Young, Curtis Granderson, Despair, Fans, Justin Turner, Sandy Alderson, Wilpons First off: There’s nothing wrong with Chris Young. Heck, it’s even a potentially shrewd move. Going into the offseason, Dave Cameron of Fangraphs had Young as one of his potential free-agent bargains. Yeah, he only hit .200 last year and is never going to be great at hitting righties. But he’s 30 years old, a plus […] 27 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Chris Young, Disappointment, Fans, Jeff Wilpon I’m going to deal with the lousy part of the day first, because I don’t want it to be the last thing on the page when you’re done reading. Frank Francisco got a called strike three, the Mets shook hands and then threw their hats into the crowd, and the video board started replaying the highlights […] 16 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Citi Field, David Wright, Eric Young Jr., Fans, Juan Centeno, Mike Piazza The Mets would be better off continuing to lose — if they finish in the bottom third of teams record-wise, they can sign a free agent who’s received a qualifying offer without surrendering their first-round draft pick. (This is, of course, assuming the team will sign decent free agents this winter, which I’ll believe when […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Anthony Recker, Fans, Phillies, Ruben Amaro Jr., Wilfredo Tovar Imagine if the men who rule baseball reduced each team’s schedule to its most elemental struggle. The Yankees and Red Sox would play each other 162 times — 81 in New York and 81 in Fenway — with at least 130 of those games shown on ESPN or FOX. (This would lead to only a […] 1 comment - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Citi Field, Citizens Bank Park, Cole Hamels, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Daniel Murphy, David Wright, Fans, Phillies Bud Harrelson looked bored. I looked again, to make sure. Yes, Derrel McKinley Harrelson definitely looked bored. The Mets icon turned Long Island Ducks co-owner was standing in the parking lot of Citi Field, leaning on a metal barrier set up around a stretch of asphalt that had been turned into a Wiffle ball field. No one […] Matt den Dekker is a plus center fielder for a team that suddenly has a surplus of them, has some pop, and looks like he’s got an idea about how to approach an at-bat. Travis d’Arnaud, despite being written off by people unfamiliar with the concept of “small sample size,” has a good arm and an […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Fans, Justin Turner, Lucas Duda, Matt den Dekker, Travis d'Arnaud The Mets lost 2-1. Nobody cares. Nobody would have cared if they’d lost 130-1, or if they’d won 130-1. That’s because the Mets and all of us were staggered by today’s asteroid-hits-the-mammals news out of Citi Field. And here’s a bit of news: I know why Matt Harvey got hurt. Look at this picture I took […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Dan Warthen, Fans, Frank Jobe, Injuries, Matt Harvey, PItching, Sandy Alderson, Stephen Strasburg, Terry Collins |
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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