 
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. |
As baseball fans, we have a lot of phrases we repeat to ourselves to keep watching after things have gone to hell. As Mets fans, I’d wager we have even more of them. Down 8-1 8-0 [sorry, was apparently huffing paint thinner] after the top of the first? You never know how the other starter will […]  10 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Carlos Beltran, Cubs, Dillon Gee, Fans, Fred Wilpon, Justin Berg, Keith Hernandez, Rain, Wrigley Field I thought it was passion, but it’s just drama. Is there a more exhausting baseball club to root for than the New York Mets? Has there ever been a more exhausting baseball club to root for than the New York Mets? The Mets used to tire us out with manic playoff runs, […] “Your phone number for a Monday night schmooze, One Eight Seven Seven, Three Three Seven, Six Six Six Six on your Fan — WFAN, here taking your calls until Richard Neer at ten o’clock. Fred from Locust Valley, you’re next.” “Hello Steve.” “Hello Fred! You’re calling from the Valley of the Locusts, with the bedbugs…what already?” “Steve, I […] A few weeks ago today was a new entry on my Google Calendar: 2/26 Mets WPIX 1p. A couple of days ago I saw it waiting there, suddenly not so far away. Thursday night, as plans unfolded for the weekend, I raised it as an item in the mix. And then today, there I was coming […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bernard Madoff, Bud Selig, Fred Wilpon, Jeff Wilpon, Sandy Alderson Say, wanna get even more depressed about the state of your favorite baseball team? Scrape the ice off your keyboard and visit the Times. There you can read all about how brilliant Fred Wilpon long ago decided Bernie Madoff was and how the Mets put a lot their money — which on some level had been our money […] 25 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bernard Madoff, Bobby Bonilla, Fred Wilpon, Mel Rojas Before the latest round of Wilpon news erupted, I had been thinking about owning a baseball team. I don’t mean that in the “I had some spare zillions lying around and was looking to buy one,” but rather why people (very rich people) would do it. Usually owners come to the fore when there’s bad […] 25 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bill Neukom, Fred Wilpon, Giants, Jeff Wilpon, New York Giants, Ownership, Polo Grounds, Willie Mays George H.W. Bush, one of six U.S. presidents to have served while a Wilpon has been running the Mets, once attempted to combat perceptions that he was oblivious to people’s problems by declaring, “Message: I care.” Bill Clinton, the president who succeeded him when that message proved unconvincing, famously empathized with Americans, “I feel your […] 26 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2006 Mets, 2011 Mets, Bill Clinton, Fred Wilpon, General Manager, George H.W. Bush, Hope, Jeff Wilpon, Jerry Manuel, Mets Managers, Omar Minaya, Ownership, public relations, Team History We should have known a Mets win was in the bag shortly after Geoff Blum spoiled R.A. Dickey’s bid for a second consecutive complete game victory with one out in the ninth inning. That may not have seemed like the moment for Mets fan self-confidence, but if I had done my homework, I might have […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bobby Thomson, Duaner Sanchez, Expos, Fred Wilpon, Geoff Blum, Jerry Izenberg, John Sterling, One-Hitters, R.A. Dickey, Radio, White Sox First, to the McCann of the Hour… I didn’t have a favorite Brave before, but I do now. Thank you Brian McCann for ending a streak of twelve consecutive negative All-Star decisions that seemed destined to reach thirteen on habit if not merit. And you’re welcome, Brian McCann, for our firing you up properly at Citi Field […] 17 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2004 Mets, All-Star Game, Bobby Bonilla, Brian McCann, Buddhism, Chris Young, Fred Wilpon, George Steinbrenner, Jeff Wilpon, Joan Payson, Lorinda de Roulet, M. Donald Grant, Matt Thornton, Media, Moment of Silence, Nelson Doubleday, Ownership, Rationalization, Richie Hebner, Ricky Bottalico, Roberto Alomar, Ty Wigginton, Vince Coleman, Wellington Mara, Winning With Bobby Valentine’s non-hiring as manager of the Florida Marlins proving once again his predecessor’s 1973 utterance about it not being over until is over oh so true, one wonders if the key credential on his managerial résumé is the item that quietly did him in. Bobby V won a pennant for the Mets, yet […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Art Howe, Bobby Valentine, Bud Harrelson, Casey Stengel, Dallas Green, Davey Johnson, Frank Howard, Fred Wilpon, George Bamberger, Gil Hodges, Grudges, Jeff Torborg, Jeff Wilpon, Jeffrey Loria, Jerry Manuel, Joe Frazier, Joe Torre, Managing, Marlins, Mets Managers, Mike Cubbage, Ownership, Roy McMillan, Salty Parker, Team History, Wes Westrum, Willie Randolph, Yogi Berra |
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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