 
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. |
The fan’s instinct is to choose the following: • Pursuing the extra base over playing it safe. • Letting the starter pitch as long as he can. • Extra innings in the event of a tie score in the bottom of the ninth on the road. • Staying awake postgame in order to watch AMC’s Breaking Bad Season Four […]  7 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Breaking Bad, Cody Ross, Cynicism, Heath Bell, Instincts, Jeremy Hefner, John Buck, John Buck's Baby, Juan Lagares, Justin Turner, Marlon Byrd, Patrick Corbin, Paul Goldschmidt Thursday in Hempstead was incredibly outstanding, if not quite as incredibly outstanding as Thursday in Flushing, thus some last-minute changes to Friday’s program have been implemented. HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY PROGRAM ADDENDA FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 9:00 AM FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 10:30 AM 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Fiftieth Anniversary, Heath Bell, Hofstra, Justin Turner, Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Sweep I saw this New York Times piece on my iPad and spent the next couple of hours trying to keep my blood from boiling. I love the Times, but Jim Luttrell’s post is tone-deaf about Mets fans specifically, baseball fans in general, and ignores the actually interesting currents and tribes of the city in favor of […] 36 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Daniel Murphy, David Wright, Fans, Heath Bell, Injuries, Justin Turner, Lucas Duda, Media Criticism, Mike Baxter, New York Times I’d be a lot more miffed about the National League’s umpteenth consecutive All-Star defeat if… A) The Mets and hosting duties for a portion of the 2009 World Series weren’t looming so definitively as mutually exclusive propositions. B) The lack of National League home field advantage was theoretically going to cost the Mets an extra game at […] Tell your sabermetrics to shut up. If you show me any statfangled data that indicate Heath Bell is a heckuva pitcher just waiting to blossom, I will look away. Because if I don’t, I will grab them and shred them. And that would be rude. I don’t care what Heath Bell did in Norfolk two summers […] |
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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