 
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. |
You remember where you were for the truly big trades that reorder a franchise, the ones that you know are lines between before and after. The winter day when I saw in the newspaper that Gary Carter, the ebullient yet tough-as-nails All-Star catcher for the Montreal Expos, was coming to the Mets. The summer afternoon spent eyeing […]  11 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Amed Rosario, Andres Gimenez, Carlos Carrasco, Francisco Lindor, Hope, Indians, Isaiah Greene, Josh Wolf, Ownership, Steve Cohen, Trades A long time ago, it looked like Noah Syndergaard was on his way to a perfect game. That wasn’t 40 days and 40 nights ago — that’s the story of another Noah — but by the end of this deluged and drowned evening, with its two rain delays, it sure felt like it had been that […] 17 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Indians, Jeurys Familia, Marathons, Noah Syndergaard, Paul Sewald, Rain Delays, Tyler Naquin 1) Thanks to the kindness of an old friend, Greg, Emily and I got to see batting practice from the edge of the field. Michael Conforto is David Wright-level kind, signing anything and everything, posing for pictures and being supernaturally patient even when it might not be called for. (If you’re a major-league player who […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Beauty, Citi Field, Indians, J.D. Davis, Jeff Francoeur, Michael Conforto, Shane Bieber, Steven Matz June 12 to June 14, 2017, at Citi Field. September 12 to September 14, 2017, at Wrigley Field. I’ll go back to intensely disliking the Cubs then, on a need-to-spite basis. Maybe in between if our potential postseason fate seems to depend on it. Until then, certainly for now, all hats off to the new world […] 29 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2016 Postseason, 2016 World Season, 2017 Mets, Cubs, Indians, Winter, World Series Ending Congratulations to the ballclub that just broke a 71-year pennant drought. Let us rejoice that its dry spell wasn’t snapped after only 70 years. The National League has a new champion that is no longer us. It feels as if there should have been some sort of formal ceremony to mark the transfer of grandeur, maybe Terry […] 28 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2016 Postseason, 2016 World Series, Cubs, Indians, Not Winning Something Substantial, Sheadenfreude Tonight your still-winless recapper takes on the question all of us are suddenly forced to take on: What’s wrong with Matt Harvey? To be sure, it’s April. If you’re panicking in April, you’re either new to this or ought to broaden your interests. Walking across Brooklyn on a beautiful day, Joshua and I had a long […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Indians, Matt Harvey, Neil Walker, PItching, Yoenis Cespedes The night started with 42s everywhere and ended with a 7 in your scorebook. I couldn’t miss the former on Jackie Robinson Day, but had to look up the latter, as sensory overload must have gotten to me, sending this correspondent nodding off to dreamland as the bottom of the eighth commenced. The last thing […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Addison Reed, Alejandro De Aza, Bartolo Colon, Brandon Phillips, Cliff Lee, Collin Cowgill, Commercials, Curtis Granderson, David Wright, Expos, Grady Sizemore, Indians, Jackie Robinson, Jesse Orosco, Jeurys Familia, Juan Uribe, Keith Hernandez, Longevity, Marlon Byrd, Michael Conforto, Neil Walker, Nolan Ryan, Ron Hodges, Socks, Yoenis Cespedes Welcome to Flashback Friday: Take Me Out to 34 Ballparks, a celebration, critique and countdown of every major league ballpark one baseball fan has been fortunate enough to visit in a lifetime of going to ballgames. BALLPARK: Jacobs Field The Roberto Alomar trade aside, is there anything about the Cleveland Indians to stir the blood of Mets fans? Has an Indians diehard ever gotten up in arms about what’s transpiring at Shea Stadium or Citi Field? When Mets-Indians actually compares favorably to such epic tilts as Mariners-Cardinals, Blue Jays-Padres and … ZZZZZ, oh, I’m sorry, […] 19 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Francisco Rodriguez, Ike Davis, Indians, Interleague Play, Jason Donald, Manny Acta Johan Santana used everything he could and kept the opposition off the board. The Mets didn’t score enough for him. Francisco Rodriguez made a tough situation even more difficult and blew a potential save. The Mets stopped scoring altogether in extra innings. Somebody on the other team hit a walkoff grand slam. The Mets lost […] 20 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Armando Galarraga, David Eckstein, Indians, Jason Donald, Jim Joyce, Johan Santana, John McGraw, Ken Griffey Jr., King of Comedy, Perfect Game, Tigers, Umpires |
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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