 
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. |
Three thoughts on the Mets being unexpectedly and horrifically shorn of Edwin Diaz for the 2023 season: 1) Joe Sheehan got some grief on Twitter for saying that the loss of a “one-inning reliever” was “a bee sting, not an axe blow,” and while I wouldn’t have put it that way — losing Diaz is being […]  8 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2023 Mets, Bad Luck, Edwin Diaz, Injuries, World Baseball Classic Prescience wasn’t required to sense it might happen and obliviousness didn’t necessarily obscure your senses if you were reveling in what was going on before it happened. I was between the top and the bottom of the ninth inning of the final game contested within Pool D of the World Baseball Classic, Puerto Rico playing […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Coven, Edwin Diaz, Injuries, Patellar Tendons, WBC Brandon Nimmo finally remembers how to steal bases and in activating his dormant skill aggravates a quad that merits exiting the game early, receiving imaging later and monitoring on a day-to-day basis. But I don’t want to talk about that. Jeff McNeil throws his body into every possible defensive play and has trouble getting up a couple […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 200 Wins, 2022 Mets, Bartolo Colon, Brandon Nimmo, Brewers, David Peterson, Drew Smith, Endurance, Francisco Lindor, Gratification, Hit By Pitch, Injuries, Jeff McNeil, Kevin Tapani, Mark Canha, Max Scherzer, Orel Hershiser, Pedro Martinez, Pete Alonso, Rick Porcello, Taijuan Walker, Team History, Tomas Nido, Willie Mays MISSING: Sole proprietorship of first place in the National League East. AGE: Approximately 5 months. ANSWERS TO: Let’s Go Mets, LFGM or “Not Again”. LAST SEEN: Leaving PNC Park following a third consecutive barely competitive loss to a last-place team. RECOGNIZABLE MARKINGS: World-class starting pitching, unrelenting middle-of-the-order production, indestructible right fielder, preternatural ability to quash lesser opponents. ***PLEASE LOOK HARD […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bad Timing, Braves, Injuries, Losing Streak, Pirates, September, Starling Marte, Taijuan Walker One of my odder Met hobbies is keeping track of the franchise’s ghosts — players who are on the active roster but never appear in a game. Going into Tuesday night, the Mets had rostered four ghosts in 2022, which would be a record for a season: Gosuke Katoh, R.J. Alvarez, Sam Clay and Kramer […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Braves, Brett Baty, Charlie Morton, Dylan Lee, Ghosts, Injuries, Matt Olson, R.J. Alvarez, Robbie Grossman, Taijuan Walker The Monday night plan was simple enough: watch the Mets in full; watch the Mets win, if all went as desired; watch the finale of Better Call Saul, recorded while the Mets were winning. What’s that phrase, “Man Plans, God Laughs”? This year, it’s usually, “Buck Plans, God Notices and says, ‘hmmm…I hadn’t thought of that […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Better Call Saul, Carlos Carrasco, Darin Ruf, Deven Marrero, Injuries, Jeff McNeil, Michael Perez, Position Players Pitching Let’s get this part out of the way: I was in the front of the Promenade a fair distance down the first-base line. So I can’t tell you jack about Max Scherzer‘s stuff or location or exactly what happened to various Met defenders or anything else that relies on the nuance of an up-close view. […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alec Bohm, Daniel Vogelbach, David Robertson, Eduardo Escobar, Frustration, Injuries, J.T. Realmuto, Jeff McNeil, Keith Hernandez, Matt Vierling, Max Scherzer, Mychal Givens, Phillies, Ranger Suarez, Starling Marte, Tomas Nido Can the Mets win by seven and have that feel like an afterthought? It turns out they can — if the takeaway from the game isn’t a blast of a homer by Pete Alonso or a hustling triple by happily hale and hearty Brandon Nimmo or a host of hitting to break the second half of […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Albert Pujols, Brandon Nimmo, Cardinals, Hope, Hopelessness, Injuries, Max Scherzer, Pete Alonso, Pitchers Even by the Mets’ standard of absurdity, the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader was something: A stately chug out to a 9-0 lead, unbelievably blowing that 9-0 lead, then somehow winning anyway. (Followed by the seemingly inevitable hangover loss.) For me the game was a blogger’s version of the tortoise and the hare: A couple of minutes […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andrew Stevenson, Blown Leads, Brandon Nimmo, Francisco Lindor, Injuries, Josh Rogers, Nationals, Seth Lugo 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 |
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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