 
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 Mets are suddenly good. Well, not good exactly. Statistically speaking, they’re average. But in the vibes column — which you won’t find in your paper, on MLB.com or Baseball Reference, so don’t look for it — the Mets are killing it. They rose to average statistically and red hot vibe-istically by beating the Pirates in an […]  2 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Adam Ottavino, Adrian Houser, Andrew McCutchen, Aroldis Chapman, Bud Selig, Butch Huskey, Connor Joe, DJ Stewart, Drew Smith, Edwin Moscoso, Harrison Bader, Jackie Robinson, Pirates, Rachel Robinson, Toby Borland After a brief flurry of optimism or at least acceptance, garbage time is officially back. Before the season, a late August Mets-Angels tilt looked like one to circle on the calendar. Who wouldn’t exult in the prospect of watching Pete Alonso and Kodai Senga go up against Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout on two playoff-bound […] 1 comment - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Al Leiter, Angels, Casey Stengel, Danny Mendick, Darryl Strawberry, Davey Johnson, David Wright, Dwight Gooden, Gary Carter, Gil Hodges, Howard Johnson, Jackie Robinson, Jerry Koosman, Jesse Orosco, Joey Cora, John Franco, Keith Hernandez, Kelvin Torve, Kodai Senga, Last Place, Marlon Anderson, Mike Piazza, Randal Grichuk, Retired Numbers, Shohei Ohtani, Tom Seaver, Tug McGraw, Willie Mays Technically, the win in the game that commenced the National League season in New York went to Chris Bassitt. Not so technically, actually. Chris, No. 40 in the common guise of No. 42, gave the Mets six superb innings, and when a Mets starting pitcher is backed by sufficient offense, that generally means the starting […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Chasen Shreve, Chris Bassitt, Home Opener, Jackie Robinson, Nancy Seaver, Nick Plummer, Steve Cohen, Tom Seaver, Tom Seaver Statue, Travis Jankowski, Uniform Numbers, Uniforms I hope the Mets don’t have one of those mobile plans that limits their minutes, because they’re tearing through them at a prodigious rate. Time of game over the past week reads like the schedule board at Grand Central as it gears up for rush hour. 4:08; […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Baseball Etiquette, Bold Leadership, Brodie Van Wagenen, Drew Gagnon, Edwin Diaz, Jackie Robinson, Jeff McNeil, Jeurys Familia, Juan Lagares, Mickey Callaway, Phillies, Relief Pitching, Saves, Time of Game, Trading Places, Trains, Unwritten Rules The Mets flirted with history several times on Sunday. Losing two in a row for the first time in 2018 would have been historic. No need to make that kind of history. Noah Syndergaard approached Tom Seaver’s major league record for consecutive strikeouts. Tom, as every schoolchild […] 16 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, Chris Jones, Jackie Robinson, Noah Syndergaard, Team History, Three or More Walkoff Home Runs, Walkoffs, Weekend Walkoff Homers, Wilmer Flores, WOT It would have been nice had somebody gotten three outs without giving up three runs in the eighth inning of a Jackie Robinson Night celebration that rapidly deteriorated into, as a Twitter correspondent of mine so aptly put it, the Bummer of 42. Jacob deGrom…Fernando Salas…Jerry Blevins…the Easter Bunny…whoever. That remains my takeaway ample hours […] 17 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Fernando Salas, Jackie Robinson, Jacob deGrom, Jerry Blevins, Managerial Decisions Gone Awry, Terry Collins, Unknowables 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 It’s a long way from Matty vanquishing Athletics in 1905 to MadBum mowing down Royals in 2014, though if you’ve pitched yourself into the same conversation, the gap grows short. In Game Five of the current World Series, Madison Bumgarner threw a shutout for the ages, certainly one that would have fit comfortably within the […] Please come to Denver Submitted for your approval…nah, scratch that. Who here would approve of anything the Mets did Tuesday night in the city that’s been their personal Twilight Zone for two decades? Not fans of the Mets. Certainly not fans of crisp, clean baseball. Perhaps fans of the Rockies, but honestly, those […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1993 Mets, Aaron Laffey, Anthony Young, Bobby Parnell, Carlos Gonzalez, Coors Field, David Nied, David Wright, Dillon Gee, Doubleheaders, Dwight Gooden, Eric Young, Greg Burke, Jackie Robinson, Jeff Francis, Marlon Byrd, Michael Cuddyer, Rafael Betancourt, Rockies, Rod Serling, Ruben Tejada, Scott Atchison, Snow It hasn’t been the greatest offseason for following Mets’ news in our family — Joshua’s REYES jersey is gone, though I can’t bear to dismantle the diptych of Reyes and Wright above his bed — but the beat does go on. This winter, Joshua and I (often with Emily alongside) watched all of Ken Burns’s […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Barry Bonds, Casey Stengel, Family Tradition, Fathers and Sons, Jackie Robinson, Ken Burns, Roger Angell, Team History |
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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