 
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. |
Analysis before the trade deadline: We got Paul Blackburn? Who the bleep is…oh wait, the name is slightly familiar. Right, Paul Blackburn was an All-Star a couple of years ago. I remember that because when I saw he was representing the A’s in 2022, I thought, “who the bleep is…?” As Friday night’s game got going: […]  12 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  John Thomson, Paul Blackburn, Quick Assumptions, Trade Deadline, Tylor Megill, Winning Pitching Someday we’ll look back on this and it will all seem funny. Getting off my train after witnessing a 13-2 Mets loss in person — my personal-worst ninth consecutive loss at any of the ballparks the Mets have called home — I noticed a few people were arriving back on Long Island from New York’s […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Anthony Recker, Blowouts, Brandon Lyon, Citi Field, Home Debuts, John Buck, John Thomson, Leonard Shecter, Matt Harvey, Position Players Pitching, The Jazz Singer, Zack Wheeler When the Wild Card was introduced into baseball in 1994, the Mets were mostly hopeless, yet this extra playoff spot allowed me a touch more hope. So I invoked the 14th Amendment (or perhaps it was Rule V) and decided that if the Mets were five out of the Wild Card at the end of […] 23 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2002 Mets, 2011 Mets, Contenders, Jason Middlebrook, John Thomson, Keith Hernandez, Mark Little, Pretenders, Steve Reed Just when you thought you’d never again see a 1998 Met in the big leagues — no one who knew the rare pleasure of dressing in the same clubhouse as Tony Phillips, Ralph Milliard, Todd Haney, Willie Blair and Jorge Fabregas — up stepped Jay Payton to emerge as this season’s Longest Ago Met Still […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1998 Mets, 1999 Mets, 2000 Mets, 2001 Mets, 2002 Mets, Bobby Valentine, Bruce Chen, Gary Matthews Jr., Jason Isringhausen, Jay Payton, Jeff D'Amico, John Thomson, Juan Acevedo, Last Met Standing, Longest Ago Met Still Active, Marco Scuatro, Melvin Mora, Mike Hampton, Octavio Dotel, Paul Byrd, Pedro Feliciano, Scott Strickland, Team History, Ty Wigginton, Tyler 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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