 
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. |
A person might ask another person, “How are you?” or “What’s up?” or “Excuse me, does this train go to Woodside?” (I get asked that one a lot). I’m convinced the idle question asked more than any other of Jon Niese always begins, “Jon, how frustrating is it that…?” Sunday I watched Niese pitch well enough […]  7 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2015 Mets, Closeness to Contention, Jon Niese, Terry Collins The mood at Citi Field turned properly solemn as the reading of the will began: “I, Jonathon Joseph Niese, being of sound mind — except when I begin to lose it at least once per game when the slightest little thing goes wrong — and body — except for my annual stint on the disabled list […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Boyz II Men, Inherited Runners, Jon Niese, Vic Black Jon Niese is recovered from his shoulder woes. His arm feels good. He’s revised his mechanics to correct the bad habits that led to shoulder irritation in the first place. But those revised mechanics are causing him to miss his location, leading to innings that blow up on him, as happened twice against the Nationals […] Is the game over yet? The Mets and Giants ceased their Friday night hostilities so quickly it was as if they were worried about staying one step ahead of the Sharknado. As it happened, only the Giants bared their offensive teeth, with two runs early, three runs later […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Jon Niese, Lucas Duda, Quick Games, Rudy, Ryan Vogelsong, Sharknado People ask me what I do during the All-Star break when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for Friday night at 10. The Mets finished beating the Marlins, 9-1, at approximately 4:30 Sunday afternoon. Remember that? It was so long ago, I can understand if you […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Daniel Murphy, Danny Heep, Ed Randall, Elaine Stritch, Forced Baseball-less Vacation, George Will, John Stearns, Jon Niese, LIRR, New York Giants, Pepe Mangual, Presidents, Rogers Hornsby, The Simpsons, Tony Gwynn, Tyler Yates Saturday began with soccer, which is how absolutely none of my Saturdays have ever begun and perhaps will never begin again. I came downstairs to find the Brazil-Chile match on the living room television. Stephanie had it on with the sound off while she was reading. It remained on with the sound off for quite […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Jon Niese, Negro Leagues, Pirates, Soccer, Stolmy Pimentel, Toby Basner The Mets’ starting pitcher, a talented lad with a stick in his hand, batted eighth Monday night in St. Louis. This slight adjustment in offensive alignment embodied unprecedented innovation and welcome aggressiveness, so I considered it a slight tick in the correct direction. Unfortunately, Mets “hitters,” as they’re known by default, batted first through seventh […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2014 Mets, Batting Orders, Jacob deGrom, Jon Niese Can ya hear us, Pittsburgh? After spending a slice of my Tuesday afternoon listening to Dave Hudgens complain about “negativity” and Sandy Alderson indicate he can’t spend more money on players until it is liberated from True New Yorkers’ pockets, a dispassionate consumer of Mets baseball might have been ready to devote his time […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Dave Hudgens, Jenrry Mejia, Jon Niese, Juan Lagares, Mets Fans, Passion, Sandy Alderson, True New Yorkers, Vic Black It must have been a sportswriter who came up with that line about ballplayers you’d pay to see since baseball writers don’t pay to see baseball. In that spirit, since I didn’t pay to see Thursday night’s game, I will detour to Cliché Stadium and declare I’d pay good money to see Yasiel Puig play […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Blogging, Dodgers, Eric Campbell, Jon Niese, Jonathon Niese, Media, Yasiel Puig Monday’s was the kind of Mets game Don Draper would have snuck out of sober so he could get back to the office and knock out those 25 Burger Chef tags for Peggy. It didn’t start out that way, which of course is the most generous clue that it was going to end that way. Maybe […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Gonzalez Germen, Jon Niese, Loriatorium, Mad Men, Marlins, Marlins Park, Walkoffs |
Piazza: Catcher, Slugger, Icon, Star by Greg Prince is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers. 
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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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