 
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. |
What can I tell you that you don’t already know? You know the Mets are the champions of the National League Eastern Division. They won that title Saturday and they maintained that title Sunday and as regards 2015, it is theirs forever. Even the NCAA can’t take it away. Every time I start to think about […]  13 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1962 Mets, 1963 Mets, Banner Day, Bryce Harper, Choo Choo Coleman, Day After Lineup, Jonathan Papelbon, Leon Janney, Lucas Duda, Polo Grounds, Rheingold, Rookie Hazing When you’re sending your ace of aces out to face the dregs of the dregs, you can’t help but have high hopes…high in the sky apple pie hopes. In this corner, we had the undefeated Matt Harvey, author of the best day (sometimes two days) of every week. In the other corner, there sat the […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1776, 2002 Mets, Chase Utley, Cole Hamels, Dillon Gee, Freddie Galvis, Hansel Robles, Injuries, Jonathan Papelbon, Matt Harvey, Mets Fan Instinct, Monty Python, Noah Syndergaard, Phillies, Ryan Howard Jordany, we hardly knew ye. Actually, we knew ye surprisingly well for someone who played relatively little — though I guess for all the exhibitionist Instagrams and clubhouse clucking, we didn’t know everything relevant there was to know. Now we know for certain we won’t be seeing you in September at Citi Field…though we could’ve […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alex Rodriguez, Biogenesis, Frankie Rodriguez, Jonathan Papelbon, Jordany Valdespin, Marlon Byrd, PEDs, Suspension Games like these make you want to kiss the Mets logo smack between the “e” and the “t”…though maybe it would be more appropriate to kiss its “s,” considering it was Thursday’s tail end that made the whole thing so lovable. There were enough isolated incidents across the 8½ innings that preceded this happiest of endings […] But, Marge, that little guy hasn’t done anything yet. Look at him. He’s going to do something and you know it’s going to be good. Mets fans of a certain age…essentially my age…have been giving themselves over to repeated cases of the goose bumps for the last couple of […] 26 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bobby Parnell, Channel 9, Jon Niese, Jonathan Papelbon, Jordany Valdespin, Josh Thole, Marlon Anderson, Mike Nickeas, Roy Halladay, Shane Victorino, Ty Wigginton |
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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