 
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. |
It wasn’t long ago that I was a fan of a franchise that never had a batting champion but was saddled with the Worst Collapse Ever. Neither is my problem anymore. The Mets still Collapsed with a capital C in 2007, but it was a stumble in the park compared to what we as a baseball-loving […]  31 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2011 Mets, Batting Crown, Closing Day, Collapses, Jose Reyes On the first night I was inside Citi Field in 2011, well before the season started, someone who works for the Mets said to a group that included me, “You guys are the diehards.” On the last night I was inside Citi Field in 2011, just before the season ended, we still were, at least by […] What was fun: watching Jose Reyes hit, hit and hit again. Ryan Braun later followed Jose Jose Jose Jose’s three-hit performance with a pinch-hit double, but with two days to go Jose’s .334 is a whisker of an eyelash above Braun’s .334, or at least so says ESPN. What was less fun: watching Jose Reyes go […] I yearn to crowd into Times Square and watch the zipper deliver the updates. I hanker to gather around the upright Philco in the parlor and receive the word seconds after it arrives via Teletype. I want Walter Winchell to deal me the dope. Good evening Mr. and Mrs. America, from border to border and coast […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Batting Crown, Jose Reyes, Matt Kemp, Ryan Braun Saturday’s Mets game can be broken down into three convenient segments. 1) Top of the first through the top of the eighth No further comment necessary. 2) Bottom of […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Daniel Herrera, David Wright, Jason Bay, Jose Reyes, Kenny Powers, Ruben Tejada, Ubiquitious Cell Phone Commercials, Willie Harris By about the fifth inning or so it was clear that the only way to capture this Bataan Death March of a game was chronologically, as fear ebbed and flowed and was overtaken by exhaustion. If you have trouble fixing just when something happened or recalling what sparked some outburst from me, rest assured that […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Angel Pagan, Bobby Valentine, Extra Innings, Gary Cohen, Greg Dobbs, Hatred, Jack McKeon, Jose Reyes, Marlins, Nick Evans, Ronny Paulino, Soilmaster Stadium I’m very happy David Wright launched a three-run homer to give the Mets an immediate lead in Washington. I’m very happy David can now say he’s homered at Nationals Park, the last N.L. holdout where his slugging was concerned (he’s homered in all the other Senior Circuit ballparks — even Citi Field). I’m very happy Nick […] 1 comment - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Batting Average, Batting Crown, Cleon Jones, Daniel Herrera, Dave Magadan, John Olerud, Jose Reyes, Josh Stinson, Lance Johnson, Ryan Braun, Team History I think that I won’t raise a peep, A sweep half-won on R.A.’s wits; A sweep, thanks to Gee, in Game Two, A sweep enhanced by healed Jose, Upon Evans, this squad depends; Posts are blogged […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Dillon Gee, Doubleheaders, Jason Bay, Jose Reyes, Joyce Kilmer, Nick Evans, R.A. Dickey, Sweeps This is what it sounded like during Terry Collins’s postgame press conference Sunday, where the primary subject was the status of Jose Reyes and Daniel Murphy: “Terry, have you ever seen this many injuries on one team?” “Terry, this is tough, isn’t it?” “Terry, can you believe how many injuries your team has had?” “Terry, your team has had […] 16 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Daniel Murphy, Injuries, Jose Reyes, Media, Mindless Rituals, Terry Collins Welcome to The Happiest Recap, a solid gold slate of New York Mets games culled from every schedule the Mets have ever played en route to this, their fiftieth year in baseball. We’ve created a dream season that includes the “best” 97th game in any Mets season, the “best” 98th game in any Mets season, […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1985 Mets, 1994 Mets, 2005 Mets, Dwight Gooden, Fiftieth Anniversary, Jose Reyes, Rico Brogna, Team History, The Happiest Recap |
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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