 
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. |
I went to a baseball game Tuesday night and Jonathon Niese broke out. I didn’t go to see Niese. I never go with the express purpose of seeing Niese. I went for the Gary, Keith & Ron bobblehead. That was the inanimate object I craved, not Niese. Grass grows, paint dries, Niese pitches. It’s not usually […]  7 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Bobbleheads, Jon Niese, Kyle Kendrick, U.S. Open Perhaps I’d forgotten how baseball seasons work since the last one concluded and the current one commenced, but I would have sworn through the first twenty games of 2013 that each and every one of the Mets’ first ten wins was brilliantly uplifting while each and every one of the Mets’ first ten losses was […] Crazy how the baseball schedule sometimes does this: On Thursday afternoon, August 30, 2012, the New York Mets finished a series with the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. On Thursday afternoon, August 30, 2007, the New York Mets finished a series with the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. The circumstances surrounding the respective one-run losses that […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2007 Mets, Billy Wagner, Charlie Manuel, Coincidental Scheduling, Jimmy Rollins, Jon Niese, Kevin Frandsen, Kyle Kendrick, Lingering Dismay, Mike Baxter, Phillies, Scott Hairston, Ty Wigginton Sweeping the Phillies in Philadelphia sure is fun, isn’t it? Sweeping anybody anywhere is a fine half-week’s work, but taking it to this bunch — the portion of it presently standing, at any rate — in that place? Sublime! The Phillies aren’t quite what they’ve been in the era encompassing August 2007 and everything after. That, of […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andres Torres, Citizens Bank Park, Ike Davis, Justin Turner, Kyle Kendrick, Lucas Duda, Phillies, Rob Johnson, Shane Victorino, Sweep |
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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