 
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’m going to deal with the lousy part of the day first, because I don’t want it to be the last thing on the page when you’re done reading. Frank Francisco got a called strike three, the Mets shook hands and then threw their hats into the crowd, and the video board started replaying the highlights […]  16 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Citi Field, David Wright, Eric Young Jr., Fans, Juan Centeno, Mike Piazza It’s a cheap and easy bit for writers to place somebody’s longevity within the context of some long-ago president’s term of office. The device is losing a bit of its oomph as a marker of time in this electoral era of two-term chief executives — two decades ago only takes you back two presidencies — […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2005 Mets, Closing Day, Mets Hall of Fame, Mike Piazza Mike Piazza is a New York Mets Hall of Famer. We didn’t necessarily require official confirmation. After completing three of his eventual eight seasons wearing the orange, black and blue, his eternal status was pretty well nailed down in our eyes as well as our hearts. One can only speculate why it took the Mets […] The Braves have announced that they’ll retire No. 10, recently worn by the player forever known in these parts as Larry Jones. The Mets might or might not have a ceremony of their own soon — they’ve been coy about the chances of putting Mike Piazza’s No. 31 on the wall when he’s inducted to […] 37 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Darryl Strawberry, Dwight Gooden, Gary Carter, Howard Johnson, Jerry Koosman, Keith Hernandez, Mike Piazza, Retired Numbers, Tug McGraw, Willie Mays Pitchers are the early objects of attention and, potentially, affection at Spring Training. Catchers tag along dutifully. Yet it would be athletically incorrect to frame them that way, so we politely refer to this golden interval in the dead of winter as Pitchers & Catchers. Most years, it could be Pitchers & Pitchbacks for all […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brian Schneider, John Buck, Mets Catchers, Mike Piazza, Pulp Fiction, Travis d'Arnaud, Yogi Berra Flushing, N.Y. (FAF) — Mike Piazza earned near-unanimous election into the Hall of Greg, it was announced Wednesday. Piazza made it on the first ballot with a percentage of 98.83%, a total second only to Tom Seaver’s 98.84%. It was the highest possible percentage available, since the rules of the Hall of Greg state no player […] Bravo, pretty much without exception and with only limited debate, for the 50th Anniversary Mets’ All-Time Team as revealed Sunday night at the 92nd Street Y and broadcast Thursday night on SNY. The committee empowered to choose the all-timers — Howie Rose, Gary Cohen, Marty Noble, John Harper, Mike Vaccaro and Mike Lupica — gave […] 47 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 50th Anniversary, All-Time Team, Cleon Jones, Darryl Strawberry, Davey Johnson, David Wright, Dennis Cook, Edgardo Alfonzo, Endy Chavez, Jerry Koosman, Jim McAndrew, Joel Youngblood, Jose Reyes, Keith Hernandez, Kevin Mitchell, Melvin Mora, Mike Piazza, Rick Reed, Rod Kanehl, Roger McDowell, Rusty Staub, Sid Fernandez, Team History, Terry Leach, Todd Pratt, Tom Seaver, Tug McGraw, Turk Wendell It was a win, which made it much better than a loss, but for a Mets fan, it was mostly uneasy. The Mets were making their second Sunday Night Baseball appearance of 1998 on ESPN, their twentieth overall. The previous nineteen — beginning with the very first SNB telecast in 1990 and running through early […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Armando Benitez, Billy Wagner, Brian McRae, Carlos Baerga, Carlos Delgado, ESPN, Jason Bay, Jerry Manuel, Joe Torre, Mike Hampton, Mike Piazza, Mo Vaughn, Replay, Robin Ventura, Sunday Night Baseball, Team History, Victor Zambrano, Willie Randolph Twenty years ago this week, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum reached its peak as an institution of relevance when it ushered into its ranks Tom Seaver with the highest vote percentage ever. Since then, its various machinations have churned in a fashion that have overlooked the contributions of Gil Hodges, ignored the […] 23 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Barry Larkin, Hall of Fame, Hints & Allegations, Jeff Bagwell, Media, Mike Piazza 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” 148th game in any Mets season, the “best” 149th game in any Mets season, […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1975 Mets, 2001 Mets, 2006 Mets, Fiftieth Anniversary, Mike Piazza, Mike Vail, Steve Trachsel, Team History, The Happiest Recap |
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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