 
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. |
With the Mets batting because they had to in the eighth inning of Thursday night’s game, I got out of my seat at Citi Field and took a walk. The immediate reason was straightforward, but there were other reasons, too. My feet were cold. My legs were stiff. I was upset. And I knew that for […]  17 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2024 Postseason, Acceptance, Brandon Nimmo, Danny Young, Disappointment, Dodgers, Francisco Lindor, J.D. Martinez, Mark Vientos, Max Muncy, Mookie Betts, Shohei Ohtani, The 7 Line, Tommy Edman, Yoshinobu Yamamoto Eight pitches. They were the first sign that Monday afternoon’s Game 2 might go better than Sunday’s steamrolling. Happily, they weren’t the last. Leading off against Ryan Brasier, the first man in a parade of Dodger relievers, Francisco Lindor worked a 2-1 count, then fouled off four sliders and fastballs. Brasier, possibly a little frustrated to see […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2024 Postseason, Anthony Banda, Both Mike Marshalls, Brent Honeywell, Clayton Kershaw, Daniel Murphy, Dodgers, Edgardo Henriquez, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Alvarez, Francisco Lindor, Freddie Feeman, Jesse Winker, Jorge Lopez, Kike Hernandez, Landon Knack, Mark Vientos, Max Muncy, Mookie Betts, Phil Maton, Ryan Brasier, Ryne Stanek, Ryne Stanelk, Sean Manaea, Shohei Ohtani, Starling Marte, Teoscar Hernandez, Tommy Edman Baseball: So Betts, Ohtani and Freeman reached base 12 times in Saturday’s Mets-Dodgers game. — Jason Fry (@jasoncfry.bsky.social) Apr 20, 2024 at 11:46 PM Like I said, that was Saturday. On Sunday, the […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adrian Houser, Brooks Raley, Dodgers, Freddie Freeman, Grant Hartwig, Mookie Betts, Shohei Ohtani, Tomas Nido, Tyler Glasnow, Will Smith By one measure, Justin Verlander looked pretty good after facing 16 Dodgers on Friday night at Citi Field to kick off the second half of the 2023 season: He hadn’t allowed a hit, keeping the Mets even in a 0-0 pitchers’ duel with Julio Urias. And if that’s the extent of what you saw, well, maybe […] 16 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, Buck Showalter, Dodgers, Freddie Freeman, Julio Urias, Justin Verlander, Mookie Betts So said Buck Showalter, engaging the media after the Mets’ 2-1 win over the Dodgers, and as usual Buck was right. It was fun, wasn’t it? Fun with a side of heart-stopping terror, or at least severe spikes of anxiety, but then that’s baseball. Fun was Jacob deGrom looking every inch the debonair assassin, carving up baseball’s […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, Brandon Nimmo, Buck Showalter, Defense, Dodgers, Edwin Diaz, Ender Inciarte, Endy Chavez, Justin Turner, Mookie Betts, Narco, Starling Marte, Timmy Trumpet, Tyler Anderson Why shouldn’t Adonis Medina have been depended upon in the clutchest of spots to deliver for the 2022 Mets? For the same reason the likes of Patrick Mazeika, Nick Plummer and Colin Holderman, to name three previously little-known quantities, shouldn’t have — no reason whatsoever. You may have noticed no Bench Mob sobriquets or t-shirts have […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adonis Medina, Dodgers, Freddie Freeman, J.D. Davis, Mookie Betts, Tension, Tomas Nido, Trea Turner, Trevor Williams The first two games of the much-anticipated Mets-Dodgers series showed the Mets in an unfamiliar light: They looked like a good team up against a better one, with that better team riding dominant pitching and waiting for its opponent to make a mistake, then taking full advantage. And in the early going, Saturday night’s game looked […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brusdar Graterol, Buck Showalter, Colin Holderman, David Peterson, Dodgers, Gil Hodges, Horrendous Uniforms, Luis Guillorme, Mookie Betts, Pete Alonso, Walker Buehler |
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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