 
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 are you doing Sunday, March 21 and Saturday, March 27? You ought to be getting to better know New York’s baseball heritage. And you can, thanks to our friend historian Peter Laskowich starting up his truly marvelous tours once more. As we’ve mentioned on several occasions, Peter will bring you directly into the DNA of […]  5 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Brooklyn Dodgers, Ebbets Field, New York Giants, Peter Laskowich, Polo Grounds Perhaps you’re familiar with the story of Jackie Robinson retiring rather than accepting the last transaction Walter O’Malley arranged for him, a trade to the Giants for Dick Littlefield. The very thought! Jackie the ultimate Dodger going to the hated rivals! GASP! No wonder he quit! Actually, Robinson had already decided to retire from baseball after the […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Baseball Cards, Brooklyn Dodgers, Jackie Robinson, New York Giants Update: It’s official. I don’t believe the Mets that the natural color is from 1962. It’s an open secret that next year the Mets will have a cream-colored version of the pinstripes uniform, though reports are all over the map about whether the white pinstripes will still exist and whether the annoying black drop shadow will […] Quick in-game break from our daily teeth-gritting to acknowledge that the New York Mets seem to have caught on after 4½ months and will be (hold on to your fedoras) honoring the heritage of the New York Mets in a well-rounded fashion. The organization with the Ebbets Field facade, the Pee Wee Reese jerseys displayed […] First home game World Series home run hit in Mets history? As we were reminded during the otherwise forgettable Interleague interlude from Baltimore, it was by Tommie Agee against eventual Hall of Famer Jim Palmer, leading off Game Three of the ’69 Fall Classic, Shea Stadium’s first World Series contest ever. But in a way, […] Said Ashburn: “Throneberry is the people’s choice and you now why? He typifies the Mets. He’s either great or terrible.” He paused and turned to Throneberry. “But you better not get too good,” he said. “Just drop a pop fly once in a while.” Said Throneberry: “Aw, I haven’t dropped a pop fly in a […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1962 Mets, Leonard Shecter, New York Giants, Peter Laskowich, Polo Grounds For the first time in eleven years, the Mets are making an old-fashioned West Coast swing: they are visiting the Giants and the Dodgers on the same trip. Thanks to expansion and whatever else influences the schedulemakers, there has not been a “traditional” SF-LA (or LA-SF) itinerary since August of 1998, a tour that included […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brooklyn Dodgers, Excellent Addition to Your Baseball Library, New York Giants, Robert Murphy There was a lovely ceremony this afternoon to dedicate the Jackie Robinson Rotunda, featuring Rachel Robinson, Governor Paterson, Senator Schumer, Fred Wilpon and other dignitaries. It was more moving than you’d expect. Shea Stadium became the home office of Jackie Robinson’s legacy on this date in 1997, thus it’s right and fitting that his […] 32 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bill Shea, Brooklyn Dodgers, Casey Stengel, Ebbets Field, Gil Hodges, Jackie Robinson Rotunda, Joan Payson, Mets Hall of Fame, New York Giants, Polo Grounds, Team History While my curiosity and maybe even my enthusiasm regarding the next ballpark where any of us has yet to see a ballgame inches ever wider, I used Wednesday night as the launching pad for my latest trip in the other temporal direction, to the team I never saw and the park where I never saw […] 16 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | New York Giants, Peter Laskowich, Polo Grounds “If they boo, that’s fine. That’s the history they’ve got from not being so good, I guess.” “Who wants to be a Mets fan? There’s no future in it.” Last week’s New York Baseball Giants Nostalgia Society triannual meeting was graced by the presence of Frank Deford who was kind enough to come and chat […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Christy Mathewson, Frank Deford, John McGraw, New York Giants |
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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