 
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. |
No need to stop the presses, as the Mets finally maintain a 2-0 lead versus the Royals. All that gold in which the world champion Kansas City Royals draped themselves over the past two games is now dust. Gold dust. They can cram it into tiny tubes, authenticate it, mark it up and sell […]  21 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Addison Reed, First Wins, Jeurys Familia, Jim Henderson, Neil Walker, Noah Syndergaard, Royals The Mets were the champions of the National League in 2015 without anybody being officially judged particularly valuable. The Baseball Writers Association of America has an award that declares who’s Most Valuable, and no Met got anywhere near it. Twenty National Leaguers were named on BBWAA ballots and only two of those names belonged to […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2015 Mets, Awards, Curtis Granderson, Jacob deGrom, Jeurys Familia, Matt Harvey, Noah Syndergaard, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Sandy Alderson, Terry Collins, Willie Mays, Yoenis Cespedes, Yogi Berra I just got my mental images developed from the World Series. Wanna see ’em? They’re right here in this envelope. This is one of me all excited to realize I’m going to a World Series game for the first time in my life. No, I wasn’t there any of the other times the Mets were in […] 40 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2015 Postseason, 2015 World Series, Citi Field, David Wright, Joy, Juan Uribe, Noah Syndergaard, Superstition The Greatest Show on Murph continues. Every postseason night, a supremely credentialed starting pitcher faces the New York Mets and every postseason night, Daniel Murphy trumps that ace, converting him into just another overwhelmed spectator craning his neck in a venue jammed with gobsmacked gawkers. Clayton Kershaw, Zack Greinke, Jon Lester and now Jake Arrieta […] 37 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2015 Postseason, Citi Field, Daniel Murphy, Jake Arrieta, Jeurys Familia, Let's Go Mets, Mets Fans, Noah Syndergaard It’s a small detail from a big night, no more than a leaf on a tree in the forest of delight that emanated from Chavez Ravine Thursday night as the New York Mets defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers, 3-2, to advance to the National League Championship Series. But the detail tells us a little something. Get […] 60 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2015 Postseason, Daniel Murphy, Improvement, Jacob deGrom, Jeurys Familia, Noah Syndergaard, Terry Collins, Zack Greinke Good news for all you kids out there. You can now play baseball any way you like. The rules don’t apply. Just slam into middle infielders at will. You don’t even need to be on your way to second base. You do this, and you and your team shall be rewarded handsomely. That’s my takeaway after […] 76 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2015 Postseason, Chase Utley, Marlon Anderson, Noah Syndergaard, Ruben Tejada, Travesty, Umpires, Zack Greinke “2015 is over as far contending for a postseason spot goes, and we should just admit it.” The Mets lost their fourth consecutive game Saturday afternoon. They’re still invited to the playoffs. That doesn’t get revoked on account of style points. But the style they are finishing […] Saturday’s was one of those games in which you tend to focus on one key element that went awry until you realize the other key element never went anywhere and thus rendered the first key element’s awryness moot. Noah Syndergaard, Terry Collins said, threw two bad pitches. Your impulse will be to obsess on those two […] 23 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Autumnal Anxieties, Logan Verrett, Noah Syndergaard, Starting Pitching, Subway Series, The Sopranos Noah Syndergaard had just finished retiring 19 of his last 20 batters faced and was sitting in the visiting dugout in Atlanta, perhaps thinking about his ninth win of the season. Tyler Clippard was on the mound, squinting in at Travis d’Arnaud with that little lip curl of his, trying to navigate through some wildness. […] 46 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adonis Garcia, Brooklyn Cyclones, Fans, Ghosts, Kelly Johnson, Nationals, Noah Syndergaard, Tim Stauffer, Tyler Clippard When it happened I was sad. Michael Cuddyer had been having such a good game. You know Michael Cuddyer. The Mets’ free-agent acquisition of the offseason, who became an instant Rorschach test for the fanbase. On the one hand, he cost money and was a former batting champ, which indicated a certain seriousness of purpose by […] 23 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Daniel Murphy, David Ortiz, Michael Cuddyer, Noah Syndergaard |
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. 
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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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