 
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. |
Brandon Nimmo finally remembers how to steal bases and in activating his dormant skill aggravates a quad that merits exiting the game early, receiving imaging later and monitoring on a day-to-day basis. But I don’t want to talk about that. Jeff McNeil throws his body into every possible defensive play and has trouble getting up a couple […]  18 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  200 Wins, 2022 Mets, Bartolo Colon, Brandon Nimmo, Brewers, David Peterson, Drew Smith, Endurance, Francisco Lindor, Gratification, Hit By Pitch, Injuries, Jeff McNeil, Kevin Tapani, Mark Canha, Max Scherzer, Orel Hershiser, Pedro Martinez, Pete Alonso, Rick Porcello, Taijuan Walker, Team History, Tomas Nido, Willie Mays Todd Frazier is officially a Met! Which means Mike Moustakas isn’t! News like this demands exclamation points late in an ellipsis kind of winter. Yet I am delighted enough to punctuate with enthusiasm, not so much because Frazier is a name-brand free agent who’s signed for only two years (I generally fall for those, regardless of […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1969 Mets, 1973 Mets, 1986 Mets, 1988 Mets, 1999 Mets, 2000 Mets, 2006 Mets, 2015 Mets, 2015 World Series, 2016 Mets, A's, Adrian Gonzalez, Alejandro Pena, Astros, Austin Jackson, Bob Aspromonte, Braves, Cardinals, Chris Chambliss, Cubs, Davey Johnson, Diamondbacks, Dodgers, Don Baylor, Eric Hosmer, Felix Millan, Fernando Tatis, Frank Cashen, George Bamberger, George Stone, Gerald Williams, Giants, James Loney, Jay Bell, Jesus Alou, Kelly Stinnett, Kevin Bass, Lee Mazzilli, Lenny Harris, Livan Hernandez, Lorenzo Cain, Marlon Anderson, Mike Marshall, Mike Moustakas, Mike Stanton, Orel Hershiser, Orioles, Orlando Hernandez, Postseason Grudges, Ramon Martinez, Red Sox, Reds, Rick Ankiel, Royals, Shawn Estes, T#m Gl@v!ne, Team History, The West Wing, Todd Frazier, Willie Randolph, Yankees An Asdrubal Cabrera three-run homer in the 11th to beat the Phillies? What Met fan would say no to that? Sadly, though, Cabrera’s Saturday night shot will never be more than a faint echo of the one we’ll all remember. That one, off Edubray Ramos, came down the stretch last September, when the Mets were fighting […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1988 Mets, 2017 Postseason, Asdrubal Cabrera, Disappointment, Gary Carter, Kirk Gibson, Orel Hershiser Sandy Alderson insisted losing two out of three to the Nationals didn’t have anything to do with Friday’s developments in Metland, but let’s not kid ourselves. Wilmer Flores is going to be the guy at shortstop, not Ruben Tejada. Lucas Duda is going to play against tough lefties. Kirk Nieuwenhuis was going to be the guy in left, except […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bartolo Colon, Chris Young, Matt den Dekker, Milestones, Orel Hershiser, Pedro Martinez, Sandy Alderson, Terry Collins, Wilmer Flores Rod Barajas is getting the treatment a Wise Veteran Catcher usually gets in Spring Training when he’s new on the team. He’s leading by example and changing the tone and offering guidance, which is exactly what we want to read this time of year after having just experience that type of year last year. He’s […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aaron Sele, Bill Hepler, Bill Short, Bill Wakefield, Billy Murphy, Billy Short, Bob Aspromonte, Brent Mayne, Chad Bradford, Darren Oliver, Desi Relaford, Don Aase, Doug Simons, Duke Snider, Eddie Bressoud, Felix Mantilla, Fernando Vina, Gene Clines, George Altman, Jay Bell, Jeremy Reed, Jerry Morales, Joe Foy, John Sullivan, John Valentin, Kevin Appier, Luis Rivera, Mark Bomback, Mark Guthrie, Mickey Lolich, Mike Cubbage, Mike Hampton, Norm Sherry, One-Year Wonders, Orel Hershiser, Randy Tate, Richie Ashburn, Richie Hebner, Rick Cerone, Rod Barajas, Team History, Tom Grieve, Tommie Reynolds, Tommy Davis, Tony Clark Ben Sheets won’t be a Met. Didn’t think he would be, and I wasn’t thinking he should be except for a song. Instead, the dude got himself an entire $10 million opera (albeit an opera whose running time is just one year). I’m not crushed. Think of the last time the Mets counted on somebody […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2002 Mets, Ben Sheets, Johan Santana, John Smoltz, Jon Garland, Mo Vaughn, Orel Hershiser Welcome to Flashback Friday: I Saw The Decade End, a milestone-anniversary salute to the New York Mets of 1969, 1979, 1989 and 1999. Each week, we immerse ourselves in or at least touch upon something that transpired within the Metsian realm 40, 30, 20 or 10 years ago. Amazin’ or not, here it comes. A couple […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1988 Mets, 1999 Mets, Flashback Friday, Orel Hershiser |
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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