 
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. |
For those keeping adjustable score of very recent, relatively quiet Met offseason acquisitions at home, you can pencil in the following: Righthanded pitcher Yuhi Sako. A southpaw counterpart named Brandon Waddell. Jared Young, who plays first. Catcher Chris Williams. Righty Griffin Canning, who maddeningly contained Met bats one day last summer, so I can say, “Him I’ve heard of.” If you […]  6 comments | |  Print This Post |  2024 Mets, 2025 Mets, Alex Reyes, Brandon Waddell, Carlos Beltran, Chris Williams, Culture, Dave Winfield, David Stearns, Gary Carter, Griffin Canning, Howie Rose, Jared Young, Juan Soto, Mike Hampton, Mike Piazza, Offseason Bookkeeping, Perceptions, Pete Alonso, Randy Keisler, Steve Cohen, Team History, Terry Collins, Yuhi Sako The Mets won their 67th game ever at Turner Field on Sunday, or as reliable sources continue to insist, “They never won there; even if you present me with a list of occasionally stirring Met victories in that ballpark, I refuse to acknowledge it.” Mets fans who prefer misery as company (and there are a […] 26 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, Braves, Milestones, Moment of Silence, Peaches, Perceptions, Seth Lugo, Turner Field, Yoenis Cespedes The more you watch baseball and the more you mature as a person, the less you are inclined to blithely dismiss the people who play the game in a glib, pejorative fashion. For example, it would have been shallow and unfair of me to have thought, in 2011, “My god, Chris Capuano and Chris Young […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Chris Capuano, Chris Young, Perceptions, West Coast Trips |
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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