 
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. |
Friday night’s game ended with the sweetest of words. Am I referring to “Mets win” or to “put it in the books?” To quote the tyke from the Internet meme, “Why not both?” On Thursday the Mets did a lot of things right — hitters refused to expand the strike zone and heretofore suspect relievers pitched […] The Mets’ How We Spent Our Winter Vacation essay can be produced in succinct fashion: “We did some signing. We did some trading. We did some retaining.” Given who they signed in December and who they retained in February, that’s a dozen words worthy of a pretty high grade. Free agents and player swaps are what […]  19 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2025 Mets, Ed Charles, Jesse Winker, Jose Iglesias, Kevin Mitchell, Not The Same, OMG, Pete Alonso, Ray Knight, Retentions, Ryne Stanek, Sean Manaea, The Years After, Uniforms The long, cold winter brightened and warmed with the word Wednesday night that a Polar Bear will continue to prowl among us for the foreseeable future, which is to say one, maybe two years. Foreseeable may be a stretch. You live in the world today. You’ve ascertained that nobody can see very far into the […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2025 Mets, Abraham & Strauss, Hagstrom, Homecomings, Pete Alonso, Timeless References Seven players have stolen exactly 17 bases in the course of their New York Mets tenure. Only one within that highly specific cohort has been exceedingly efficient as a basestealer. In fact, that player can claim the third-highest stolen base percentage of any Met who has stolen at least 17 bases as a Met. Yet […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Amazin’ Day, FanFest, Free Agency, Pete Alonso, Scott Boras, Steve Cohen, Stolen Bases, Surprising Candor 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 […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | 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 lost, and their season is over. Sean Manaea didn’t have his putaway stuff, Phil Maton looked gassed, and Kodai Senga turned in one good inning but not a second. Meanwhile, the hitters worked solid ABs and kept creating traffic, but couldn’t get the big hit they needed: They were 2 for 9 with runners […] 24 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2024 Mets, 2024 Postseason, Brandon Nimmo, Disappointment, Dodgers, Farewells, Francisco Alvarez, Francisco Lindor, Jeff McNeil, Jesse Winker, Jose Iglesias, Joy, Kodai Senga, Mark Vientos, Pete Alonso, Phil Maton, Sean Manaea, Starling Marte, Tyrone Taylor Thursday night I came home from Game Four of the National League Championship Series resigned to the 2024 Mets season being imminently over. Friday morning I awoke thinking only that there’d be a baseball game come late afternoon and that the Mets would be playing in it, and between the regular season and the postseason, […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2024 Postseason, Alive, David Peterson, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Alvarez, Francisco Lindor, Jeff McNeil, Jesse Winker, Pete Alonso, Reed Garrett, Ryne Stanek, Starling Marte, The Temptations As I was getting out of my uniform, Jerry Koosman, whose locker stood next to mine, was slipping into his street clothes. “Wrap it up tomorrow, Koos,” I said. “I don’t want to go back to Baltimore. That place makes Fresno look like Paris.” “I’ll get ’em,” Jerry said. “I don’t want to go there either.” 16 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carlos Mendoza, Confidence, Francisco Lindor, Grimace, Hayden Sanger, Hayden Senger, Jesse Winker, Jose Iglesias, Mark Vientos, Pete Alonso, Phil Maton, Replay Review, Ryne Stanek, Sean Manaea, Starling Marte, Stevie Wonder, Stomach Pit, Tom Seaver, Tyrone Taylor There was a wonderful moment back in Atlanta, one that’s nearly been forgotten in all the joyful, exhausting tumult of what’s followed. Steve Gelbs was interviewing Francisco Lindor, only Gelbs was drenched in alcohol and having trouble getting past the fact that his eyes were burning. “You’re suffering!” said an even more drenched Lindor. “You’re not embracing! […] 25 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bryce Harper, Bryson Stott, Bullpen, Carlos Mendoza, Cristopher Sanchez, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Lindor, Jose Butto, Jose Ruiz, Kody Clemens, Kyle Schwarber, Luis Severino, Mark Vientos, Matt Strahm, Nick Castellanos, Pete Alonso, Phillies, Playoffs, Steve Gelbs, Trea Turner, Tylor Megill, Walkoff Losses More than once this year, I’ve thought to myself that Pete Alonso would probably be more of a hitter if he were less of a teammate. But Alonso isn’t capable of that. He cares about his teammates, about the only organization he’s ever known, and yes, about us lunatics in the stands. He wants to come […] 39 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, Brewers, Brice Turang, Class, David Peterson, Devin Williams, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Lindor, Howie Rose, Jake Bauers, Jesse Winker, Jose Butto, Jose Quintana, Pete Alonso, Sal Frelick, Starling Marte, Thrills, Tobias Myers, Wild Card |
Piazza: Catcher, Slugger, Icon, Star by Greg Prince is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers. 
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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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