 
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. |
At least the Mets seem to be accepting that some things aren’t working. They reported for duty in Philadelphia without Joey Wendle, mercifully DFA’ed in favor of Mark Vientos, and recalled Joey Lucchesi while sending Jose Butto down to presumably find coaches to help him tame his sudden bout of wildness. And, hey, the plan looked […]  11 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Dwight Gooden, Grizzled Veterans, J.D. Martinez, Joey Lucchesi, Joey Wendle, Jose Bautista, Jose Butto, Jose Valverde, Mark Vientos, Mike Torrez, Phillies, Ranger Suarez The game wasn’t lost when Edwin Diaz gag-jobbed the save, though Diaz’s slider has been MIA all season, his command was horrific again, and some of us have been sounding the alarm for some time now. The game wasn’t lost when Whit Merrifield was inexplicably given a free base after clearly swinging through a 3-1 Diaz […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Cristopher Sanchez, Edwin Diaz, Horribleness, Joey Wendle, Kody Clemens, Phillies, Umpires, Whit Merrifield For the second World Series in a row, the Mets can take satisfaction in knowing they dominated their season series with the National League champions, and that if baseball ran along the lines of college football, that might be worth a few points in the coaches’ or writers’ poll. Baseball running as baseball does, this provincially […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2023 Postseason, Bill Almon, Commercials, Diamondbacks, Gabriel Moreno, Kyle Schwarber, Mike Schmidt, Old Friends, Paul Sewald, Phillies “The moon belongs to everyone,” a wise man once informed a hallucinating man, though the subject could have been the playoffs, and that would have been wise, too. They’re here for all of us every October that isn’t October 1994, even if the best things in life include the Mets playing in them, and that’s […] 17 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2023 Postseason, Braves, Bryce Harper, Hated Foes, Mad Men, Orlando Arcia, Phillies, Travis d'Arnaud, Zack Wheeler It finally didn’t rain and the Mets finally got to play, and so for your recapper’s final go-round of the season our heroes presented one game that turned into a nail-biter, one Calvinball farce that was pretty entertaining for all its sloppy meaninglessness, a doubleheader sweep that didn’t matter, a depressing thought, and a happy […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, Bad Relief Pitching, Elbow Soreness, Francisco Alvarez, Injuries, Jeff Passan, Phil Bickford, Phillies, Ron Darling, Steve Gelbs, Tylor Megill • The Mets lost, 5-2, at Citizens Bank Park on Sunday night, completing a weekend in which there was a definitive milestone of futility planted every step along the way. Sunday’s wasn’t as momentous as clinching a losing record (Thursday), being mathematically eliminated from postseason contention (Friday) or assuring the 2023 Mets would drop further […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Anthony Kay, Cristopher Sanchez, Elimination Day, Jose Butto, Orion Kerkering, Peyton Battenfield, Phillies, Ronny Mauricio, Sheadenfreude, Sweeps, USF Bulls, Yankees “I swear I could tear your throat out right now!” That was said by a parking-lot attendant at Citizens Bank Park after our friend Jerome pulled an admittedly unconventional U-turn in an effort to escape a tediously slow line of vehicles waiting for spaces. Welcome to Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love! And yes, sometimes the jokes […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bryce Harper, Citizens Bank Park, David Robertson, Double Plays, Francisco Lindor, Josh Harrison, Luis Guillorme, Max Scherzer, Nick Castellanos, Phillies, Starling Marte, Trea Turner The first half of Wednesday’s game burbled vaguely out of my phone from a waterproof pouch around my neck: It was Opening Day for kayak season, so first I was sitting in a boat off a Brooklyn Bridge Park pier making sure people didn’t drown or do anything dopey and then I was hauling racks […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Baby Mets, Brandon Marsh, Brett Baty, Brooks Raley, Carlos Carrasco, Defense, Francisco Lindor, Mark Canha, Phillies, Roger Clemens, Trea Turner The Mets’ losing streak is over — and so, as it happens, is mine. I went 0 for 2022. Every time I attended a Mets game they lost the damn thing, including two playoff games. The only time they won a game for which I held a ticket was Closing Day, and I bailed out of […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, Citi Field, Francisco Lindor, Kodai Senga, Phillies, Ranger Suarez If Cole Porter were still with us, I can hear him having a field day with the results of the 2022 World Series. You’re the top Whoever dug deep for the sportsmanship to declare, before the Fall Classic began, “may the best team win,” got their wish. The best team […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2022 Postseason, Astros, Cole Porter, Dusty Baker, Edwin Diaz, Noah Syndergaard, Phillies, T-shirts, World Series, World Series Ending, Zack Wheeler |
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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