 
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. |
Dull and dreary turned to bright and shiny in an instant — the very last instant. If you’re gonna make such a switch, latest inevitably proves better than never. Had Brandon Nimmo not swung and connected for the walkoff two-run homer that transformed a 3-2 deficit into a 4-3 victory, dull and dreary was prepared to […]  5 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Brandon Nimmo, Braves, Bright, Dreary, Dull, Ed Kranepool, Edwin Diaz, Esix Snead, ESPN, Jarred Kelenic, Jeff McNeil, John Bateman, Luis Severino, Mother’s Day, Old Friends, Pinch-Runners Who Homer, Pinch-Running, Ray Sadecki, Ronald Acuna Jr., Shiny, The Shawshank Redemption, Zack Short Heartiest congratulations go out to Carlos Carrasco, who used the occasion of the Mets’ 100th game of the season to notch the 100th regular-season win of his career. He was supported in his effort Saturday night at Miami by solo home runs from Jeff McNeil, Francisco Lindor and J.D. Davis and backed up by another […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 100th Wins, Al Leiter, Carlos Carrasco, Don Cardwell, Dwight Gooden, Jerry Koosman, Johan Santana, Miguel Batista, Milestones, Randy Jones, Ray Sadecki, Steve Trachsel, Team History, Tom Seaver One of the rites of Spring is being reminded all in baseball is not as it sounds. For example, sometimes you hear about pitchers going through “dead arm,” and your instinct is to freak out because dead surely sounds like an irreversible condition. But then you’re told, no, “dead arm” is a temporary malady, don’t […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aaron Laffey, Al Jackson, Al Leiter, Bill Denehy, Bill Latham, Bob L. Miller, Carlos Carrasco, Craig Swan, Dave Mlicki, David Cone, David Peterson, Dillon Gee, Don Cardwell, Dwight Gooden, Elbow Soreness, Fifth Starters, Hank Webb, Harry Parker, Jason Vargas, Mark Bomback, Mark Clark, Nolan Ryan, Ray Sadecki, Rick Reed, Team History, Terry Leach Zachary Wheeler gets his pitch count risin’ Jason Vargas sees the order twice ‘n’ Jake deGrom is a Cy Young winner 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1-0 wins, Buzz Capra, Don Cardwell, Jerry Koosman, Jesse Winker, Maude, Nino Espinosa, Noah Syndergaard, Pitchers Hitting, Ray Sadecki, Singular Feats, Team History, Tyler Mahle, Zack Wheeler As a seven-year-old Mets fan in my first full season of rooting, I gravitated to Ray Sadecki, who passed away Monday at the age of 73, as my favorite Met pitcher who wasn’t Tom Seaver. Seaver ascended to a permanent pedestal on a level all his own in 1969, so in the vast space between […] There was a home run that became a triple that became an extended farce of a video review session that became a nagging left on base. There was, at last, a double followed by another double and those became a run. There was a no-hitter that unfortunately became a one-hitter, but ultimately stayed a one-hitter […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Chin Hui-Tsao, Cole Hamels, Dual Complete Games, John Curtis, One-Hitters, R.A. Dickey, Ray Sadecki, Team History, Umpiring, Video Review It seems Kiko Calero and I shared a stadium twice last season, two games in late May when he pitched and I watched, yet I must confess I have zero recollection of him. It was too late in the action to be up and cruising for Daruma, hence all I can think is I was […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andy Tomberlin, April And Out Mets, Bart Shirley, Bobby Gene Smith, Brady Clark, Brett Hinchliffe, Brian Rose, Bruce Chen, Casey Fossum, Chan Ho Park, Choo Choo Coleman, Clem Labine, Coco Lopez, Darren O'Day, Dennis Springer, Ed Lynch, Felix Heredia, Gary Matthews, Grant Roberts, Gustavo Molina, Herb Moford, Joe Ginsberg, Jonathan Hurst, Ken Henderson, Kevin Elster, Kiko Calero, Larry Burright, Lou Thornton, Luis Alvarado, Mac Scarce, Marlon Anderson, McKay Christensen, Mike Bishop, Mike Howard, Mike Matthews, Pete Schourek, Pete Walker, Ralph Terry, Ray Sadecki, Rich Chiles, Rick Sweet, Team History, Tim Foli, Victor Diaz How evenly matched are the Rays and Phils? Let’s take a closer Faith and Fear in Flushing look. Ray Daviault 1) Made Met and major league debut April 13, 1962 at the Polo Grounds, first home game in the history of the franchise. Gave up a walk, a wild pitch, a fielder’s choice and another wild pitch […] 1 comment - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Names, Phil Hennigan, Phil Humber, Phil Linz, Phil Lombardi, Phil Mankowski, Ray Burris, Ray Daviault, Ray Knight, Ray Sadecki, Ray Searage |
Piazza: Catcher, Slugger, Icon, Star 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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