 
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. |
The Mets didn’t win last night. Oh well. What were they going to do with a win if they’d attained it, anyway? Throw it on the pile of wins that never quite measures up to their taller pile of losses? Then what? Win again? Come now. Much as youth is said to be wasted on the young […]  7 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1964 Mets, Casey Stengel, Dallas Green, Gregor Blanco, Jerry Grote, Joe Torre, John Stearns, Josh Edgin, Larry Bearnarth, Losing, Rod Kanehl, Ron Darling, Terry Collins, Todd Hundley, Travis d'Arnaud, Zack Wheeler No matter whom his high-profile agent seeks out as a dining companion on any given evening, Robinson Cano won’t be a Met in 2014, 2015 or ever, at least until his career is nearing its end and his options are limited to Spring Training feelers (which is traditionally the moment the Mets prefer to pounce). […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Casey Stengel, Jay-Z, Lindsey Nelson, Mistaken Identity, Robinson Cano, Rod Kanehl Perhaps you’ve heard: Baseball is an unfair game. I learned that as a kid, having read it somewhere in the collected works of noted philosopher Roderick Edwin Kanehl, known once upon the Polo Grounds as Hot Rod. Baseball, Prof. Kanehl explained, “is a lot like life. The line drives are caught, the squibbles go for base […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bobby Parnell, Marlins, No-Hit Bids, Rod Kanehl, Zack Wheeler Bravo, pretty much without exception and with only limited debate, for the 50th Anniversary Mets’ All-Time Team as revealed Sunday night at the 92nd Street Y and broadcast Thursday night on SNY. The committee empowered to choose the all-timers — Howie Rose, Gary Cohen, Marty Noble, John Harper, Mike Vaccaro and Mike Lupica — gave […] 47 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 50th Anniversary, All-Time Team, Cleon Jones, Darryl Strawberry, Davey Johnson, David Wright, Dennis Cook, Edgardo Alfonzo, Endy Chavez, Jerry Koosman, Jim McAndrew, Joel Youngblood, Jose Reyes, Keith Hernandez, Kevin Mitchell, Melvin Mora, Mike Piazza, Rick Reed, Rod Kanehl, Roger McDowell, Rusty Staub, Sid Fernandez, Team History, Terry Leach, Todd Pratt, Tom Seaver, Tug McGraw, Turk Wendell I live for learning something I never knew about the Mets, especially the early Mets. Today I learned, thanks to a conversation at Crane Pool Forum, that Fleer made Mets cards in 1963. It wasn’t so much that I previously thought they didn’t; it’s that it never occurred to me one way or another whether […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1963 Mets, Al Jackson, Baseball Cards, Fleer, Rod Kanehl, Roger Craig Admit it: When Cristian Guzman came to the plate to start the bottom of the ninth, you thought, “Oh crap, here we go again.” When Guzman then wound up on first, you thought, “You have got to be kidding me.” When Ryan Zimmerman singled, making it a save opportunity, you weren’t the least bit surprised to see […] Word is it was 99 in the shade at Citi Field Sunday, yet right here, it feels a bit like ’99 in the Shea: The Mets are hot on the Braves’ heels, Bobby Valentine is basking in the media’s glare and the Mets’ infield has been warming to its task with uncommon aplomb. Highly uncommon, but […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1999 Mets, Al Moran, Amos Otis, Anderson Hernandez, Argenis Reyes, Best Infield Ever, Bobby Heise, Bobby Pfeil, Bud Harrelson, Casey Stengel, Craig Brazell, David Wright, Dick Smith, Ed Kranepool, Edgardo Alfonzo, Expectations, Gary Rajsich, Homegrown Mets, Hope, Hubie Brooks, Ike Davis, Jason Hartdke, Jeff Gardner, Jim Hickman, Joe Moock, John Olerud, Jose Reyes, Kaz Matsui, Ken Boswell, Kevin Collins, Marco Scutaro, Nick Evans, Rey Ordonez, Rich Puig, Robin Ventura, Rod Kanehl, Ron Hunt, Ruben Tejada, Salty Parker, Shawn Gilbert, Team History, Teddy Martinez, Tim Foli, Ty Wigginton, Wayne Garrett, Wes Westrum |
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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