Could ya use an extraordinary Met season right about now? Try this one, courtesy of The Happiest Recap, the Faith and Fear series that ran from April to November, capturing the “best” wins from across the first fifty years of New York Mets baseball, numbered from 001 to 163 to correspond to where they fell […]
 
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. |
 2 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Best of FAFIF, Fiftieth Anniversary, Team History, The Happiest Recap Welcome to the final installment of The Happiest Recap, a solid gold slate of New York Mets games culled from every schedule the Mets have ever played en route to this, their fiftieth year in baseball. We’ve created a dream season that concludes here with the “best” 162nd game in any Mets season and the […] 34 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1979 Mets, 1986 Mets, 1999 Mets, Al Leiter, Ed Kranepool, Fiftieth Anniversary, Gary Carter, Joan Payson, Lorinda de Roulet, Melvin Mora, Rick Reed, Rickey Henderson, Sid Fernandez, Team History, The Happiest Recap Welcome to The Happiest Recap, a solid gold slate of New York Mets games culled from every schedule the Mets have ever played en route to this, their fiftieth year in baseball. We’ve created a dream season that includes the “best” 160th game in any Mets season, the “best” 161st game in any Mets season…and […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1973 Mets, 1982 Mets, 1999 Mets, 2008 Mets, Cleon Jones, Fiftieth Anniversary, Johan Santana, John Franco, Kenny Rogers, Robin Ventura, Rusty Staub, Team History, Terry Leach, The Happiest Recap, Tom Seaver, Tug McGraw, Wayne Garrett, Willie Mays Welcome to The Happiest Recap, a solid gold slate of New York Mets games culled from every schedule the Mets have ever played en route to this, their fiftieth year in baseball. We’ve created a dream season that includes the “best” 158th game in any Mets season, the “best” 159th game in any Mets season…and […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1971 Mets, 1999 Mets, 2000 Mets, 2008 Mets, Al Leiter, Armando Benitez, Carlos Beltran, Derek Bell, Edgardo Alfonzo, Fiftieth Anniversary, Greg Maddux, John Olerud, Micah Hoffpauir, Pedro Martinez, Ramon Martinez, Rick Reed, Robinson Cancel, Ryan Church, Team History, The Happiest Recap, Tom Seaver Welcome to The Happiest Recap, a solid gold slate of New York Mets games culled from every schedule the Mets have ever played en route to this, their fiftieth year in baseball. We’ve created a dream season that includes the “best” 157th game in any Mets season, and we keep going from there until we […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1969 Mets, 1985 Mets, Bob Murphy, Darryl Strawberry, Donn Clendenon, Dwight Gooden, Ed Charles, Fiftieth Anniversary, Gary Gentry, Lindsey Nelson, Ron Darling, Rusty Staub, Team History, The Happiest Recap Welcome to The Happiest Recap, a solid gold slate of New York Mets games culled from every schedule the Mets have ever played en route to this, their fiftieth year in baseball. We’ve created a dream season that includes the “best” 154th game in any Mets season, the “best” 155th game in any Mets season, […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1998 Mets, 2004 Mets, 2011 Mets, Fiftieth Anniversary, Team History, The Happiest Recap, Todd Hundley, Victor Diaz, Willie Harris Welcome to The Happiest Recap, a solid gold slate of New York Mets games culled from every schedule the Mets have ever played en route to this, their fiftieth year in baseball. We’ve created a dream season that includes the “best” 151st game in any Mets season, the “best” 152nd game in any Mets season, […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1973 Mets, 1988 Mets, Fiftieth Anniversary, Ron Darling, Ron Hodges, Team History, The Happiest Recap, Tug McGraw Welcome to The Happiest Recap, a solid gold slate of New York Mets games culled from every schedule the Mets have ever played en route to this, their fiftieth year in baseball. We’ve created a dream season that includes the “best” 148th game in any Mets season, the “best” 149th game in any Mets season, […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1975 Mets, 2001 Mets, 2006 Mets, Fiftieth Anniversary, Mike Piazza, Mike Vail, Steve Trachsel, Team History, The Happiest Recap Welcome to The Happiest Recap, a solid gold slate of New York Mets games culled from every schedule the Mets have ever played en route to this, their fiftieth year in baseball. We’ve created a dream season that includes the “best” 145th game in any Mets season, the “best” 146th game in any Mets season, […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1976 Mets, 1986 Mets, 1997 Mets, Carl Everett, Dave Magadan, Fiftieth Anniversary, Jerry Koosman, Team History, The Happiest Recap Welcome to The Happiest Recap, a solid gold slate of New York Mets games culled from every schedule the Mets have ever played en route to this, their fiftieth year in baseball. We’ve created a dream season that includes the “best” 142nd game in any Mets season, the “best” 143rd game in any Mets season, […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1990 Mets, 1995 Mets, 2007 Mets, Darryl Strawberry, Fiftieth Anniversary, Pedro Martinez, Team History, The Happiest Recap, Tim Bogar |
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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