Welcome to the first chapter of Faith and Fear’s countdown of The Top 100 Mets of the 2010s. A full introduction to what we’re doing is available here, but the concept is pretty self-evident. These are the more or less best Mets we rooted for as Mets fans these past ten years. Since a decade […]
 
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. |
 8 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Chris Young, Collin McHugh, David Aardsma, Juan Centeno, Kevin Plawecki, Luis Hernandez, Mets of the 2010s, Paul Sewald, Pedro Beato, Ronny Paulino, Vic Black The mood at Citi Field turned properly solemn as the reading of the will began: “I, Jonathon Joseph Niese, being of sound mind — except when I begin to lose it at least once per game when the slightest little thing goes wrong — and body — except for my annual stint on the disabled list […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Boyz II Men, Inherited Runners, Jon Niese, Vic Black OK, so that little speech about patience? Today was why it needed to be said. Today when the Mets rudely interrupted their own romp over the Phillies by blowing a five-run lead. Today when the mangy zombie Phillies rose up and justified Ruben Amaro Jr.’s dingbat refusal to admit the obvious, disemboweling our bullpen and then shambling off […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Injuries, Jenrry Mejia, Vic Black, Wilmer Flores, Zack Wheeler Steve Gelbs seems like a capable enough young broadcaster. We know him mostly from filling in for the singular Kevin Burkhardt on SNY, which, in the realm of roving reporting, is a little like starting Todd Pratt on Mike Piazza Poster Day. Pratt may perform ably — more than ably at his best — but […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Hyperbole, Josh Edgin, Kevin Burkhardt, No-Hit Bids, Odrisamer Despaigne, Padres, Seth Smith, SNY, Steve Gelbs, Vic Black, Walkoffs, Zack Wheeler Welp, the little black cloud is back. This was a 2014 Mets game concocted from all-too-familiar ingredients: The recipe calls for mostly good starting pitching, a pretty good bullpen, no offense, some fundamentally dumb baseball, a dash of tragedy and a pinch of farce. Stir for nearly four hours and you get an aggravating, annoying loss. I said […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Daniel Murphy, Jacob deGrom, Jenrry Mejia, Josh Edgin, Josh Harrison, Ruben Tejada, Umpiring, Vic Black I saw mention of the sports fan pejorative “bandwagon” last night in the wake of the New York Rangers skating their way into the Stanley Cup Finals. Those who are not inclined to root for the Rangers scoffed at the onslaught of their opposite numbers who weren’t necessarily so bold and brassy when shots on […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bandwagons, Chris Young, Hockey, Jenrry Mejia, Scott Rice, Vic Black, Zack Wheeler Can ya hear us, Pittsburgh? After spending a slice of my Tuesday afternoon listening to Dave Hudgens complain about “negativity” and Sandy Alderson indicate he can’t spend more money on players until it is liberated from True New Yorkers’ pockets, a dispassionate consumer of Mets baseball might have been ready to devote his time […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Dave Hudgens, Jenrry Mejia, Jon Niese, Juan Lagares, Mets Fans, Passion, Sandy Alderson, True New Yorkers, Vic Black Most indelible image ever. Vic Black’s my kind of Met. I haven’t felt this kind of simpatico with a September callup reliever since Julio Machado arrived 24 years ago and brushed back Tom Pagnozzi, his very first batter. True, things didn’t work out so well for Machado in the long term, but he knew […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Cubs, Julio Machado, Reds, Rivalries, Vic Black Final Score: Braves 13 Mets 5. Monday’s Belabored Day matinee was played on the […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1973 Mets, Aaron Harang, Comebacks, Craig Swan, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Derek Wallace, Doc Medich, John Stearns, Tim Byrdak, Vic Black 1. When the Mets seem to have the game won but the Nats keep hanging around in the rearview mirror, you’re not being paranoid. They really are closer than they appear. 2. Particularly if it’s happening at Nationals Park. 3. I guess it’s nice that David Wright and Ryan Zimmerman are buds and all, but I hate […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Jayson Werth, Matt den Dekker, Omar Quintanilla, Ruben Tejada, Ryan Zimmerman, Vic Black, Wally Backman |
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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