 
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. |
After their 131st game, the 2024 New York Mets accomplished something Sunday they hadn’t managed to do after their previous 130: they posted their first Unique Record of the year. With their loss to the Padres, they appear in the standings at 68-63. No Mets team has ever been 68-63 after 131 games. I can’t say […]  13 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  George H.W. Bush, J.D. Martinez, Jose Iglesias, Jose Quintana, Leon Russell, Mark Vientos, Padres, Team History, The Simpsons, Unique Records, WCBS, White Sox Newsradio 88, flagship station for New York Mets baseball, must be pleased the New York Mets decided to make the 8th inning their flagship inning Sunday night. “Hits and runs on the eighth.” “You give us the eighth inning, we won’t give up a lead.” The latter evokes the other news station in New York, […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | All-Stars, Basketball, Edwin Diaz, Game Shows, Jacob deGrom, Jeff McNeil, Laura Branigan, Noah Syndergaard, Pete Alonso, Sunday Night Baseball, The Sopranos, WCBS, Wilmer Font Winter does what it can to get us through itself. Every year it pounds signposts into the frozen tundra so we understand what feels like it will last forever doesn’t. We don’t anticipate the baseball rituals that get us through winter because we’re too busy anticipating the […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1969 Mets, Barbra Streisand, Brad Heller, Bryce Harper, Ed Coleman, Football, Gary Carter, James Loney, Justin Wilson, Manny Machado, Network, Radio, Truck Day, Wayne Randazzo, WCBS, Winter The Mets played the Nationals Saturday and the Nationals were eliminated from postseason contention. Unfortunately, the two events were completely disconnected from one another. The final blow to Washington’s mathematical prayers was struck in St. Louis by Tyler O’Neill, whose walkoff home run put an end to […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | An Appreciation, Austin Voth, Corey Oswalt, Howie Rose, Josh Lewin, Nationals, Nectarines, Pete McCarthy, Radio, Sominex, the immortal Chris Majkowski, Wayne Randazzo, WCBS, WOR |
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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