 
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 2015 Mets have settled on an interesting formula for trying to win ballgames: 1) Ask your young starting pitcher to be perfect. It worked last night, as Noah Syndergaard pitched one of the best games of his downy career. But it […]  10 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Alex Torres, Matt Harvey, Ruben Tejada, Wilmer Flores Marv Throneberry, legend has it, was once crestfallen to discover that his birthday cake had been devoured by his Mets teammates before he got a piece — to which Casey Stengel cracked that “we wuz gonna give you a piece, Marv, but we wuz afraid you would drop it.” I don’t know if the Mets got Jacob deGrom a cake for […] 45 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Casey Stengel, Jacob deGrom, Marv Throneberry, Nationals, Ruben Tejada, Sean Gilmartin, Terry Collins, Wilmer Flores Blue Jays came a-courtin’ Monday night. They know how to woo the Mets on the Mets’ home turf, especially as the hour grows late. As they had on nine previous Shea-based occasions, they brought a ripe opportunity for the Mets to win. The Mets graciously accepted what the Jays presented them and said “thank you […] 20 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Barry Bonnell, Brett Cecil, Danny Valencia, Lucas Duda, Mark Buehrle, Michael Cuddyer, Noah Syndergaard, Ruben Tejada, Wilmer Flores Welp, that first West Coast trip is out of the way, and the Mets went 3-4, but 2-87 if you adjust the results by Depressed Met Fan Black Cloud Overhead Factor. 2-87 is obviously horrible, and in our spiritual standings the Mets are now 10,462 games out of first place. 3-4, on the other hand, is not horrendous […] 17 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Diamondbacks, Dilson Herrera, Eric Campbell, Jack Leathersich, Jacob deGrom, Kevin Plawecki, Travis d'Arnaud, Wilmer Flores I love those interludes when a given Met can do no wrong. Wilmer Flores is in smack in the midst of one of them right now. It is his golden hour. Nobody’s calling him a stiff after the last two games against the Phillies. I still think he looks stiff in the field, but has he […] It’s an odd feeling when you’re away from your team and they’re doing poorly. You’re a bit relieved, because in your normal life you’d have flushed three hours down the drain but instead you get the bad news via a glance at a phone, paper or distant TV and then get on with whatever it […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Citi Field, Family, Fans, Lucas Duda, Michael Cuddyer, Wilmer Flores A laugher after a long stretch of laughees? Turns out it makes for some complicated emotions. After the Mets scored a lone run early, I sourly thought, “Well Jacob deGrom, there’s your offense.” I also thought that our long-legged, long-haired rookie of the year in recovery looked a lot better than he had in recent outings. It […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Big Innings, Jacob deGrom, Rain, Wilmer Flores 1. Bartolo Colon sucked. 2. Wilmer Flores made another error. 3. The bats did zero against a guy who came in with an ERA north of 7. 4. Dilson Herrera, one of the only players worth watching in this disaster, broke his fingertip and is headed for the DL. 5. Herrera will be replaced on the roster not by […] OK, show of hands. Back in February, who’d have taken ending April 15-8 and in first place by 4 1/2 games? Yeah, I thought so. And yet here we are in the opening hours of May and everybody’s unhappy. The bullpen’s gone to pieces. The bats haven’t been productive. And most glaringly, the defense up the middle has fallen […] Thanks for coming along. I know you hate when I drag you shopping, especially when there’s been so much riveting local sports on TV, but with all I needed to pick up for my Saturday night paragraph, I needed somebody’s opinion on how it all goes together. I’m gonna try all these facts on for size. […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Basketball, Eric Campbell, Hockey, Juan Lagares, Kevin Plawecki, Lucas Duda, Matt Harvey, Subway Series, Wilmer Flores |
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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