 
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. |
Joy of excess? Oh baby, we hadn’t seen anything yet. Game 1 of Thursday’s doubleheader against the Phils was a rain of records, superlatives and astonished exclamations. Twenty-four runs, a new club record. Twenty-five hits, a new club record for a nine-inning game. A 20-run margin of victory, also a new club record. Weirdly, the crazy 24-4 outburst […]  7 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Armour Field, Ballparks, Brandon Nimmo, Camden Yards, Doubleheaders, Franchise Records, Guaranteed Rate Field, Janet Marie Smith, Jerry Blevins, Jose Bautista, Philip Bess, Phillies, Position Players Pitching, Ranger Suarez, Scott Kingery, Steven Matz, White Sox, Wrigley Field The Mets have used a simple formula to get past the Dodgers and 3/4 of the way past the Cubs: Combine great starting pitching with a shutdown ninth inning. It’s worked pretty well … but the Mets are adding ingredients to the recipe. We’ll get back to the latest legends of Murphtober and […] 45 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2015 Postseason, Cubs, Daniel Murphy, David Wright, Jacob deGrom, Wrigley Field, Yoenis Cespedes Last year the Mets looked kind of OK in the early going. On May 26 they lost a horrific 5-3 game to the Pirates, dropping their record to 22-28, but then won six of their next seven, including three of four in Philadelphia, lifting their record to 28-29. So they rolled into Chicago to take […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carlos Torres, Cubs, Matt Harvey, Wrigley Field Hang with ’em. It was one of the first bits of baseball advice I gave Joshua to pass along to the little figures on the TV who can’t hear us. Blasted a ball up the gap that the right fielder barely speared at a dead run? Hang with ’em. Laser beam perfectly intersected by the apex of […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Anthony Rizzo, Dilson Herrera, Jacob deGrom, Johnny Monell, Jon Lester, Kris Bryant, Lucas Duda, Wrigley Field Beautiful Wrigley Field isn’t quite so beautiful when it is lit by electric as opposed to natural means. Ever since the Mets had their lights turned out on August 9, 1988, losing to the Cubs in what became Wrigley’s first official night game (following a rainout the ballyhooed night before), it seems mostly bad befalls […] 1 comment - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1962 Mets, 1989 Mets, An Appreciation, Andrew Brown, Dallas Green, Don Aase, Don Zimmer, Eric Campbell, Jeff McKnight, Mike Conforto, Moment of Silence, Noah Syndergaard, Rick Wrona, Third Base, Wrigley Field Well hello! It’s me, your prodigal blogger, stepping in to keep Greg off the ledge. Seriously, I depart for two weeks of book tour and terrible things start happening to the Mets. Though, granted, what do you expect when the Mets head for Coors Field and the House of Loria, both famous for their soul-killing finales. […] How strange is it that it’s been 13 months since the Mets visited Wrigley? We say this every year, but it’s strange. Fuck interleague. More games against real rivals, harumph, harumph. That’s from the email exchange Greg and I had discussing who was recapping what in the Cubs series — a conversation I kept thinking about while […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1969 Mets, 1984 Mets, Cubs, Fans, Harry Caray, Hate, Wrigley Field You can lose one game to the Cubs, who are professionals no matter their record. You can appear helpless at the left hand of Travis Wood, whose command was sharp and approach was impeccable. You can waste Johan Santana’s six strong innings because sometimes great pitchers on good nights are outdone by lesser pitchers on […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | David Wright, Expectations, Johan Santana, Lucas Duda, Terry Collins, Travis Wood, Wrigley Field As baseball fans, we have a lot of phrases we repeat to ourselves to keep watching after things have gone to hell. As Mets fans, I’d wager we have even more of them. Down 8-1 8-0 [sorry, was apparently huffing paint thinner] after the top of the first? You never know how the other starter will […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carlos Beltran, Cubs, Dillon Gee, Fans, Fred Wilpon, Justin Berg, Keith Hernandez, Rain, Wrigley Field Welcome to Flashback Friday: Take Me Out to 34 Ballparks, a celebration, critique and countdown of every major league ballpark one baseball fan has been fortunate enough to visit in a lifetime of going to ballgames. BALLPARK: Wrigley Field |
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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