 
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 Mets and Marlins were supposed to play two baseball games starting at 4:10 pm, but at 4:10 pm it was raining. Not particularly hard — you could almost call it Corey Oswalt weather — but hard enough. It stayed that way through 5:10 pm, through 6:10 pm, through the time the Mets would have played […]  5 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Amed Rosario, Doubleheaders, Jay Bruce, Rafael Ortega, Rain Delays, Zack Wheeler Wednesday evening found me driving back to New York after dropping my kid off at school north of Boston. The rental-car place closed at 9; if things broke my way and I drove more speedily than I’m now accustomed, I could make it. Maybe. Perhaps. If I pushed it. I decided to go for it; traffic […] Let’s be clear about one thing after a day where clarity was sadly lacking: Zack Wheeler was wonderful. Wheeler’s blossoming is one of the unalloyed positives to come out of this weirdly bitter Mets season: Wheeler seems to have shaken off injuries and rust and youth to become the top-flight starter we’d imagined since he arrived. […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aramis Garcia, Chris Shaw, Communications, David Wright, Giants, One-Car Funerals, Stupid Fucking Bullshit, Wilpons, Zack Wheeler The Mets only came to Citi Field to do two things Saturday afternoon: kick some National ass and hand out some Jay Bruce bobbleheads. Come the sixth inning, looked like they were almost outta bobbleheads. But they weren’t done with […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Amed Rosario, Bobbleheads, Dazed and Confused, Helen Reddy, Jeff McNeil, Michael Conforto, Mike Vail, Satisfaction, Todd Frazier, Zack Wheeler “Whoo! Whoo! Wasn’t that awesome?” “Well, it goes back […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Amed Rosario, Defense Optional, Dom Smith, Elio Chacon, Frank Thomas, Legends Rebooted, Richie Ashburn, Yo La Tengo, Zack Wheeler Why win by one when you can win by eleven? The Mets can win by eleven? The answer to the latter is yes, apparently. The answer to the former is never win by one when you can win by eleven. […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, Deep-Dive Mets Fandom, Jack Reinheimer, Jose Reyes, Kevin Plawecki, Lou Thornton, Mets Third Basemen, Most Mets in One Season, Orioles, Romps, Routs, Team History, Todd Frazier, Zack Wheeler If the Mets do indeed follow through on that hardy perennial threat every manager makes in August, implementation of a six-man rotation, we won’t necessarily have to be cognizant of the identity of a given game’s starting pitcher as it progresses. We’ll pick up on the vibe […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Amed Rosario, Austin Jackson, Command, Marlins Park, Sleepy Wins, Zack Wheeler Isolate enough positives from the Mets’ 108th game, and you’d wish the season was beginning anew. You’d happily start Zack Wheeler on theoretical Opening Day and look forward to seven innings of shutout ball from a pitcher who you know will do nothing to sabotage his own cause. You’d […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Austin Jackson, Bobby Wahl, Frankie Valli, Jeff McNeil, Robert Gsellman, Team History, Todd Frazier, Two-Thirds Mark, Zack Wheeler When they’re tired of a player, fans have been known to opine that they’ll drive him to the airport themselves. I’ve certainly said it a few times. Heck, I’ll give Jose Reyes a piggyback ride to LaGuardia if that will end the current farce. But what we don’t hear often enough is the opposite sentiment […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Gregory Polanco, Joe Musgrove, Kevin Plawecki, Trades, Zack Wheeler It was, admittedly, one of those Everything Has to Go Perfectly ideas: Emily and I were landing at JFK a little after 4, taking the subway home to drop our luggage, then turning around and getting back on the subway to meet her father and our niece at Citi Field to see the Mets take […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Citi Field, Customer Service, Jeff McNeil, Manuel Margot, Replay Review, Zack Wheeler |
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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