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Faith and Fear in Flushing: An Intense Personal History of the New York Mets
The New York Mets fan is an Amazin creature whose species finds its voice at last in Greg Prince s Faith and Fear In Flushing, the definitive account of what it means to root for and live through the machinations of an endlessly fascinating if often frustrating baseball team.Prince, coauthor of the highly regarded blog of the same name, examines how the life of the franchi...more
Hardcover, 304 pages
Published
April 1st 2009
by Skyhorse Publishing
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A very heartfelt, in-depth memoir of the history of the Mets so far, as experienced by the author. It's a great read for diehard fans, especially fans who are recent fellow-sufferers and would like to know more about their beloved, scrappy team's history. I had some trouble with the writing style; at some points it could be very contrived. For example, he tends to overuse his favorite device of starting every sentence with the same phrase. Used sparingly, it's a powerful device, but overused, i...more
Not bad but for fans only.
This is the greatest book I have ever read about baseball in general and the Mets in particular. He definitely knows what goes on in the minds of a die-hard fan and I found myself nodding my head and smiling ruefully (or just straight up laughing out loud) throughout the entire book. The author is charmingly self-deprecating and a the embodiment of a true Mets fan. I tip my (Mets) cap to you, Greg Prince.
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