OK, so that didn't work. Never has a 1-0 game seemed so unclose. Never has a supposedly close game's ending with the wrong result felt so unsurprising. Nationals Park was, by my thoroughly unscientific estimate, about 30% to 35% Met fans. But we were a numb, hushed bunch from pillar to post, with only a [...]
 
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. Need our RSS feed? It's here. Use Facebook? Come check out our page, or drop by the personal pages for Greg and Jason. Or follow us on Twitter: Here's Greg, and here's Jason. 
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So the Mets have lost three in a row. So the Mets have fallen into second place. So the Mets may be reduced to hoping the Brewers maintain a steeper decline than their own. So Fernando Tatis is out for the year. So Damion Easley is nowhere in sight. So John Maine probably won’t be [...] This year's 150th game, a loss to the Nationals in Washington, is last year's 150th game, a loss to the Nationals in Washington. This year's team meeting before the 150th game is last year's team meeting before the 150th game. Odalis Perez is Chris Nabholz. Willie Harris is Willie Harris is Willie Harris. Fernando Tatis is Damion Easley. The [...] |
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