I’m picturing Mets marketing types watching the games from St. Louis and Chicago this week. They see the deep-seated allegiance in the home crowds set against the respective backdrops of Cardinalia and Cubbishness. There are symbols and there are statues and there is total engagement between the fans and the franchises, one of which has [...]
 
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. |
Not sure whose brilliant idea it was to place the first days of spring so close to the last days of winter, but if you require something to warm you up as March’s lionlike weather persists, consider that we sit and shiver on the precipice of the 40th anniversary of the 1973 National [...] Something struck me while the Giants were being demolished by the Reds, 9-0, Sunday and the Nationals were getting stomped by Carlos Beltran’s Cardinals, 12-4, Monday: this never happens to us. The Mets have never been truly blown out of a postseason game. They’ve never lost one by eight runs. They’ve never lost one by nine [...]  6 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1969 Mets, 1973 Mets, 1986 Mets, 1988 Mets, 1999 Mets, 2000 Mets, 2006 Mets, 2012 Postseason, Blowouts, Faint Praise “Is this heaven?” The Saturday game was a matinee. Planes could be heard rumbling overhead on TV. Rusty Staub was in evidence. High and deep fly balls hit by the home team left the home park for home runs. So-called scrubs excelled. [...] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1973 Mets, Banner Day, Dave Schneck, Duffy Dyer, George Thedore, Johan Santana, Mike Nickeas, Rusty Staub, Scott Hairston, Tom Seaver, Vinny Rottino Welcome to The Happiest Recap, a solid gold slate of New York Mets games culled from every schedule the Mets have ever played en route to this, their fiftieth year in baseball. We’ve created a dream season that includes the “best” 160th game in any Mets season, the “best” 161st game in any Mets season…and [...] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1973 Mets, 1982 Mets, 1999 Mets, 2008 Mets, Cleon Jones, Fiftieth Anniversary, Johan Santana, John Franco, Kenny Rogers, Robin Ventura, Rusty Staub, Team History, Terry Leach, The Happiest Recap, Tom Seaver, Tug McGraw, Wayne Garrett, Willie Mays Welcome to The Happiest Recap, a solid gold slate of New York Mets games culled from every schedule the Mets have ever played en route to this, their fiftieth year in baseball. We’ve created a dream season that includes the “best” 151st game in any Mets season, the “best” 152nd game in any Mets season, [...] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1973 Mets, 1988 Mets, Fiftieth Anniversary, Ron Darling, Ron Hodges, Team History, The Happiest Recap, Tug McGraw Welcome to The Happiest Recap, a solid gold slate of New York Mets games culled from every schedule the Mets have ever played en route to this, their fiftieth year in baseball. We’ve created a dream season that includes the “best” 88th game in any Mets season, the “best” 89th game in any Mets season, [...] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1973 Mets, 1986 Mets, 1999 Mets, Davey Johnson, Fiftieth Anniversary, Matt Franco, Team History, The Happiest Recap, Tug McGraw Welcome to The Happiest Recap, a solid gold slate of New York Mets games culled from every schedule the Mets have ever played en route to this, their fiftieth year in baseball. We’ve created a dream season consisting of the “best” 37th game in any Mets season, the “best” 38th game in any Mets season, [...] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1973 Mets, 1981 Mets, Fiftieth Anniversary, George Stone, Greg Harris, Mookie Wilson, Team History, The Happiest Recap 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: Shea Stadium 32 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1973 Mets, 1985 Mets, 1999 Mets, 2006 Mets, 2008 Mets, Flashback Friday, Shea Stadium You may recall that the one element Bobby Cox always lacked as he led the Braves through their almost endless divisional dynasty was a certifiable steel-toed, kick-ass closer. He was never able to hand the ball to a National League version of Mariano Rivera — not that there are too many of him lying around [...] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1973 Mets, 2010 Postseason, Alejandro Pena, Billy Wagner, Bobby Cox, Braves, Brooks Conrad, Cole Hamels, Craig Kimbrel, Frankie Rodriguez, Giants, Hisanori Takahashi, Jeff Reardon, John Smoltz, Juan Berenguer, Mariano Rivera, Relief Pitching, Tug McGraw |
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