 
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. |
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 The Patron Saints of Pleasant Surprise smile down approvingly on what they’re seeing in the standings today, for the current Mets are, in a statistical sense, at one with them. AFTER 70 GAMES For those who haven’t been scoring at home for the past several decades (or those prone [...] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1969 Mets, 1984 Mets, 1997 Mets, 2012 Mets, Pleasant Surprises, Team History The Mets all but screwed up a game started by Mike Pelfrey and it had absolutely nothing to do with Mike Pelfrey. Now that’s what I call progress. Other events covering the bottom of the eighth through the bottom of the ninth inning Saturday afternoon…now that’s what I’d call retrogression. It was going to be such a simple [...] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1984 Mets, Aubrey Huff, Billy Wagner, Brandon Belt, Bruce Bochy, Buster Posey, Darryl Strawberry, Davey Johnson, Dumbass Wins, Frank Francisco, Gary Cohen, Idiotic Managing, Iron Triangle, Jon Rauch, Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Luis Castillo, Mental Backpack, Mike Pelfrey, Philip Humber, Ruben Tejada, Scott Hairston, Tim Byrdak, Tim Teufel 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” 139th game in any Mets season, the “best” 140th game in any Mets season, [...] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1969 Mets, 1984 Mets, Dwight Gooden, Fiftieth Anniversary, Ken Boswell, Leo Durocher, Team History, The Happiest Recap 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” 94th game in any Mets season, the “best” 95th game in any Mets season, [...] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1970 Mets, 1984 Mets, 2001 Mets, Bobby Valentine, Fiftieth Anniversary, Keith Hernandez, Team History, The Happiest Recap, Tommie Agee 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” 61st game in any Mets season, the “best” 62nd game in any Mets season, [...] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1965 Mets, 1984 Mets, 2005 Mets, Fiftieth Anniversary, Jim Maloney, Marlon Anderson, Rusty Staub, Team History, The Happiest Recap 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” fourth game in any Mets season, the “best” fifth game in any Mets season, [...] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1964 Mets, 1984 Mets, 2005 Mets, Al Jackson, Dwight Gooden, Fiftieth Anniversary, Pedro Martinez, Team History, The Happiest Recap Aw, how can you get mad at these Mets for being, per coach Dennis Green, who we thought they were? We thought they were going to be not very good and now we are beginning to be proven fairly prescient. It was a heckuva first half. There may be some heck left in the second half. [...] 19 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1980 Mets, 1984 Mets, 2010 Mets, Alex Tevino, Cal Koonce, Craig Swan, Darryl Strawberry, Doug Flynn, Dwight Gooden, Ed Glynn, Ed Lynch, Elliott Maddox, Expectations, Frank Taveras, Gary Carter, George Foster, Hope, Hubie Brooks, Jeff Reardon, Jesse Orosco, Joe Torre, Joel Youngblood, John Pacella, John Stearns, Keith Hernandez, Kevin Kobel, Lee Mazzilli, Magic, Mark Bomback, Mike Jorgensen, Mookie Wilson, Neil Allen, Pat Zachry, Ray Burris, Ray Knight, Roy Lee Jackson, Steve Henderson, Tom Hausman, Wally Backman It’s nice to know who you are, even if you don’t always buy into it, even if who you are keeps on changing. For example, per a request made here several weeks ago, Andre Dawson will be going into the Hall of Fame as a Montreal Expo, making thousands of dispossessed ‘Spos fans (if not [...] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1984 Mets, 1997 Mets, 2010 Mets, Andre Dawson, Bobby Valentine, Davey Johnson, Expos, Fernando Tatis, Generation K, Identity, Josh Fogg, Six Feet Under, Soilmaster Stadium, Uncertainty The second installment of the highly acclaimed SNY series Mets Yearbook debuts tonight, Thursday, at 7:30 with a return to 1984. Be sure to catch Keith Hernandez, Jesse Orosco, Darryl Strawberry and all the Rising Stars. Image courtesy of kcmets.com |
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