Five Mets who were never the shiniest available objects glistening in the display case of a given free agent market stopped being Mets altogether this week. Non-tendered as possible prelude to a purposeful pursuit of Curtis Granderson — or whoever can be lured for a lesser price and/or fewer years — were Justin Turner, Jeremy [...]
 
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. 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. |
 10 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1974 Mets, 1994 Mets, 2001 Mets, 2007 Mets, Ambiorix Burgos, Bob Scheffing, Brian Bannister, Bubba Trammell, Buzz Capra, Curtis Granderson, Dallas Green, Donne Wall, Jeremy Hefner, Joe McIlvaine, Jordany Valdespin, Justin Turner, Momentary Lapse of Season Mets, Nontendered Players, Omar Minaya, Omar Quintanilla, Pete Schourek, Scott Atchison, Steve Phillips, Team History Is there any better promotion for Mets baseball than the news that the Mets have invited Brandon Allen to Spring Training? Sorry, too easy. I’ll try to maintain a clean slate for Brandon Allen, the Quadruple-A first baseman brought into supplement the Mets’ existing “glut” at that position. Once upon a time it was easy to [...] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1994 Mets, Anthony Seratelli, Brandon Allen, Joel Carreno, Lou DePaoli, Mets Promotions, Miguel Soclovich, Nolan Ryan, Shea Stadium You never know, but now and then you’re overcome by an inkling, and at the moment I’m inkled that the Mets aren’t going to be the mildly surprising success story I sort of thought that maybe, if enough went well, they could be in 2013. The injuries, the traditional vaguely defined recovery periods, the thin [...] 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” 97th game in any Mets season, the “best” 98th game in any Mets season, [...] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1985 Mets, 1994 Mets, 2005 Mets, Dwight Gooden, Fiftieth Anniversary, Jose Reyes, Rico Brogna, 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” 34th game in any Mets season, the “best” 35th game in any Mets season, [...] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1969 Mets, 1994 Mets, 1996 Mets, Fiftieth Anniversary, John Cangelosi, John Franco, Team History, The Happiest Recap, Tom Seaver |
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