 
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. |
Some won-lost records just jump out at me. For example, the Mets losing Sunday and falling to 20-23 sparked my recognition that the Mets hit that very same mark 24 years earlier. In 1990, losing and falling to 20-23 presented a platform for firing the most successful manager in franchise history. After guiding the Mets to [...] Hindsight alert: The Mets should’ve held onto Marco Scutaro. Or they shouldn’t have let him go so soon. Certainly not for so little, which is to say for absolutely nothing. As sketchy as my recollections of Scutaro’s 75 games hitting .216 in a Mets uniform are, I do recall clearly his beginning and his end. He [...]  5 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2002 Mets, 2003 Mets, 2012 Postseason, hindsight, Jim Duquette, Marco Scutaro 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” 67th game in any Mets season, the “best” 68th game in any Mets season, [...] 19 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1970 Mets, 1997 Mets, 2003 Mets, Dave Mlicki, Fiftieth Anniversary, Jae Seo, Joe Foy, Team History, The Happiest Recap I missed all of yesterday’s outburst against the Cubs, monitoring it in dribs and drabs while saying farewell to summer at Coney Island and watching the Brooklyn Cyclones win their season finale, which they used as a tuneup for the playoffs. (If you’re near New York City, instead of enduring horrible baseball, go see the [...] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2003 Mets, First Big-League Hits, Mike Glavine, Mike Nickeas, Mike Pelfrey Two sure signs we’re on the wrong side of summer: 1) My friend Chuck, Illinoisan by employment but New Yorker by heart, called me Saturday, as he will when he’s in time-killing/errand-running mode. He was in a mall somewhere in the Midwest, taking his daughter back-to-school shopping. Back-to-school already? I asked. How early do they go [...] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1776, 2003 Mets, August, Fall, Pat Misch, Resignation It may temporarily bear the Marlins’ name, but Hiram Bithorn Stadium reeks of Expos, Expos and more Expos. It’s 2003 and 2004 all over again all of a sudden and we suck in ways we haven’t sucked in years, last year included. I think I may have even seen Eric Valent at the bat rack [...] 24 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2003 Mets, 2004 Mets, Art Howe, Expos, Hateful Opponents, Hiram Bithorn Stadium, Marlins, Puerto Rico Two annual rituals of the baseball season cross paths in the middle of every Met June: the instinctive recollection of monumental trades that took place this time of year in years gone by and the reappearance, via clever scheduling nobody asked for, of former friends and foes who now wear American League garb. It seems [...] 22 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2003 Mets, 2006 Mets, Anniversaries, Bobby Valentine, Bruce Berenyi, Corey Patterson, Dan Norman, Dave Kingman, Doug Flynn, Interleague Play, Juan Samuel, Managers, Manny Acta, Nick Markakis, Pat Zachry, Paul Siebert, Sluggo, Steve Henderson, Tom Seaver, Trades, Ty Wigginton Welcome to a special Monday edition of 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: Great American Ball Park 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2003 Mets, Al Leiter, Flashback Friday, Great American Ball Park, Reds Welcome to Flashback Friday: Tales From The Log, a final-season tribute to Shea Stadium as viewed primarily through the prism of what I have seen there for myself, namely 358 regular-season and 13 postseason games to date. The Log records the numbers. The Tales tell the stories. 7/27/03 Su Cincinnati 9-6 Trachsel 12 [...] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2003 Mets, Bob Murphy, Closing Day, Flashback Friday, Radio “Why so glum, Greg?” “Isn’t it obvious? The Mets have lost two of three to the Cardinals.” “We did that lots. Lost two out of three to a whole bunch of teams.” “I don’t think you understand, 2003.” “What don’t I understand? Your Mets are losing and you’re depressed. I know how you get.” “This is different.” “How?” “Well, we’re getting lousy [...] |
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