“Some people never got over the sixties, or the war, or the night their band opened for the Rolling Stones at the Marquee, and spend the rest of their days walking backwards; I never really got over Charlie. That was when the important stuff, the stuff that defines me, went on.”
—Rob Fleming, High Fidelity, by [...]
 
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. |
 27 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2006 Mets, 2006 NLCS, 2011 Postseason, Anniversaries, Endy Chavez, Getting Over It Aaron Heilman has been thwarted in his latest attempt to make a starting rotation and will pitch in relief for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Adam Wainwright is officially on the 60-Day Disabled List. Oliver Perez is feeling his way through a minor league contract with the Washington Nationals. Jeff Suppan has been released by the San [...] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1986 Mets, 2006 Mets, 2006 NLCS, Aaron Heilman, Adam Wainwright, Anniversaries, Carlos Beltran, Endy Chavez, Gratitude, Jeff Suppan, Milestones, Oliver Perez, Regret, Team History, Yadier Molina Hi, I’m a New York Mets fan, and I count among my favorite players of the past 24 hours Pat Burrell, Cody Ross, Matt Cain and a catcher named Molina who came to New York dressed in gray and struck a mighty home run over a left field fence. Quite obviously baseball for a Mets fan [...] 22 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2006 NLCS, 2010 Postseason, A.J. Burnett, Anniversaries, Bengie Molina, Cody Ross, Endy Chavez, Matt Cain, Michael Kay, Oliver Perez, Pat Burrell I’ve been dying to see the Mets play the Tigers in Flushing since a little before 8:00 PM on Saturday, October 14, 2006. Magglio Ordoñez had just hit a three-run homer to clinch a four-game sweep of the American League Championship Series in Detroit. We were minutes from commencing Game Three of the NLCS in [...] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2006 Mets, 2006 NLCS, Faith and Fear Book, Interleague Play, Nagging Regret, Sharon Chapman's Marathon Run, Steve Trachsel, Tigers, Tug McGraw Oliver Perez is taking the ball against Detroit Wednesday, starting in consecutive games or going on 132 days’ rest, depending on how you choose to view this terribly overdue Mets-Tigers matchup. Either way, our boys will be lacing up spikes that are not — no matter how much elbow grease the clubhouse staff has put [...] 26 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2006 Mets, 2006 NLCS, Adam Wainwright, Carlos Beltran, Disappointment, Jeff Suppan, Oliver Perez, Yadier Molina I read this phrase somewhere when I was a kid: If ifs and buts were candies and nuts, then every day would be Christmas. I’ve seen it worded slightly differently over the years but I’ve always identified with it. As you can’t be a Mets fan for very long without invoking “if” or “but,” it’s good advice. Especially [...] Welcome to Flashback Friday, a weekly feature devoted to the 20th anniversary of the 2006 National League Eastern Division Champion New York Mets. Twenty years. Countless Fridays. This is one of them. As I recall my beloved 2006 Mets here one more time from the vantage point of two decades on — just as I’ve been [...] 24 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1986 Mets, 1986 World Series, 2006 Mets, 2006 NLCS, Carlos Beltran, Endy Chavez, Flashback Friday, Jesse Orosco, Keith Hernandez, Oliver Perez, Sid Fernandez The Carloses are a beautiful thing, aren’t they? ¡Nosotros Carlamos! We are them and they are us and we are all together…goo goo g’joob. Yet they’re not Ollie and Ollie, saviors in arms. Yeah, that’s who it figured to hinge on. All the series previews in print and on air had it exactly as it’s happened: Darren [...] 22 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2006 Mets, 2006 NLCS, Carlos Beltran, Carlos Delgado, Darren Oliver, Oliver Perez “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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