 
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. |
This time I saw it coming — a brutal regression to the mean in the second half of what had been a heartening season. Funny thing is, it didn’t make any difference. Once again I went to kick the football of postseason hopes, and once again the Mets pulled it out of the way, and once again [...]  4 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Acceptance, Bobby Parnell, Daniel Murphy, Disappointment, Fans, Jeremy Hefner, Mike Baxter, Ruben Tejada The 2010 Mets emerged from their hole in the ground one final time Sunday and I got as close to them as I could and looked hard to see their shadow. I sought the sight of the shadow of a doubt to which I’d been clinging through ever darkening times. I kept searching for a sliver [...] 49 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2010 Mets, Acceptance, Citizens Bank Park, Lack of Sportsmanship, Phillies, Reality By now I’m not even mad at them. No, the worst I can manage while watching the Mets stagger around and lose is a weary exasperation. The competitive portion of the 2010 season is nearing its end, and whatever disappointment I felt over that has dissipated by now. You never know, as baseball sages will tell [...] 24 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2010 Mets, Acceptance, Disappointment, Hope, Luis Castillo, Oliver Perez, Omar Minaya, Ownership |
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