In 2003, when Roger Clemens was riding high as a power pitcher throwing hard well beyond his years (somehow), he let it be known when the Hall of Fame came calling for his inevitable membership, he’d insist on going in as a Yankee. If Cooperstown dared portray him as a Red Sock, well, he just [...]
 
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. |
“And it’s…GONE! Ballgame!” “What?” I went to the game Saturday, had a great time and the Mets won. Oh, how I’ve been waiting what seems like ages to say that. No “despite” need be spoken. Nobody has to say, “Despite the way the game turned out, I had a really great time.” That’s the sort of thing I’ve been saying [...]  7 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Astros, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Jason Bay, Justin Turner, R.A. Dickey, Scott Hairston, That Thing You Do, Unfamiliar Sensation of Joy There was a celebration in one clubhouse at Citi Field Friday night, where somebody actually found something unusual in beating the Mets. Houston’s interim manager Tony DeFrancesco — not to be confused with ’70s heartthrob Tony DeFranco of “Heartbeat (It’s A Love Beat)” fame — had just won his first game as a major league [...] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Astros, Casey Stengel, George Bamberger, Gil Hodges, Joe Frazier, Team History, Terry Collins, Tony DeFrancesco, Tony DeFranco, Wes Westrum Well it’s lonesome in this old town How many pitchers does it take to replace Mike Pelfrey? More than one, we can now state with absolute certainty. The front office that we reflexively tag with the genius label didn’t exactly have a [...] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Astros, Casey Stengel, Chris Schwinden, Embalmed, Mike Nickeas, Mike Pelfrey, Mosquitoes, Routine, Sandy Alderson In his career, he was — among other things — an Astro, a Giant and a Met. He stood in the batter’s box representing the last shred of doubt as to where a hard-earned National League flag would fly. If he succeeded, his team would know life and a possible world championship. If he didn’t, [...] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1992 Mets, 2006 Mets, Astros, Cardinals, Carlos Beltran, Historical Dissonance, Kevin Bass In practice, I might not notice the Houston Astros’ disappearance from the National League all that much. With 162 games and oodles of non-divisional opponents on your dance card, what’s one home series and one road series in the scheme of things? But in theory and sentiment, I will surely miss our fraternal twins when [...] 20 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Astros, Continental League, Expansion, Fiftieth Anniversary, Realignment, Team History, Tradition The most obvious fun of Friday night’s comeback win in Houston emanated from Mets bats exploding in accordance with their time-release settings. For more than six innings, nothing. Then the fuses went off and so did Bay (BOOM!), Martinez (SUPER BOOM!) and Wright (GO-AHEAD BOOM!). Pridie’s ringing insurance double made a nice noise, too (r-r-ring!). But [...] Welcome to 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: Minute Maid Park Call me Madonna circa [...] Bringing the Mets good luck — and the official FAFIF shirt a good look — is Della Ziegler, a.k.a. Mrs. Lonestar Mets, lovely wife of our Texas compadre in blogging Dan. Della and Dan attended last Saturday’s Mets-’Stros marathon at Minute Maid Park, the one that went on and on and on and on until we beat [...] |
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