 
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. |
To dig up a phrase a very mellow college buddy of mine liked to roll out six or seven times per conversation, Frank Francisco is a trip. I don’t think I’ve thought that about any of our modern-era closers. All my thoughts on our modern-era closers were laced with expletives rarely deleted. Not that I don’t [...]  3 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Chickens, Daveotronic 5000, Frank Francisco, Ike Davis, Jon Niese, Justin Turner, Subway Series, Tim Byrdak Pirates manager Jim Leyland took issue with the team’s We Play Hardball promo. “We can’t say we play hardball, I’m tired of that bleep,” he said. Adam Wainwright gave the Cardinals everything they could have asked for Sunday night: a 107-pitch complete game victory. John Maine gave the Mets everything [...] 23 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Wainwright, Brent Gaff, Brian Costa, Charlie Daniels, Daveotronic 5000, Felipe Lopez, Frank Catalanotto, Hype, Iron Man McGinnity, Jerry Manuel, Joe Mather, John Maine, Jon Heyman, Luis Castillo, Major League, Marketing, Michael Kinsley, Mike Birkbeck, Mike Jacobs, Office Space, Oliver Perez, Omar Minaya, Raul Valdes, Rick Aguilera, Tobi Stoner In a post to Twitter, Rick Coutinho of ESPN Radio says RHP Sean Green has modified his delivery, and his sidearm motion is even more pronounced than it was last year. Anybody who was caught up in the peer pressure of seventh grade in the [...] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1962 Mets, 1997 Mets, 2005 Mets, 2006 Mets, 2007 Mets, 2008 Mets, Al Leiter, Batting Orders, Carlos Beltran, Carlos Delgado, Daveotronic 5000, David Sloane, David Wright, Frankie Rodriguez, Fred Wilpon, Happy Days, Henry Winkler, Jerry Manuel, Joe Cocker, Johan Santana, Jose Reyes, Mike Jacobs, Pat Morita, Rod Barajas, Saturday Night Fever, Sean Green, Spring Training, Team History, Willie Randolph, Yusmeiro Petit Do we blame this on Hubie Brooks? If we give him the credit for starting a trend at one position, do we pin accountability on him for a far more insidious trend at another position? It’s Mets 101 that third base was the perpetually hexed corner for a very long time, roughly from the dawn of [...] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Daveotronic 5000, Mets Right Fielders, Team History |
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