The descent of Western Civilization from its state of earthly pre-eminence can be dated from the pagan celebrations that regularly engulfed the plates of home in the early stages of the twenty-first century Anno Domini. These were bacchanalia whose sheer offensiveness to long-established standards of morals and tastes crested with the actions of the False [...]
 
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. |
Well, that was inconclusive. I would love to exult in a thrilling Mets victory or, barring that, dissect a frustrating Mets loss. Instead, let’s just all stare out the window and wait for 6:10 PM, for we have ourselves a suspended game, something I don’t know the Mets have had at home since Ed Kranepool couldn’t [...]  19 comments | |  Print This Post |  Anthony Recker, Anthony Varvaro, B.J. Upton, Cliffdwellers, Dan Uggla, Daniel Murphy, Ed Kranepool, Evan Gattis, Fireworks Night, Freddie Freeman, Golden Sombrero, Greg Burke, Ike Davis, Jeremy Hefner, John Buck, Jordany Valdespin, Justin Upton, Kris Medlin, LaTroy Hawkins, Lenny Randle, Lucas Duda, Oral Surgery, Rick Ankiel, Ruben Tejada, Scott Rice, Suspended Games, Team History, Terry Collins, Ties, Tsuyoshi Shinjo, Wes Westrum Cassandra: One who predicts misfortune or disaster Pollyanna: A person characterized by irrepressible optimism and a tendency to find good in everything CassieClub: OMG!!! Johan DONE!!!!!! PollyPorch: Johan looked fine. A few tough breaks. CassieClub: Whats ERA since no no??? A THOUSAND?????? PollyPorch: Mechanics OK. Velocity OK. Some lucky hits. CassieClub: NEVER SHOULD HAVE LET HIM THROW 134!!!!!! PollyPorch: That was 2 [...] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Freddie Freeman, Johan Santana, Reasonable People Can Disagree |
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