 
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. |
We may lose and we may win And I said to myself, this is the business we’ve chosen. If you told me I was going to three games in a four-day span in the middle of the season, I’d say, [...] With the Mets acquiring little in the way major league talent this offseason, Sandy Alderson making no promises they’ll acquire any more during what’s left of it and the scheduling of something as ostensibly upbeat as Banner Day/Night somehow managing to piss people off, this correspondent seeks something encouraging or at least intriguing to get [...]  11 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2008 Mets, Andy Green, Collin Cowgill, Daniel Murphy, Goodfellas, M*A*S*H, Wayne Garrett Ryder takes his FAFIF shirt out for a Citi Field on-field spin. Stephanie and I have enjoyed telling people we know Ryder Chasin since the day we met him at his Bar Mitzvah in the fall of 2009. If that sounds like an unusual place to meet somebody for the first time, Ryder was no [...] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bar Mitzvah, FAFIF Shirt, Goodfellas, Joan Payson, VIP Treatment “This is the bad time.” If I may use the present tense while it’s still technically valid, Miguel Batista doesn’t so much throw pitches for the New York Mets as he contemplates them. Not that any Mets fan necessarily wants Miguel Batista to throw his next pitch unless it’s his last, but my goodness [...] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1962 Mets, All You'd Expect When You See The Name Miguel Batista, Dexter, Goodfellas, Miguel Batista There was Cleon and Tommie… “I’ll track that thing down for ya.” And Tom Terrific, who they also called The Franchise… “Throw strikes.” And Little Buddy… “Let ’em hit it on the ground.” Jerry the Kooz and Jerry the Catcher… “Keep the ball down, would ya guy?” Rusty the Orange… “Hey, call me in a pinch.” And his guy Mex who wasn’t even Mexican… “A little [...] Wonderful profile from Brian Costa of the Star-Ledger on the more than humble background of dream closer (or perhaps starter) Jenrry Mejia: Six years ago, Jenrry Mejia did not own a glove. He did not have a bat. He had no use for a ball. The tools of his trade were a brush, a piece of cloth [...] I just looked at the Wild Card standings. Colorado and San Francisco are tied for first. Chicago and Houston are 2 behind. Atlanta and Florida are 2½ behind. Milwaukee is 4 behind. And then you have the Mets, tied for eighth with the Reds, 7½ back. In other seasons, maybe even this season not that long ago, I would have processed [...] Jimmy was cutting every link between himself and the robbery…still, months after the robbery, they were finding bodies all over. The Mets bullpen crew whacked the Mets’ playoff hopes. The Mets are getting even. Heilman. Smith. Now this. When they found Schoeneweis on the Diamondbacks, he was frozen so stiff it took [...] |
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