 
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. |
Some Metsian bookkeeping from Memorial Day 2012, when the caps were ugly and Jon Niese didn’t look much better: • Jack Egbert, a righthanded reliever with a last name reminiscent of a weird comic I recall from my childhood (all the single-panel action took place in utero), pitched two-thirds of the ninth inning, making him the [...]  2 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Jack Egbert, Mets Third Basemen, Omar Quintanilla, Scott Hairston, Ty Wigginton, Unhealthy Obsession with Mike Hessman, Vinny Rottino Less news flash than point of fact: On Monday night, Justin Turner, a largely anonymous utility infielder with perhaps the most generic ballplayer name to grace a Met roster since 2004 catcher Tom Wilson arrived and departed, became the team’s 141st third baseman Monday when he replaced David Wright in the seventh inning of an [...] 19 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andy Green, David Wright, Distractions from Drubbings, Don Zimmer, Justin Turner, Mets Third Basemen, Mike Pelfrey, Oliver Perez, Team History, Tom Wilson, Wilson Valdez When the National Leaguers take the field tonight in their previously futile quest for pride and home-field advantage, there will be a historic moment. David Wright will cross a foul line and position himself at third base as the first Met ever elected to man the hot corner in the Midsummer Classic. Don’t think that’s significant? [...] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | David Wright, Mets Third Base Song, Mets Third Basemen |
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