 
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. |
The poor Orioles are getting killed at Citi Field, and they don’t have a clue. Yesterday it was R.A. Dickey, armed with a knuckleball that was for all intents and purposes unhittable, one he used to write the latest chapter of his remarkable story. Greg chronicled R.A.’s second straight one-hitter here yesterday; today Roger Angell — our [...]  12 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Fans, Johan Santana, Mike Baxter, No-Hitters, PItching, R.A. Dickey no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no [...] 19 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | First No-Hitter in New York Mets History, Johan Santana, No-Hitters, Posts We Waited Years to Write That darn Giancarlo Stanton really did it to us Sunday. What a bastard. The walkoff grand slam that added a fashionable dent to the fishy Home Run Sculpture? No, not that (though that sucked, too). I’m talking about Stanton’s first hit, the single to center that opened the bottom of the second, which was the Marlins’ [...] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Dick Groat, Fiftieth Anniversary, Garry Templeton, Giancarlo Stanton, Jimmy Qualls, Jimmy Rollins, Juan Pierre, Julian Javier, No-Hitters, Pete Rose, Stan Javier, Team History, Tom Seaver If you’re a Mets fan who likes to read, read George Vecsey recounting his recent visit with 1962-1964 Met pitcher Craig Anderson, who finished his career on an 18-game losing streak but not before he crammed two wins into one day, fifty years ago tomorrow. For a man whose name became statistically synonymous with “loss,” [...] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1962 Mets, Craig Anderson, Doubleheaders, George Vecsey, No-Hitters As I was heading down to tuck the kid into bed, Jose Altuve hit a little squibber in front of the plate, a play that ended with me looking back from the stairs to see Josh Thole and R.A. Dickey standing in annoyed proximity and Altuve far away on first. Another day without a no-hitter, I [...] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brad Mills, Fans, Manny Acosta, No-Hitters, R.A. Dickey, Twitter The Mets may not be flawless, but so far this year they are perfect. They’re undefeated through their first series, alone in first place in their division, alone in New York on the list of teams that have won at least one baseball game that counts this year. That’s as close to flawless as they need to [...] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | First Place, Jon Niese, No-Hitters, Perfect Record, Sweep, Terry Collins The wedding of my longtime friend Fred to his new bride Karla (“my first wife,” he jokes) was a joyous event for Stephanie and me to attend last weekend, both for the nuptials of two fine people and the opportunity to spend time with other friends with whom I go back decades. Joel, Adam and [...] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Gordie Richardson, Jim Hickman, Moment of Silence, No-Hitters, Thomas DeLuca, Tom Seaver The Mets are playing a day-night doubleheader, and so are we: My take on the day game will be followed by Greg’s report on the nightcap. The Mets’ late-season swoon has annoyed me of late, but the morning still found me down in the dumps. Joshua and I were headed to Citi Field for our last [...] Comments closed | | Print This Post | Farewells, No-Hitters, Phillies, R.A. Dickey, Ruben Tejada, Valentino Pascucci The mysteries of baseball are part of its wonder, and nothing is more of a mystery than pitching. A pitcher can completely fall apart without warning, missing targets and walking guys until he’s trapped trudging around behind the mound, pain etched on his face. His mechanics are gone, the baseball feels like a foreign object [...] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Chris Capuano, Len Barker, Nick Evans, No-Hitters, PItching I love Tim Lincecum, I really do. I love that perfect motion of his — my description of it last year was “the equation that solves a knotty physics problem, and leaves you smiling at the elegance and beauty of the answer,” which I’m not going to improve on. I love his God-given talents, [...] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carlos Beltran, Giants, Ike Davis, No-Hitters, Tim Lincecum, Willie Harris |
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