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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.

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Retrosheet to the Rescue

Some scouring over at Retrosheet

makes me think my flawed brain cells were trying to combine the 6th

inning with this horrible sequence, our last gasp in that dismal game:

METS 12TH: Leary replaced Stubbs (pitching); Sasser singled to

right; Darling ran for Sasser; Mazzilli batted for McDowell; Mazzilli

singled to center [Darling to second]; Jefferies flied to left; Orosco

replaced Leary (pitching); Hernandez walked [Darling to third, Mazzilli to second]; Strawberry popped to second; Hershiser replaced Orosco (pitching); McReynolds popped to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Dodgers 5, Mets 4.

To which they may as well have added, Team goes in toilet for nearly a decade.

I'm glad I can't remember my 19-year-old self leaping up and down after J.O. walked Mex. I must have been very excited.

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