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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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Another Night in Excuse City

by on 20 June 2023 10:36 pm

Framber Valdez pitched awfully well. The Astros got some superlative defense from Jeremy Pena, Kyle Tucker and Corey Julks. None of those things were particularly the fault of the Mets.

The rest? Eh. Justin Verlander pitched OK, if his goal was to be the best-paid No. 4 starter in baseball history. I dunno, somehow I thought […]

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From Min Back to Max

by on 20 June 2023 8:34 am

Last time we saw Max Scherzer he was decidedly min against the Yankees, chiefly because his slider was batting-practice quality, hanging obligingly in the strike zone and waiting to be clobbered by any Yankee who fancied a go.

Scherzer vowed stonily that he would fix the problem, which sounded good but also sounded like the kind […]

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