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Greg Prince and Jason Fry
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.

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The Night's Hatreds, Ranked

by on 9 May 2026 11:36 pm

I hated the fact that on Saturday night the Mets lost to the Diamondbacks, 2-1.

I hated that the Mets lost largely because they’ve once again forgotten how to hit. Brett Baty drove in Marcus Semien with a double in the second inning, and if you reached back to Friday night’s 10th inning uprising you might […]

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Desert Duel

by on 9 May 2026 11:13 am

NOTE: This post was written by Jason, who was experiencing some technical difficulties this morning.

On Friday night, the Mets and Diamondbacks played one of those games that settles into a stalemate and then grinds along, waiting to decide what kind of ballgame it’s to become.

With the roof open – a rare occurrence that makes Chase […]

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