There’s a press release getting play here and there trumpeting a magical “index” of Sports Fan Loyalty, the kind of thing that comes around on the eve of a new season. It also tends to lunge at the native lingo by suggesting “it’s critical that team marketers do accurate scouting regarding the strategic ball they […]
 
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. (Sorry, but we have no interest in ads, sponsored content or guest posts.) Need our RSS feed? It's here. Visit our Facebook page, or drop by the personal pages for Greg and Jason. Or follow us on Twitter: Here's Greg, and here's Jason. |
 13 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Dave Howard, Loyalty, Marketing, Mets Tradition CONTEST UPDATE: WE HAVE OUR WINNERS. Knuckleball is classified as a documentary, but that’s not quite right. At the very least, it should be cross-referenced as a romance. When you watch the DVD — three copies of which we’re happy to offer those who win our contest below — you’ll fall in love with R.A. Dickey […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Excellent Addition to Your Baseball Library, knuckleball, R.A. Dickey I’ve decided there are three junctures of the Spring Training schedule that make the endless nature of the exhibition interregnum worthwhile. First, there’s that inaugural Spring Training broadcast, when those voices you value most greet you for the first time in a proper context in months. You might have heard them announcing hockey or college basketball […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2013 Mets, Collin Cowgill, Jordany Valdespin, Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Lucas Duda, Marlon Byrd, Matt den Dekker, Mike Baxter, Outfield, Spring Training I’m David Wright My best’s what I’ll give This is a great honor My face is familiar Not sure whose brilliant idea it was to place the first days of spring so close to the last days of winter, but if you require something to warm you up as March’s lionlike weather persists, consider that we sit and shiver on the precipice of the 40th anniversary of the 1973 National […] Doing anything vital tonight? Since the season hasn’t started, of course the answer is no. So assuming none of the rest of your life is calling, why not check out the WBC final on MLB Network? I’ve been watching the tournament off and on this spring despite not trusting it during its first incarnation and deploring […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Heidi Watney, Jose Reyes, Matt Vasgersian, MLB Network, Nelson Figueroa, WBC, World Baseball Classic, XFL You never know, but now and then you’re overcome by an inkling, and at the moment I’m inkled that the Mets aren’t going to be the mildly surprising success story I sort of thought that maybe, if enough went well, they could be in 2013. The injuries, the traditional vaguely defined recovery periods, the thin […] We ran into our across-the-hall neighbor the other day, which shouldn’t have been unusual as we live across the hall from each other, but neither Stephanie nor I had seen him in months. Just the way that goes sometimes. We converged at the elevator on the way up to our respective apartments and I noticed […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Excellent Addition to Your Baseball Library, Mets Cap, Mets Police, Neighbors David Wright as Mets captain? Don’t be silly. David Wright’s not a captain. David Wright’s an ambassador. David Wright puts the Mets’ best foot forward. David Wright makes everybody feel good about the Mets, including all those new Mets to whom he shows apartments, restaurants and the ropes. David Wright represents the Mets in other places, even […] 22 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | David Wright, USF Bulls, World Baseball Classic Avery does a lap. The Mets traveled to Lakeland Friday and were declawed by the Tigers, but there’s better feline-related baseball news to be had in the Cactus League. I read a heartwarming article the other day about O the Oakland A’s Spring Training Cat, a kitty of indeterminate gender who hangs around the […] |
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