There are no guarantees in baseball (just as there are no “slam dunks” or “no-brainers”), but I guess you can make a promise. Sick kids have been known to return to good health on promises of home runs hit in their name — not just in the movies and Felix Unger-produced radio serials, either — […]
 
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. |
WOR still hasn’t found a pregame host for Mets baseball, but that — in case the name doesn’t give it away — is only about what happens before the game starts. Before the game starts doesn’t count. Just like Spring Training. Just like all the talk that fires up the Hot Stove. It doesn’t count that […]  12 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Howie Rose, Josh Lewin, Radio, Ralph Kiner, WOR There are four teams in Mets history that are instantly iconic, teams that don’t require an introduction to the world at large. The years they represent are de facto brands when you’re talking baseball with those who know baseball. The 1962 Mets. Bring any of those up to somebody who isn’t […] 24 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1973 Mets, 1988 Mets, 1999 Mets, 2000 Mets, 2006 Mets, Anniversaries, Internal Affairs, Team Alternate History, Team History The New York Mets have reached seven postseasons in 52 years. Two of them ended perfectly. Five of them didn’t. Those five were forwarded to you for your cosmic reconstructive surgery consideration, along with the request that you choose only one for historical repair. I read everything that was written in response — not just […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1973 Mets, 1988 Mets, 1999 Mets, 2000 Mets, 2006 Mets, Team Alternate History, Team History I’m tempted to label this is a limited-time offer, SO ACT NOW, but actually, it’s an offer not limited by time. If it was, then it couldn’t be offered. But I’m gonna offer it. You get to pick another Mets world championship for your collection. The catch is you have to pick it from the past, […] 75 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1973 Mets, 1988 Mets, 1999 Mets, 2000 Mets, 2006 Mets, Team Alternate History, Team History Whatever scale of tribute they pursue, I trust the Mets to do right by Ralph Kiner in death. They did just fine by him in life. Ralph Kiner was inducted into the Mets Hall of Fame, alongside Bob Murphy and Lindsey Nelson, in 1984, nine years after the team heartily toasted his induction as a (non-Met) […] 19 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bob Murphy, Lindsey Nelson, Mets Fan Perspective, Ralph Kiner, State of Marvana Y’know, I had just been thinking about Ralph Kiner. This was before the Super Bowl, when I read Edwin Pope of the Miami Herald wouldn’t be covering the game at MetLife Stadium. Pope, you see, had never missed a Super Bowl. The Super Bowl is still young enough so there are people who can be […] Past Here’s a sign of spring: The 2014 Topps cards are out. Let’s not go overboard: This isn’t the greatest set. The photography’s good again, but Topps has developed an unfortunate predilection for novelty shots, with far too many players romping with teammates (and often on dreaded horizontal cards), getting doused with Gatorade or showing off Oscar […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bartolo Colon, Baseball Cards, Daniel Murphy, Dillon Gee, Hope, Jacob deGrom, Jenrry Mejia, Jeurys Familia, Jon Niese, Justin Turner, Matt Harvey, Noah Syndergaard, Rafael Montero, Ruben Tejada, Sandy Alderson, Stephen Drew, The Holy Books, Trades, Travis d'Arnaud, Wilmer Flores, Zack Wheeler Kyle Farnsworth has been invited to Spring Training. Daisuke Matsuzaka has been invited to Spring Training. Taylor Teagarden conjures images of an idyllic spot where those who sew for a living might seek a civilized respite from the drudgery of cuffing trousers, but he’s actually a catcher and he, too, has been invited to Spring […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Daisuke Matsuzaka, Dirk Hayhurst, Kyle Farnsworth, Matt Clark, Minor League Contract, Non-Roster Invitees, Spring Training, Taylor Teagarden While the Wilpons unscrunch the large wad of cash they’ve allegedly found underneath their couch cushions, I await anxiously the start of the biggest sporting event to ever touch down in our humble Metropolitan Area. I refer of course to Queens hosting the World Series, time of first pitch as yet undetermined. In the meantime, there’s […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Football, Mad Men, Network, Team History, The Simpsons |
Piazza: Catcher, Slugger, Icon, Star by Greg Prince is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers. 
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