I know I’m not the first to note their facial and follicle similarity, but on Thursday night Tim Lincecum really put me in mind of Mitch Kramer, the newly minted ninth-grader doing his best to avoid a paddling from the SOB seniors in 1993’s 1976 homage Dazed and Confused. Whenever I see Lincecum’s locks, I think of […]
 
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. |
 20 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Carlos Beltran, Dazed and Confused, Jose Reyes, Mitch Kramer, R.A. Dickey, Shawn Mullins, Tim Lincecum Sure, I thought it was a little kooky, some fan/writer declaring his candidacy for an office to which he couldn’t be elected because it’s not an elective office. I like a good gag, but how far can you stretch one? Howard Megdal was practically Plastic Man in that regard. He was stretching the gag. He […] Time moves glacially between the last game before the All-Star break and the first game after it (a West Coast game, at that), but to make it through the final hours of the void, there is, thankfully, a time machine: Mets Yearbook. SNY is sprinkling in several greatest hits in the course of Thursday… • 1976: […] First, to the McCann of the Hour… I didn’t have a favorite Brave before, but I do now. Thank you Brian McCann for ending a streak of twelve consecutive negative All-Star decisions that seemed destined to reach thirteen on habit if not merit. And you’re welcome, Brian McCann, for our firing you up properly at Citi Field […] 17 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2004 Mets, All-Star Game, Bobby Bonilla, Brian McCann, Buddhism, Chris Young, Fred Wilpon, George Steinbrenner, Jeff Wilpon, Joan Payson, Lorinda de Roulet, M. Donald Grant, Matt Thornton, Media, Moment of Silence, Nelson Doubleday, Ownership, Rationalization, Richie Hebner, Ricky Bottalico, Roberto Alomar, Ty Wigginton, Vince Coleman, Wellington Mara, Winning Howard Megadal, still running hard, brought his campaign to AMAZIN’ ALL-STAR MONDAY last night at Two Boots Grand Central and no doubt earned himself some votes with a winning stump speech and earnest Q&A. Thanks to Howard for setting the stage and Marty Noble taking it from there. Marty’s session, covered beautifully by Matt Artus […] The Megdal for GM campaign has come to Faith and Fear. If you’re a connoiseur of other Mets blogs in addition to this one (and it’s OK if you are), you’re probably aware writer Howard Megdal is running hard for the office of New York Mets general manager. While there is no known election for […] It’s a hot August afternoon in 1993. There’s two guys approaching their mechanic’s shop, each of them, on foot, ready to pick up his car. One is 30. One is 82. The one who is 30 thinks the one who is 82 is going to be a slow poke if he gets to the counter […] “The Mets, who are desperately in search of a victory,” I just heard Gary Cohen say in the truncated version of Sunday’s rebroadcast, “have had their ace step up big-time,” which got me thinking, “Well, I wouldn’t call me their ace…” All right, I knew he was talking about Johan Santana, but c’mon — the Mets […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alex Cora, Bobby Darin, Citi Field, Frankie Rodriguez, Ike Davis, Johan Santana, Winning Streak Saturday afternoon…we were never in that. Mike Pelfrey briefly masqueraded as Washington managerial superhero Wriggle Man, wriggling in and out of trouble until he could wriggle no longer. Jose Reyes grimaced while fielding a grounder in the hole and became, in that instant, a non-playing All-Star. Tim Hudson threw a river of unhittable pitches. Jason […] 16 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aaron Heilman, Agita, Anthony Young, Armando Benitez, Billy Wagner, Bobby Parnell, Braden Looper, Frankie Rodriguez, Grant Roberts, Homegrown Mets, Ideal Saves, Jason Isringhausen, Jeff Innis, John Franco, Mike Pelfrey, Pedro Feliciano, Randy Myers, Raul Valdes, Relief Pitching, Team History So the Mets lost a tight one to the Atlanta Braves tonight … and you’d assume it’s time for us all to jump off a bridge. Four games out and the Phillies came off the gurney to beat the Reds and Cliff Lee’s a Yankee Ranger and ohgod ohgod ohgod ohgod ohgod. Except I can’t seem […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bobby Cox, Braves, Chipper Jones, Ike Davis, Jason Bay, Jose Reyes, Josh Thole, Michael Tucker, R.A. Dickey, Rivalries, Team History, Yunel Escobar |
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