In 1967, the Mets were determined to rise from the depths of their tenth- and ninth-place beginnings. They didn’t just yet, but Willard Mullin’s illustration of the effort is just one reason the ’67 yearbook stands as a gem from another time.
 
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. |
From the seminal team history The Amazing Mets by Jerry Mitchell: In November of 1961, when the Mets were still more or less in the blueprint stage, they had a little office in the basement of the Martinique Hotel with Bill Gibson in charge. A sign over the door read: “Mets’ Ticket Office” Bill said that every once in a […] Does not our eldest cat look thrilled? We were trying out the various bells and whistles on our new Mac the other night and H-Dawg was handy for a screen test. I can’t explain why he (and our t-shirts) are backwards but it doesn’t matter. Hosmer is preternaturally cute, especially when lying upside down. And oh […] Ross Chapman can skip arithmetic class with our blessing. He knows all the important numbers, as evidenced by his sharp FAFIF t-shirt. Ross attends elementary school in Central Jersey, where his mom reports he shows off his 37 14 41 and 42 every chance he gets. Way to go, Ross. Keep it up and maybe they’ll […] We’ve always suspected Atlanta is the municipal equivalent of an intentional walk, and here’s your proof: BALK! BALK! BALK! BALK! Yeah, that’s the Big Chicken, the unofficial mascot of Braves baseball circa 2006, and that’s our own NostraDennis, Dennis McCarthy, passing through Marietta, Ga., with his chest puffed out proudly to display his Faith and Fear […] To sum up Thanksgiving for me, here’s a shot* of me and my lovely wife, on our way to hook up with Greg and Stephanie in the upper, upper, upper, uppermost deck for the Mets’ 4-1 win over the Dodgers on Oct. 5. About two weeks before I’d mourned that Emily and her Dad didn’t get a […] With due respect for everyone from Bartolome Fortunato to Tom Glavine, the Five Greatest Mets of 2006 gathered at the top of Willie Randolph’s lineup card all year and on the cover of Sports Illustrated in July. Which one among Beltran, Wright, Lo Duca, Delgado and Reyes is the Greatest Met of the franchise’s Fifth-Greatest Year? There is no wrong […] Three of our guys are still playing — in Japan. Left to right: Bullpen catcher Dave Racaniello, Julio Franco (coaching), John Maine, David Wright, Jose Reyes, Manny Acta. Photo* by Ron Antonelli of the Daily News; see a larger version and other photos on Adam Rubin’s blog here. The tour of Japan is always good for trivia. For […] Perhaps all those strange numbers confused the Tigers and they never recovered. Perhaps the fellows across the way in Ford Field thought somebody was calling an audible. Either way, Dave Murray, our Mets Guy in Michigan, was thoughtful enough to drape his Faith and Fair shirt across a Comerica Park railing before Game One of the […] Well, we know that No. 7 and No. 16 and No. 15 all the way down the lineup card to, presumably, No. 10 (DH league) never got to Detroit for the first game of the 2006 World Series. But thanks to our pal Dave Murray, your Mets Guy in Michigan, the spirit of Stengel, Hodges, Seaver […] |
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Faith and Fear in Flushing: An Intense Personal History by Greg Prince (foreword by Jason Fry), is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers. |
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