 
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. |
What a spectacular top of the first inning in Philadelphia Thursday night! And what a moving eight innings of respectful silence in the top halves of each frame that followed. That was pretty much that where the current Mets were concerned in their sixth consecutive loss. Thus, let us turn our attention to Mets of yore. […]  8 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1962 Mets, 1965 Mets, 1969 Mets, 2000 Mets, 2001 Mets, Art Shamsky, Benny Agbayani, Ed Kranepool, Harrison Bader, Ike Davis, Jacob deGrom, Jim Bethke, Jim Marshall, Mets Alumni, Moment of Silence, Todd Zeile I hope SNY, having sat Jose Reyes in the studio co-anchor chair next to Gary Apple this weekend, never gives our old shortstop any “how to be on TV” lessons, because he’s wonderful as is. On the postgame show Friday night, following the Mets’ 9-1 loss in Pittsburgh, Apple asked Reyes about falling victim to […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1962 Mets, Blade Tidwell, Cliff Cook, Colin Poche, Craig Anderson, Galen Cisco, Jay Hook, Jim Marshall, Jose Reyes, Mets Alumni, Mitch Keller, Names, Pirates, Rick Herrscher, Scores, Team History, Vinegar Bend Mizell The Mets went only 2-for-7 with runners in scoring position Saturday night in Philadelphia, and their starting pitcher had to be pulled with one on and nobody out in the sixth, suggesting two overly familiar ingredients had been stirred into the pot for an eighth consecutive serving of futility stew. Fortunately, the Mets were experimenting […] Author’s baby picture, before author discovered shirts and pants. So I’m born on the last day of 1962, the same year the Mets came into this world, and now it’s 62 years later, and I’ve turned 62. This feels a bit like a Mets fan’s Logan’s Run endgame. Yet I will go out on a […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1962 Mets, Birthdays, Metsian Milestone Birthdays Without knowing what they paid, I’d say the Mets got an excellent rate on their weekend spa treatment. They’ve rarely entered a Monday appearing more relaxed and ready to face whatever awaits them. In this case, it’s a playoff chase in September. The 2024 White Sox will make anybody look and feel fantastic. The 2024 White […] 20 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1962 Mets, Francisco Lindor, Garrett Crochet, Pablo Reyes, Sean Manaea, September, Spa Treatment, Steve Carlton, Sweeps, Tom Seaver, White Sox The authors of this book are drawn to baseball’s great losers. Not to individuals, but to entire teams. We prefer our calamities as the product of collective effort, a shared culpability not unlike Watergate. […] Besides, to err is human, to screw up royally requires a team effort. 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1962 Mets, J.D. Martinez, Legends, Tylor Megill, White Sox, Worsts The Chicago White Sox ended their 21-game losing streak Tuesday night, preventing them from owning outright the worst skid in American League history and momentarily pausing their pursuit of hallowed infamy that for 62 years has belonged to us. But as players and managers usually say following a loss rather than a win, it was […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1962 Mets, Brendan Rodgers, Colt .45s, Colt Stadium, Coors Field, Curfews, Dick Young, Futility, Harrison Bader, Jimmy Breslin, Kris Bryant, Luis Severino, Mark Vientos, Marv Throneberry, Rain Delays, Team History, Ties, Tigers, Torn Dugout Netting, White Sox Mets pitching on Wednesday was not a strong suit, an observation easily borne out by the 8-3 pounding the Minnesota Twins pasted on the staff as an up-and-down homestand concluded with a harsh thud, hardly providing an auspicious prelude to the pending Road Trip From Hell. Luis Severino (3 IP, 6 H, 2 BB, 6 […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1962 Mets, Alphabetical Order, David Aardsma, Don Aase, Don Zimmer, Huascar Brazoban, Jack Benny, Matt Gage, Obsessions to Stay Awake For, Team History, Tyler Zuber You might know Ken MacKenzie was the only Met pitcher to post a winning record in 1962. As calling-card facts go, it is distinctive and enduring and, within the context of a team that inspired its beat writers to track what Leonard Koppett dubbed the “neggie” or negative statistic (like the Mets’ failure to win […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1962 Mets, Ken MacKenzie, Moment of Silence, Winning Pitchers The scouting report I have cobbled together regarding Joe Christopher’s New York Mets career of 1962 through 1965 is he could run pretty well; he could hit pretty well; fielding was optional; and none of it much mattered, because to those who fell hard for the early Mets, Joe’s most outstanding tool was personality. Anecdotal […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1962 Mets, 1964 Mets, Joe Christopher, Moment of Silence |
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