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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.

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As the Cardinals Celebrated

by on 28 October 2006 8:51 am

I’ll never know if she saw me. Probably not. But in that moment, all the bad memories, all the things I’d ever wanted to say to her, it all came flooding back.

My first impulse was to run over there, pound on her window and demand that she admit she tore down those posters and lied […]

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And The Moon Rose Over An Open Field

by on 25 October 2006 9:11 am

Three hundred twenty-three regular-season games. Six National League Division Series games. Seven National League Championship Series games. Two exhibition games. One intrasquad game. Two games rained out after I sat down. One baseball card show.

I’ve been inside Shea Stadium quite a bit. But never was I as cold as I was Tuesday night. And never […]

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Self-Delusional Tuesday

by on 24 October 2006 6:43 pm

Granted, I’d like to be leading two-oh going into Game Three, but I like our chances with the World Series one-one coming to Shea tonight. I also like John Maine. A lot.

Let’s shake off Game Two. Whatever it is Kenny Rogers did or didn’t have on his hand, we can assume he was waiting seven […]

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In Your Wildest Dreams

by on 20 October 2006 7:59 am

Welcome to Flashback Friday, a weekly feature devoted to the 20th anniversary of the 2006 National League Eastern Division Champion New York Mets.

Twenty years. Countless Fridays. This is one of them.

As I recall my beloved 2006 Mets here one more time from the vantage point of two decades on — just as I’ve been […]

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Olliepalooza

by on 16 October 2006 7:15 am

The Carloses are a beautiful thing, aren’t they? ¡Nosotros Carlamos! We are them and they are us and we are all together…goo goo g’joob.

Yet they’re not Ollie and Ollie, saviors in arms.

Yeah, that’s who it figured to hinge on. All the series previews in print and on air had it exactly as it’s happened: Darren […]

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