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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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Better Know a Brewer Who's Also a Met

by on 17 October 2026 4:57 pm

My primary rule for playing Sports Reference’s Immaculate Grid — my “self-imposed gamification,” as it’s been called — is I have to fill every box that can be filled by a Met with a Met. Does the Grid call for a Phillie who also played for the Pirates? Then I have to answer with a […]

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No Interfering with Elimination Day

by on 8 October 2026 12:12 pm

“I still get such a bang out of it,” John Cusack as Buck Weaver says late in Eight Men Out, the cinematic telling of the scandal that engulfed the 1919 Chicago White Sox, a team that was eliminated in the postseason, ostensibly because they weren’t trying to win. I thought of that line Wednesday night […]

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