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Greg Prince and Jason Fry
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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Late March in July

The Mets held a Christmas in July promotion the other night, which apparently inspired a sequel of sorts on Friday when they conducted their business a little like it was the end of March. They had a starting pitcher slated to throw, but then decided they better not let that starting pitcher be seen, lest […]

Whoever They’ll Be They’ll Be

When the Mets edged the Braves in the afternoon portion of Wednesday’s day-night “doubleheader” at Citi Field (if they scan for tickets twice, then it’s really just two wholly separate games played on the same day), it was both satisfying and mystifying. The satisfaction came mainly from the Mets having extended a winning streak to […]

Self-Esteem Sunday

Contrary to popular perception, the Los Angeles Dodgers do not merely have to throw their gloves on the field in order to defeat the New York Mets. Friday and Saturday, I’m pretty sure all it took was the Dodgers checking in on the MLB Ballpark app. From all appearances, L.A. clicked “win” prior to first […]

Wayfaring Strangers

Back in the summer of 1975, Joe Torre hit into four double plays as a Met, and cracked that he couldn’t have done it without Felix — meaning Felix Millan, who’d preceded his futility with four singles. The Mets lost, 6-2.

On Friday night the Mets were a lot more democratic in their shared futility, but […]

They Don’t Make ’Em Like That Anymore

Saturday afternoon at Citi Field served as the site of several notable transformations. Christian Scott, previously 0-for-15 in his attempts to gain a desirable decision, became a major league winner. Hayden Senger, who bats ninth only because there’s no lower slot listed on a standard lineup card, reintroduced himself as a major league slugger. Bobby […]