Welcome to the fourth chapter of Faith and Fear’s historical countdown of the The Top 100 Mets of the 2000s. A full introduction to what we’re doing is available here. These are the more or less best Mets we rooted for as Mets fans during the decade FAFIF came to be. In honor of the […]
 
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. |
 4 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Bruce Chen, Damion Easley, Darren Oliver, Gary Sheffield, Jason Phillips, Kaz Matsui, Lastings Milledge, Mets of the 2000s, Pat Mahomes, Ramon Castro, Vance Wilson The fine folks of Steak ‘n’ Shake, a restaurant chain I’ve been known to patronize with a little too much enthusiasm for my optimal well-being, use as their slogan the phrase, “In Sight It Must Be Right.” Although its backstory has something to do with letting the customers see the meat that’s about to be […] 23 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2008 Mets, Bud Harrelson, Damion Easley, Jeurys Familia, Orioles, Steak 'n' Shake We now interrupt the Mets’ first pennant race in seven years to race all the way around the bases for the first time in five years. We won’t pause to do so, however, for this is one of those plays in which you can’t hit pause. You hit and you run, or as Tom Hanks […] 34 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aaron Nola, Albert Achievement Awards, Angel Pagan, Bad News Bears, Bud Harrelson, Charlie Neal, Damion Easley, Darryl Strawberry, Dave Kingman, Domonic Brown, Don Hahn, Doug Flynn, Edgardo Alfonzo, Gil Flores, Gil Hodges, Howard Johnson, Inside The Park Home Run, Jose Reyes, Kaz Matsui, Kevin Elster, Lee Mazzilli, Mark Bradley, Marlon Anderson, Richie Ashburn, Ron Hunt, Ruben Tejada, Steve Henderson, Team History, That Thing You Do, Tim Bogar, Timo Perez, Wally Backman, Warner Wolf “This is Country Time lemonade mix. There’s never been anything close to a lemon in it, I swear!” Upset that the Mets don’t have a plan? Please. The Mets have never had anything close to a plan in them. I swear. It would be too easy to say “plan” is a […] 47 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2008 Mets, 2009 Mets, Aaron Cook, Abraham Nunez, Angel Pagan, Brady Clark, Brandon Knight, Chris Aguila, Chris Ianetta, Damion Easley, Dexter Fowler, Died A Met, Fernando Nieve, Gustavo Molina, Jason Bay, Jeff Francoeur, John Maine, Jon Niese, Jose Reyes, Matt Wise, Mike Jacobs, Moises Alou, Pedro Feliciano, Raul Casanova, Raul Valdes, Ricardo Rincon, Ricky Gervais, Rockies, Rod Barajas, Ryota Igarashi, Team History, Tony Armas Jr., Trot Nixon Until very recently I'd been hoping that Damion Easley, 1,658 games into a career that has stopped short of the business end of October for 16 consecutive seasons, would be traded or sold or waived to a contender on August 31, that a division leader that's 20 games in front would pick him up, that […] |
Piazza: Catcher, Slugger, Icon, Star by Greg Prince is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers. 
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