When Pitchers & Catchers™ report to Port St. Lucie, the pitchers will outnumber the catchers, as the pitchers outnumber everybody in camp and all players by craft. Each game begins with one man at every position and each position tends to remain manned by that same fellow from the first inning to the last — […]
 
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. |
 7 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1980 Mets, Bill Almon, Bill Buckner, Bill Caudill, Brooks Raley, Bruce Sutter, Darren O'Day, David Robertson, Dick Tidrow, Ed Lynch, Elieser Hernandez, Extra Innings, Gaylord Perry, Jeff Brigham, Jeff Reardon, Jim Tracy, Joe Smith, John Curtiss, Justin Turner, Lee Smith, Longest Ago Met Still Active, Losing Streaks, Mario Ramirez, Mike O’Berry, Mike Scott, Neil Allen, Oliver Perez, Relief Pitching, Roy Lee Jackson, Sam Coonrod, Stephen Ridings, Team History, Tom Hausman, Willie Hernandez, Zach Greene, Zack Britton The Mets met up Wednesday afternoon with four “old friends,” one of those baseball phrases meant to refer to players who used to be on your team and are now trying to defeat your team. The four old friends all wore Braves uniforms. The parties did not lunch together. Travis d’Arnaud, a Met from 2013 until […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, Braves, Collin McHugh, Darren O'Day, Frenemies, Guillermo Heredia, Luis Guillorme, Travis d'Arnaud, Tylor Megill With so many roster transactions involving current Mets — including three more planned tonight to facilitate the deinjuring of a trio of heretofore injured Mets — we can be forgiven for not having taken note of every up and down involving former Mets. Yet we can’t let this AL Central subtraction from April 28 get […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2006 Mets, 2007 Mets, 2008 Mets, 2009 Mets, 2010 Mets, 2011 Mets, Darren O'Day, Joe Smith, Justin Turner, Last Met Standing, Longest Ago Met Still Active, Oliver Perez, Ruben Tejada, Shea Stadium, Team History It seems Kiko Calero and I shared a stadium twice last season, two games in late May when he pitched and I watched, yet I must confess I have zero recollection of him. It was too late in the action to be up and cruising for Daruma, hence all I can think is I was […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andy Tomberlin, April And Out Mets, Bart Shirley, Bobby Gene Smith, Brady Clark, Brett Hinchliffe, Brian Rose, Bruce Chen, Casey Fossum, Chan Ho Park, Choo Choo Coleman, Clem Labine, Coco Lopez, Darren O'Day, Dennis Springer, Ed Lynch, Felix Heredia, Gary Matthews, Grant Roberts, Gustavo Molina, Herb Moford, Joe Ginsberg, Jonathan Hurst, Ken Henderson, Kevin Elster, Kiko Calero, Larry Burright, Lou Thornton, Luis Alvarado, Mac Scarce, Marlon Anderson, McKay Christensen, Mike Bishop, Mike Howard, Mike Matthews, Pete Schourek, Pete Walker, Ralph Terry, Ray Sadecki, Rich Chiles, Rick Sweet, Team History, Tim Foli, Victor Diaz |
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