 
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. |
Frankie Rodriguez made a good pitch. David Wright made a great pickup and throw. Ike Davis made a fine scoop. But Hanley Ramirez made everything easier on the Mets by taking his sweet time for the first third of his trip down the first base line. We appreciate it, Hanley. We know you’re capable of doing […]  10 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  David Wright, Elmer Dessens, Gary Matthews Jr., Hanley Ramirez, Hustle, Ike Davis, Jeff Francoeur, John Franco, R.A. Dickey, Ruben Tejada Sorry gang. I neglected to mention in the promotion of Amazin’ Tuesday that the Mets tend to lose on Amazin’ Tuesday. Well, they didn’t lose in March, because the season hadn’t started yet, but otherwise, there’s reading, there’s pizza, there’s Met camaraderie like you wouldn’t believe every time we hold one of these things…but there’s […] That was the coldest doubleheader in the history of Citi Field. Granted, it was the first doubleheader in the history of Citi Field: the first one that required only one admission, the first one that left you doubting whether you’d leave with all the fingers and toes you brought and the first one that led us […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Citi Field, David Wright, Doubleheaders, First Place, Guest Relations, Hisanori Takahashi, Jason Bay, Johan Santana, Oliver Perez “Citi Field,” according to the 2010 Mets Media Guide, is “home to one of the longest ribbon boards in baseball.” That is most definitely not one of the Top 1,000 most interesting facts to be found in this otherwise indispensable publication. For that matter, the ribbon boards, when they’re flashing advertisements that have zero to […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2008 Mets, Angel Pagan, Bill Shea Bridge, Braves, Citi Field, David Wright, Frankie Rodriguez, Hisanori Takahashi, Ike Davis, Infield Fly Rule, Jason Bay, Joe Christopher, John Maine, Jose Reyes, Nagging Regret, Opportunity, Ribbon Boards, Ron Hunt, Sacrifice Flies, Steve Trachsel, Triples In case you haven’t turned on ESPN in the last week, the NFL Draft is in progress. It began Thursday night and it runs through late June. Makes for captivating theater, as in you’d have to hold me captive to get me to sit inside Radio City Music Hall for all 481 rounds of it. Correction: […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Cubs, David Wright, Ed Kranepool, Football, Frankie Rodriguez, Ike Davis, Johan Santana Ike Davis: I am NOT the Messiah! Apologies to Life of Brian, but that what’s it’s been like over the last 24 hours: Ike Davis was hastily recalled from some hazy, happier future to the troubled present, and after thinking about […] 21 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bobby Jones, David Wright, Debuts, Ike Davis, Rey Ordonez, Rookies, Tim Bogar You can’t take the numbers you see after five games terribly seriously. Do we really think Jeff Francoeur will hold to an on-base percentage of .500? That Ollie Perez will be hitting .500 all year? That Jose Reyes will be fielding .875 when all is said and done? On the other hand, it would be hard, […] 40 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Dunn, Citi Field, David Wright, Frank Catalanotto, Jason Bay, Jeff Francoeur, Jenrry Mejia, Jose Reyes, Let's Go Mets, Mets Fans, Oliver Perez, Rod Barajas, Ruben Tejada, Tyler Clippard, Willie Harris, Willy Taveras The Mets didn’t commit an error tonight in losing the rubber game of the series to Ronny Paulino, Burke Badenhop and company. But don’t tell Jon Niese that. Niese pitched pretty well, mixing his pitches and generally hitting his spots. (Said spots perhaps were a wee too near the heart of the plate in the late goings, […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | David Wright, Defense, Fernando Tatis, Jon Niese, Luis Castillo In a post to Twitter, Rick Coutinho of ESPN Radio says RHP Sean Green has modified his delivery, and his sidearm motion is even more pronounced than it was last year. Anybody who was caught up in the peer pressure of seventh grade in the […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1962 Mets, 1997 Mets, 2005 Mets, 2006 Mets, 2007 Mets, 2008 Mets, Al Leiter, Batting Orders, Carlos Beltran, Carlos Delgado, Daveotronic 5000, David Sloane, David Wright, Frankie Rodriguez, Fred Wilpon, Happy Days, Henry Winkler, Jerry Manuel, Joe Cocker, Johan Santana, Jose Reyes, Mike Jacobs, Pat Morita, Rod Barajas, Saturday Night Fever, Sean Green, Spring Training, Team History, Willie Randolph, Yusmeiro Petit Sharon took this picture Friday night, capturing, at once, three glorious elements of New York baseball history: the early 1900s Giants, the 1969 Mets and our best third baseman ever. No sentiment ever seemed as obvious as this one, but get well immediately, David Wright. |
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