 
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. |
It had rained for forty consecutive nights. The Mets had lost their previous fifty games. They had been no-hit for sixty innings in a row. Their most storied slugger was so desperate to effect change that he swung at a pitch seventy feet below sea level. With one crack of the bat, the earth shook (eventually) […]  8 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2024 Mets, Adrian Houser, Carlos Mendoza, Desperation, Doubleheaders, Earthquakes, Endearng Nicknames, First Wins, Jose Butto, Michael Tonkin, Pete Alonso, Reed Garrett, Tigers, Tyrone Taylor No need to stop the presses, as the Mets finally maintain a 2-0 lead versus the Royals. All that gold in which the world champion Kansas City Royals draped themselves over the past two games is now dust. Gold dust. They can cram it into tiny tubes, authenticate it, mark it up and sell […] 21 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Addison Reed, First Wins, Jeurys Familia, Jim Henderson, Neil Walker, Noah Syndergaard, Royals Nancy, who is originally from Long Beach, attended college at Stony Brook, where she roomed with Sue, who married Jeff, a D.C.-area standup comic and Mets fan who read a Mets blog enough to want to reach out to one of its co-authors, Greg…who is also originally from Long Beach. Jeff contacted Greg after Greg […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1974 Mets, Baseball Brain, First Wins, Jon Matlack, Lee Mazzilli, Long Beach, Moment of Silence, Older Sisters, One-Hitters, Phil Gellis, Second Games, Younger Brothers |
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