It’s the time of the year meant for looking ahead. To Carson Benge not being Don Bosch. To Vidal Bruján and Mike Tauchman potentially making themselves more useful than Bill Pecota. To Nolan McLean overcoming vertigo-like symptoms so he can pitch in the WBC, then not getting hurt in the WBC (which goes for all […]
 
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. |
 8 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1979 Mets, Anticipation, Ballpark Revenue, Carlos Beltran, Carly Simon, Charles Payson, Currently Unsigned, Doug Flynn, Five Dollar Tuesdays, Franchise Leaderboard, Frank Cashen, Frank Taveras, Future, Hit By Pitch, J.D. Martinez, Jack Lang, Jackie Robinson, Jeff Kent, Jesse Winker, Joe Adcock, Joe Morgan, Joe Torre, Juan Lagares, Last Met Standing, Longest Ago Met Still Active, Lorinda de Roulet, March, Max Scherzer, Michael Conforto, Moment of Silence, New York Giants, Old Friends, Perceptions, Pickleball, Retirement, Rhys Hoskins, Ruben Gomez, Shea Stadium, Spring Training, Starling Marte, Team History, Tom Boswell, Travis d'Arnaud, Vertigo-Like Symptoms, Wilmer Flores, Winter Leagues, World Baseball Classic, Zack Wheeler Aw, how can you get mad at these Mets for being, per coach Dennis Green, who we thought they were? We thought they were going to be not very good and now we are beginning to be proven fairly prescient. It was a heckuva first half. There may be some heck left in the second half. […] 19 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1980 Mets, 1984 Mets, 2010 Mets, Alex Tevino, Cal Koonce, Craig Swan, Darryl Strawberry, Doug Flynn, Dwight Gooden, Ed Glynn, Ed Lynch, Elliott Maddox, Expectations, Frank Taveras, Gary Carter, George Foster, Hope, Hubie Brooks, Jeff Reardon, Jesse Orosco, Joe Torre, Joel Youngblood, John Pacella, John Stearns, Keith Hernandez, Kevin Kobel, Lee Mazzilli, Magic, Mark Bomback, Mike Jorgensen, Mookie Wilson, Neil Allen, Pat Zachry, Ray Burris, Ray Knight, Roy Lee Jackson, Steve Henderson, Tom Hausman, Wally Backman Anyone who knows Dan Quayle knows that, given a choice between golf and sex, he’ll choose golf every time. The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue arrives in my mailbox every February to no particular anticipation or fanfare. Certainly its contents are well put together, and I wouldn’t argue they don’t merit an objective hubba-hubba! and a […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1964 Mets, 1986 Mets, 1987 Mets, Amado Samuel, Baseball Cards, Brooklyn Decker, Bud Harrelson, Dan Quayle, Dominican Republic, Frank Taveras, Jose Reyes, Kathy Ireland, Kathy Ireland in a Mets Cap, Marilyn Quayle, Mets Cap, Mets Pop Culture, Mets shortstops, Sammy Samuel, Sports Illustrated, Swimsuit Issue, Team History, Teddy Martinez, Tony Fernandez Welcome to Flashback Friday: Tales From The Log, a final-season tribute to Shea Stadium as viewed primarily through the prism of what I have seen there for myself, namely 387 regular-season and 13 postseason games to date. The Log records the numbers. The Tales tell the stories. 5/1/79 Tu San Diego 0-1 Twitchell 1 3-5 L […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1979 Mets, Doug Flynn, Flashback Friday, Frank Taveras, Wayne Twitchell |
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