Pete Alonso homered Saturday night in St. Louis. We know that’s not a first. DJ Stewart homered Saturday night in St. Louis. We know from his no longer wholly unexpected production that that wasn’t a first. Daniel Vogelbach launched a grand slam to pretty much bury St. Louis on Saturday night. We can pretend Daniel […]
 
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. |
 13 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1967 Mets, Baseball Research, Chuck Estrada, Daniel Vogelbach, Dick Young, DJ Stewart, Don Shaw, Jack Hamilton, Jerry Buchek, Jose Quintana, Kodai Senga, Mets Firsts Trifecta, Pete Alonso, Ron Taylor, Saves, Team History, Tim Locastro, Tom Seaver, Tommy Davis, Trevor Gott, Wes Westrum Melancholy is apparently one of my favorite flavors, and it doesn’t take much for me to dig a pint of it out of the freezer and devour most of it in a single sitting. Take the news of October 4, 1981, announcing that Joe Torre had been fired as manager of the New York Mets. […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Al Jackson, Bob Friend, Bob Johnson, Cornelia Street Cafe, Dave Marshall, David Corcoran Peter Putrimas, Eric Cooper, Francisco Estrada, Gary Kolb, James Ingram, Jerry Buchek, Jim Bouton, Joe Grzenda, John Delcos, John Strohmayer, Jose Moreno, Larry Foss, Leroy Stanton, Marty Noble, Mel Stottlemyre, Moment of Silence, Pumpsie Green, Rick Down, Ron Fairly, Sammy Taylor, Ted Lepcio, Tom Hausman, Turn of the Corkscrew, Vera Clemente This cold February day requires a box score to keep us warm. Thus, I shall toss upon the fire the box score from the first game of a twinight doubleheader at Shea Stadium, September 22, 1967, courtesy of Baseball Reference. It describes an 8-0 loss by the Mets to the Houston Astros, but I won’t […] 22 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1967 Mets, Jerry Buchek, Jerry Cram, Jerry DiPoto, Jerry Grote, Jerry Hinsley, Jerry Koosman, Jerry Martin, Jerry May, Jerry Morales, Joe Grzenda, Names, Salty Parker, Team History, Willie Mays |
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