BAZ was on the back of the jersey of the pitcher on the mound for Tampa Bay on Sunday. For a moment, I let myself believe BAZ was an icon on the level of CHER. Just one name. Just one syllable. All you needed to know was that BAZ was in town. No wonder Citi […]
 
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. |
Emily and I watched the first couple of innings of Tuesday night’s Mets-Nats tilt somewhat distractedly. First we were down in Dumbo at L&B Spumoni Gardens, a satellite of the classic ur-Brooklyn Sicilian-pizza joint that’s finally open after a long permitting saga. Then we were walking up the hill for home. We’d peeked at SNY, […]  6 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  CJ Abrams, Cole Henry, Confidence, Edwin Diaz, Griffin Canning, Jeff McNeil, Jose Butto, Jose Castillo, Jose Ferrer, Juan Soto, Justin Garza, Kyle Finnegan, Luisangel Acuna, Mackenzie Gore, Nathaniel Lowe, Nationals, Pete Alonso, Reed Garrett, Starling Marte, Steve Gelbs There’s a lot one could say about Ronny Mauricio‘s third-inning home run in Denver Saturday night, starting with the fact that it went 456 feet and came down in the third deck. That’s … a long way. The third deck is a place where fans sit contentedly expecting not to be involved in the proceedings way […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, Clay Holmes, Dick Monfort, Francisco Lindor, German Marquez, Home Runs, Jared Young, Jeff McNeil, Julian Merryweather, Justin Garza, Luis Torrens, Rockies, Ronny Mauricio |
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