Saddled with the understanding that your team is not going to win them all, the best a fan can hope for is an optimal sorting out of the order of inevitable losses. Take the Mets-Cubs series just completed. After competing on a stratospheric high, as the Mets did on their last homestand, they were, because […]
 
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. |
 5 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  100-Game Winners, Brett Baty, Carlos Carrasco, Cubs, Francisco Alvarez, Gary Sanchez, Leo Durocher, Mickey Lolich, Pete Alonso, Team History When the expansion draft rolled around on October 8, 1961, the one conceived to simultaneously create and cripple the New York Mets as a nominally competitive entity, George Weiss attempted to build a winning pitching staff from not too many wins. The seven pitchers he chose — Roger Craig, Craig Anderson, Ray Daviault, Al Jackson, […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Ambiorix Burgos, Erstwhile 18-Game Winners, Jane Leavy, Jason Vargas, Mickey Lolich, Pitcher Wins, Sandy Koufax, Team History I was going over the Mets’ spring roster the other day because of a suspicion that’s kept bubbling up in my brain. Tomas Nido’s too young. So are Amed Rosario and Wuilmer Becerra. None of those guys is going to make the Opening Day roster. Travis Taijeron’s been passed over before and the Mets already have 75 […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1974 Mets, Bob Ojeda, Danny Heep, Jack Aker, Mackey Sasser, Mickey Lolich, Rosters, The Holy Books Of course Chris Capuano pitched a great game Friday night. Mets starters always pitch great games when hurricanes are bearing down on New York. Mind you, my sample size is now three, which is a good thing since although we all want more well-pitched Mets games, none of us wants any hurricanes. Seems to me you […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1976 Mets, 1985 Mets, Chris Capuano, Dwight Gooden, Hurricanes, Mickey Lolich, Pop-Tarts I wish I could remember the young man’s name. I remember his age, 15. I met him last summer on an Amazin’ Tuesday at Two Boots. Big Mets fan, big fan of the blog, he said. Within a few minutes of introducing himself, he was excitedly explaining to me why the Mets would be in […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bill Laxton, Billy Baldwin, Carlos Gomez, Craig Swan, Dwight Gooden, Fernando Martinez, Fernando Nieve, Ike Davis, Jeff Bittiger, Jenrry Mejia, Joe Smith, Jon Heyman, Jon Niese, Lastings Milledge, Mickey Lolich, Mike Jacobs, Mike Pelfrey, Mike Vail, Neil Allen, Nelson Figueroa, Prospects, RIck Ownbey, Roy Staiger, Ruben Tejada, Scott Holman, Sergio Ferrer, Team History, Tim Leary Rod Barajas is getting the treatment a Wise Veteran Catcher usually gets in Spring Training when he’s new on the team. He’s leading by example and changing the tone and offering guidance, which is exactly what we want to read this time of year after having just experience that type of year last year. He’s […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aaron Sele, Bill Hepler, Bill Short, Bill Wakefield, Billy Murphy, Billy Short, Bob Aspromonte, Brent Mayne, Chad Bradford, Darren Oliver, Desi Relaford, Don Aase, Doug Simons, Duke Snider, Eddie Bressoud, Felix Mantilla, Fernando Vina, Gene Clines, George Altman, Jay Bell, Jeremy Reed, Jerry Morales, Joe Foy, John Sullivan, John Valentin, Kevin Appier, Luis Rivera, Mark Bomback, Mark Guthrie, Mickey Lolich, Mike Cubbage, Mike Hampton, Norm Sherry, One-Year Wonders, Orel Hershiser, Randy Tate, Richie Ashburn, Richie Hebner, Rick Cerone, Rod Barajas, Team History, Tom Grieve, Tommie Reynolds, Tommy Davis, Tony Clark |
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