In the 1978 film Heaven Can Wait, veteran L.A. Rams quarterback Joe Pendleton, played by Warren Beatty, is in the prime of his life — “at my age, in any other business, I’d be young” — when he rides his way into an apparently fatal bicycle accident. An escort from above assigned to monitor such […]
 
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. |
 12 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1976 Mets, 2022 Mets, Bart Shirley, Bill Hepler, George Altman, Heaven Can Wait, Larry Burright, Mickey Lolich, Moment of Silence, Pinch-Running, Randy Jones, Rocky, Rusty Staub, Sandy Alomar Sr., Shea Stadium, Terrance Gore, Tigers, Tim Harkness, Wayne’s World The Braves shoved nine runs down the Mets’ throats Monday. They shoved nine more there Tuesday. They were en route to dishing up their usual nightly serving on Wednesday when they realized it was hardly worth the trouble. Why bother scoring nine runs when no more than two would be necessary? Mighty thoughtful of Bobby […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bart Shirley, Calvin Schiraldi, Herm Winningham, Jay Payton, Joe Moock, Joe Nolan, Julio Valera, Keith Hughes, Kevin Collins, Lucas Duda, Met Debuts, New Toy Club, Rich Puig, Rob Gardner, Ron Gardenhire, Ryan Thompson, Sandy Alomar Sr., Sandy Senior Tour, Team History, Timo Perez R.A. Dickey’s initial preparations really paid off, eh? The knuckleballer’s erudition, real or imagined, reads even better when you can find his name among the National League leaders in Earned Run Average…which you now can. It wasn’t his earned runs allowed that were keeping him out until now, but rather his relatively few innings pitched, […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Abraham Nunez, David Wright, Ike Hampton, Joe Hietpas, John Franco, Josh Thole, Ken Henderson, Luis Hernandez, Mike Hessman, R.A. Dickey, Sandy Alomar Sr., Shane Halter, Team History, Tim Corcoran |
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