 
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. |
Not so long ago, three ships passed in the Met night. We probably didn’t grasp the transient nature of what was transpiring right in front of us because we didn’t know their night sharing the same waters would be over so soon. On August 9, 2012, R.A. Dickey threw a complete-game, ten-strikeout five-hitter to defeat the […]  10 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2012 Mets, Johan Santana, Matt Harvey, Noah Syndergaard, PItching, R.A. Dickey, Team History, Zack Wheeler The Oscars were handed out Sunday night. Thus, per Monday morning-after tradition, the Academy pauses to remember those Mets who have, in the baseball sense, left us in the past year. AARON STEVEN LAFFEY [T]he Mets are so shallow in the starting pitching pool and so determined to not “start […] There are four teams in Mets history that are instantly iconic, teams that don’t require an introduction to the world at large. The years they represent are de facto brands when you’re talking baseball with those who know baseball. The 1962 Mets. Bring any of those up to somebody who isn’t […] 24 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1973 Mets, 1988 Mets, 1999 Mets, 2000 Mets, 2006 Mets, Anniversaries, Internal Affairs, Team Alternate History, Team History The New York Mets have reached seven postseasons in 52 years. Two of them ended perfectly. Five of them didn’t. Those five were forwarded to you for your cosmic reconstructive surgery consideration, along with the request that you choose only one for historical repair. I read everything that was written in response — not just […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1973 Mets, 1988 Mets, 1999 Mets, 2000 Mets, 2006 Mets, Team Alternate History, Team History I’m tempted to label this is a limited-time offer, SO ACT NOW, but actually, it’s an offer not limited by time. If it was, then it couldn’t be offered. But I’m gonna offer it. You get to pick another Mets world championship for your collection. The catch is you have to pick it from the past, […] 75 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1973 Mets, 1988 Mets, 1999 Mets, 2000 Mets, 2006 Mets, Team Alternate History, Team History While the Wilpons unscrunch the large wad of cash they’ve allegedly found underneath their couch cushions, I await anxiously the start of the biggest sporting event to ever touch down in our humble Metropolitan Area. I refer of course to Queens hosting the World Series, time of first pitch as yet undetermined. In the meantime, there’s […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Football, Mad Men, Network, Team History, The Simpsons Earlier this week, Ron Davis put his proverbial fist through the Mets’ paper-thin veil of pretending they’re happy to have Ike Davis come down to St. Lucie and compete for the first base job. Ron, who was a successful major league reliever before becoming known to a later generation as Ike’s dad, made his points […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Art Shamsky, Gil Hodges, Gil Hodges Jr., Ike Davis, Mookie Wilson, Preston Wilson, Queens Baseball Convention, Randy Hundley, Roberto Alomar, Ron Davis, Sandy Alomar, Team History, Todd Hundley When I turned 41 When I turned 45 When I turned 47 Today I turn 51 51 they give coaches — none who’s fixed Ike 27 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Birthdays, Dave Hudgens, Lance Johnson, Mel Rojas, Mike Maddux, Rick White, Team History Five Mets who were never the shiniest available objects glistening in the display case of a given free agent market stopped being Mets altogether this week. Non-tendered as possible prelude to a purposeful pursuit of Curtis Granderson — or whoever can be lured for a lesser price and/or fewer years — were Justin Turner, Jeremy […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1974 Mets, 1994 Mets, 2001 Mets, 2007 Mets, Ambiorix Burgos, Bob Scheffing, Brian Bannister, Bubba Trammell, Buzz Capra, Curtis Granderson, Dallas Green, Donne Wall, Jeremy Hefner, Joe McIlvaine, Jordany Valdespin, Justin Turner, Momentary Lapse of Season Mets, Nontendered Players, Omar Minaya, Omar Quintanilla, Pete Schourek, Scott Atchison, Steve Phillips, Team History Year Books (as opposed to the Official Yearbooks available at concession stands or by sending $1.50 to Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY, 11368) are designed to easily entice historically minded readers. The formula makes sense on its surface. Something happened; something else happened; another thing was going on at the same time, too. You measure your […] 16 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1973 Mets, Excellent Addition to Your Baseball Library, Matthew Silverman, Team History |
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