 
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. |
What’s wrong with this picture? Let’s instead go with what’s right about it. This card was brought to my attention a couple of months ago and I can’t get it out of my head. It’s a veritable diner placemat that urges you to find all the things that are wrong with it while you […]  5 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1962 Mets, Baseball Cards, Chris Cannizzaro, Polo Grounds, Team History If I learned anything from the contestants who vied for the Fifty Sheas of Krane grand prize of the New York Mets 50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition DVD Set from A+E Networks Home Entertainment/MLB Productions is that if they devoted themselves to designing a similar contest for me to take, I’d be hard-pressed to match the […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Ed Kranepool, Fiftieth Anniversary, Joe Ginsberg, Team History And then there was one. Or there appears to be. With Jason Isringhausen’s reiteration of his intention to retire after putting in a yeoman year’s worth of work with the L.A. Angels — though he left the door open a crack in case “some GM is dumb enough to want to sign me” — it means […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1999 Mets, 2000 Mets, 2001 Mets, 2012 Postseason, Armando Benitez, Bruce Chen, C.J. Nitkowski, Jason Isringhausen, Last Met Standing, Long Island Ducks, Longest Ago Met Still Active, Marco Scutaro, Melvin Mora, Octavio Dotel, Pedro Feliciano, Team History, Timo Perez, Ty Wigginton Adam Greenberg gets his second chance for a first impression tonight in Miami. The Marlins responded to his (and his filmmaker advocates’) “position wanted” campaign by saying, in essence, what the hell, it’s a great story, you’ve got a good cause, go put on a uniform, we’ll pinch-hit you in a game that doesn’t much […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Greenberg, Anderson Hernandez, Blaine Beatty, Bob Apodaca, Bobby Parnell, Butch Benton, Carlos Mendoza, Carlos Muniz, Charlie Greene, Charlie Puleo, Chris Jelic, Cleon Jones, David West, Dean Chance, Dillon Gee, Doc Medich, Don Rose, Duffy Dyer, Ed Kranepool, Fred Lewis, Glendon Rusch, Greg Goossen, Jeff Gardner, Jessie Hudson, Joe Hietpas, Joe Nolan, Joe Vitko, John Candelaria, John Christensen, John Mitchell, Jorge Velandia, Juan Castillo, Kenny Greer, Last-Picked Mets, Lee Mazzilli, Les Rohr, Mark Corey, Mike Fitzgerald, Mike Glavine, Nolan Ryan, Pat Strange, Phil Humber, R.A. Dickey, Randy Myers, Randy Sterling, Ray Burris, Robert Person, Ronn Reynolds, Roy Staiger, Scott Holman, September, Team History, Tobi Stoner, Todd Haney, Tom Parsons, Valentino Pascucci, Victory Faust I’m happy on a Monday from attending two Mets-Marlins games Saturday and Sunday, I’m pretty sure, because the act of Mets baseball — seeking it out, absorbing it fully and wrapping up the leftovers to go — still fulfills me. The lousy record, the murky future, the uninspiring ownership and the dozens of obvious letdowns […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andres Torres, Choo Choo Coleman, Chris Young, Citi Field, Coldplay, Dana Brand, David Wright, Donald Fagen, Ed Kranepool, Fourth Place, Frank Thomas, Fred Lewis, Fred Merkle, John Buck, John Maine, Jon Rauch, Jordany Valdespin, Jose Reyes, R.A. Dickey, Ruben Tejada, Scott Hairston, September, Shea Stadium, Team History, Willie Mays “And it’s…GONE! Ballgame!” “What?” There was a celebration in one clubhouse at Citi Field Friday night, where somebody actually found something unusual in beating the Mets. Houston’s interim manager Tony DeFrancesco — not to be confused with ’70s heartthrob Tony DeFranco of “Heartbeat (It’s A Love Beat)” fame — had just won his first game as a major league […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Astros, Casey Stengel, George Bamberger, Gil Hodges, Joe Frazier, Team History, Terry Collins, Tony DeFrancesco, Tony DeFranco, Wes Westrum “It feels good for me, but it would have felt even better if we had won that ballgame.” “We lost, so I can’t get too excited. If we would’ve won, it would’ve been more exciting.” “I just wanted to play hard, but it didn’t matter because we lost.” “It was great while it was happening. but when they […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Angel Pagan, Biggest Donkeys, David Wright, Desi Relaford, Doug Flynn, Dwight Gooden, Edgardo Alfonzo, Frank Thomas, Gregg Jefferies, Ike Davis, Jay Payton, John Olerud, Jose Reyes, Keith Hernandez, Lastings Milledge, Luis Hernandez, Mackey Sasser, Marlon Anderson, Mike Jacobs, Mo Vaughn, Moises Alou, Rusty Staub, Scott Hairston, Steve Bieser, Team History, Todd Hundley Bravo, pretty much without exception and with only limited debate, for the 50th Anniversary Mets’ All-Time Team as revealed Sunday night at the 92nd Street Y and broadcast Thursday night on SNY. The committee empowered to choose the all-timers — Howie Rose, Gary Cohen, Marty Noble, John Harper, Mike Vaccaro and Mike Lupica — gave […] 47 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 50th Anniversary, All-Time Team, Cleon Jones, Darryl Strawberry, Davey Johnson, David Wright, Dennis Cook, Edgardo Alfonzo, Endy Chavez, Jerry Koosman, Jim McAndrew, Joel Youngblood, Jose Reyes, Keith Hernandez, Kevin Mitchell, Melvin Mora, Mike Piazza, Rick Reed, Rod Kanehl, Roger McDowell, Rusty Staub, Sid Fernandez, Team History, Terry Leach, Todd Pratt, Tom Seaver, Tug McGraw, Turk Wendell The Patron Saints of Pleasant Surprise smile down approvingly on what they’re seeing in the standings today, for the current Mets are, in a statistical sense, at one with them. AFTER 70 GAMES For those who haven’t been scoring at home for the past several decades (or those prone […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1969 Mets, 1984 Mets, 1997 Mets, 2012 Mets, Pleasant Surprises, Team History |
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