 
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. |
The studio has a few notes on the next installment of MY FAVORITE SEASONS, FROM LEAST FAVORITE TO MOST FAVORITE, 1969-PRESENT. ***19. 1998  1 comment - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1998 Mets, Al Leiter, Bobby Valentine, Carlos Baerga, Dennis Cook, Edgardo Alfonzo, Hideo Nomo, John Franco, John Olerud, Masato Yoshii, Mike Piazza, Mustaches, My Favorite Seasons, My Least Favorite Seasons, Notes, Rey Ordonez, Rick Reed, Steve Phillips, Todd Hundley, Turk Wendell Just in time for Pitchers & Catchers, we have broken into the Top 20 portion of MY FAVORITE SEASONS, FROM LEAST FAVORITE TO MOST FAVORITE, 1969-PRESENT. The focus of this entry is neither a pitcher nor a catcher, but he does happen to be somebody who will be reporting to Port St. Lucie in the […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2019 Mets, Brodie Van Wagenen, Carlos Beltran, Darryl Strawberry, Dave Kingman, David Wright, Home Runs, Hubris, My Favorite Seasons, My Least Favorite Seasons, Pete Alonso, Todd Frazier, Todd Hundley Welcome to the second installment of MY FAVORITE MET SEASONS, FROM LEAST FAVORITE TO MOST FAVORITE, 1969-PRESENT, a continuation of the project I introduced on my birthday. The ten seasons spotlighted below I liked a little more than the dozen I counted down on December 31, not as much as the thirty-three that are still […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1971 Mets, 1989 Mets, 1991 Mets, 1996 Mets, 2004 Mets, 2011 Mets, 2012 Mets, 2013 Mets, 2018 Mets, 2021 Mets, Brad Emaus, Danny Frisella, David Aardsma, David Wright, Eric Young Jr., Jason Pridie, Jimmy Carter, Jose Reyes, Ken Singleton, Lance Johnson, Leroux, LFO, Lou Grant, Murray Head, My Favorite Seasons, My Least Favorite Seasons, New Kids On The Block, Rosalynn Carter, Tim Teufel, Todd Hundley, Willie Harris Elton John’s “Levon” was “born a pauper to a pawn on a Christmas Day when the New York Times said, ‘God is dead, and the war’s begun.’” What exactly does that mean? As Jimmy Rabbitte said in The Commitments regarding the lyrics to “A Whiter Shade of Pale” in the imaginary interview he conducted throughout […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1996 Mets, Albert Almora Jr., Bernard Gilkey, Blowouts, Bobby Bonilla, Braves, David Peterson, Debuts, Elton John, Lance Johnson, Mark Clark, Position Players Pitching, Procol Harum, Rico Brogna, Sean Reid-Foley, Team History, The Commitments, Thomas Szapucki, Todd Hundley Welcome to A Met for All Seasons, a series in which we consider a given Met who played in a given season and…well, we’ll see. Being a catcher is a tough gig. The hours of squatting are bad enough, before considering foul tips, overenthusiastic backswings, and collisions at the plate. But being a backup catcher? That’s even tougher. Now […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1998 Mets, 1999 Mets, A Met for All Seasons, Al Leiter, Alberto Castillo, Billy Taylor, Bucky Dent, Jorge Fabregas, Kevin McGlinchy, Matt Mantei, Mike Piazza, Robin Ventura, Shawon Dunston, Shea Stadium, Steve Finley, Tim Spehr, Todd Hundley, Todd Pratt Welcome to A Met for All Seasons, a series in which we consider a given Met who played in a given season and…well, we’ll see. Some political raconteur (no one agrees exactly who) tattooed George H.W. Bush with the line that he reminded every woman of her first husband. It’s a good line — a put-down, but one delivered […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1992 Mets, A Met for All Seasons, Bobby Valentine, Mike Piazza, Todd Hundley It’s too late for massive regret where Saturday night’s sloppiness is concerned. It’s Sunday morning, and another game is directly in front of us. It’s too early for despair where 2019 is concerned. Thirty-three games remain, and despite an ugly 9-5 loss facilitated by the Braves playing admirable heads-up baseball and the Mets playing abysmal […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1996 Mets, Alan Suriel, Amed Rosario, Billy Hamilton, Brad Brach, Carlos Beltran, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Cervelli, Heads Up Their Asses, Heads-Up Baseball, Home Runs, J.D. Davis, Jeff McNeil, Juan Lagares, Pete Alonso, Team History, Todd Hundley, Zack Wheeler When you play in a bandbox, strike up the band nice and loud. The Mets hit only one home run on Tuesday afternoon at Yankee Stadium and lost by seven. The Mets hit three home runs on Tuesday night in the same selectively diminutive venue — brothers […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1962 Mets, 1976 Mets, 90th Birthdays, At This Pace, Carlos Beltran, Contemporary Bobby Riggs Reference, Darryl Strawberry, Dave Kingman, Doris Day, Frank Thomas, Hack Wilson, Home Runs, Marlon Byrd, Mickey Mantle, Pete Alonso, Roger Maris, Subway Series, Team History, Todd Hundley Fine with me if you dug into a basketful of chocolate bunnies, creme eggs and jelly beans on Sunday. Or macaroons, mandel cuts and leftover sponge cake. Whatever kind of peep you fancy yourself, I do hope you didn’t confine yourself to only sweets and treats. No […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alex Ochoa, Carl Everett, Curtis Granderson, Dakota Hudson, Dexter Fowler, Easter, Frank Thomas, Futility, Marv Throneberry, Michael Conforto, Noah Syndergaard, Passover, Pete Alonso, Pitchers Hitting, Rene Rivera, Robinson Cano, Solo Home Runs, Team History, Todd Hundley, Umpiring, Wilmer Flores Todd Hundley was at Thursday’s Mets game. He suited up and strapped it on in the bottom of the second when Lucas Duda added him to his pass list. Duda hit a home run that admitted one Hundley. Lucas’s blast evoked from the past the catcher who still owns half of the Mets’ single-season home […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1998 Mets, 2003 Mets, 2005 Mets, Armando Benitez, Dan Wheeler, John Franco, Jose Reyes, Lucas Duda, Mookie Wilson, Roberto Alomar, Roger Clemens, Team History, Time, Todd Hundley, Trades, Victor Diaz |
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