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Greg Prince and Jason Fry
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.

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Avery the Cat Named Rookie of the Year

NEW YORK (FAFIF) — In a unanimous vote, Avery Beverage Cat Prince has been named 2005 Rookie of the Year by the Baseball Cat Bloggers Association of America. He is the third Prince kitten and fourth Prince cat overall to win this award since its inception in 1992. Avery was promoted to the bigs on September […]

Clarifying Question No. 28

It has come to my attention that a reasonable guess for Question No. 28 on The Quiz fits almost as well as the actual answer. Only problem is a) it isn't the answer and b) the good guess unravels under the one player-one year rule. Therefore Question No. 28 has been clarified. It now reads […]

Meet The Mex (But Don't Call Him That)

Terrific profile of a Met legend in a place I wouldn't have expected it — no offense to nycPlus,a free monthly paper “for the 50+ crowd with a zest for living”. My social worker wife brought it home because the November cover story features Keith Hernandez (and the cover features a tabby, though not one […]

Us and Them

“Them” referring, in this case, to the Atlanta Braves. The car we're perpetually yap-yap-yapping at as it accelerates and disappears up our street. The football we're constantly watching get snatched away as we aim our latest kick. The perennial kings of our division. The Atlanta Braves.

Much as it pains me, there are two things I've […]

Speaking of Secret Met Identities

I'll be danged. All along I thought I was blogging with Jason Hardtke.

Since my partner chose Halloween to unmask himself, it seems appropriate tonight to delve into some other quasi-secret Met identities. And what better way to do that and start running out the offseason clock than with a spooky, scary, frightening, some would say […]