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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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What'd I Say?

by on 13 September 2006 9:32 pm

Bellowed unironically a few minutes ago for the first time since the 1996 World Series:

GO BRAVES!

Atlanta's up 5-0 in the the 3rd in the opener of a doubleheader. Kyle Davies has homered.

Two wins for them and one for us tonight and magic gets a whole lot more magical.

Still don't like them, but who cares? They're […]

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3 For 3

by on 13 September 2006 6:53 am

It had only been two lousy losses since the previous Mets win, but it felt fairly major that the Mets asserted themselves in Florida. For you pre-Mentos mint lovers, think of it as Asserts…with Metsin!

For the rest of you, consider a club that was pulling itself back to the pack in its actions if not […]

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Survival and Extinction

by on 13 September 2006 5:15 am

You'd think an epochal game like that one would have felt more like a celebration. Instead, after six hours, 60-odd calls missed by Brian Onora and approximately 60,000 gallons of water falling from the Miami sky, it felt like survival.

But the end result is the same.

The Atlanta Braves are dead, their NL East reign of […]

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