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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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Choppy Seas Calmed, Wait Here for the 10:18

How far have we come as a people? We beat the Braves for the fourth consecutive time, in September, in a finishing kick that this franchise has lacked even in many of its good years, and when it came time to mock the visitors from Atlanta, it wasn't…

“WOH-OH-OH!”

It was more…

“Meh. Meh-eh.”

There was still some pretty […]

Youth and Age

Yunel Escobar was the first batter last night. and Oliver Perez looked horrible against him, throwing two balls very wide before getting a gift of a called strike. Fortunately, Yunel Escobar is young. After the strike call, he seemed to get antsy. Oliver struck him out, and that seemed to restore his focus on his […]

To Gil, To 14

Gil Hodges would fine us for looking ahead, but it’s a fact: the Mets’ 3-2 victory over the Braves Monday night reduced our magic number to 14. FYI: With the Mets’ 5-2 victory over the Pirates at Forbes Field (Seaver going the route for his 22nd win, Swoboda launching a grand slam off Chuck […]