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ABOUT US

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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We've Got Foibles and Fables to Portray

First pitch minutes away. But there's always time for a good show tune*…

Join us

Leave your fields to flower

Join us

Leave your cheese to sour

Join us

Come and waste an hour or two

Doo-dle-ee-do

Journey

Journey to a spot ex-

citing, mystic and exotic

Journey

Through our anecdotic revue

We've got magic to do

Just for you

We've got miracle plays to play

We've got parts to perform

Hearts to warm

Kings and things to take by storm

As we go along our way

Intrigue

Plots to bring disaster

Humor

Handled by a master

Romance

Sex presented pastorally

Dee-dle-ee-dee

Illusion

Fantasy to study

Battles

Barbarous and bloody

Join us

Sit where everybody can see

We've got magic to do

Just for you

We've got miracle plays to play

We've got parts to perform

Hearts to warm

Kings and things to take by storm

As we go along…

Our way

We've got

Foibles and fables

To portray

As we go along

Our way

Let's Go Mets. Let's Go Nats.

*Pippin was advertised incessantly on local TV in September and October 1973 in a commercial much like this one. You Gotta Believe in timing.

5 comments to We've Got Foibles and Fables to Portray

  • Anonymous

    Tom Glavine. A fucking sleeper cell. I knew it all along.
    Greg, Jason, you guys have done wonderful work this year. This hasn't been a fun or particularly lovable team, but you guys have stuck it out night after night, speaking for and to all us FAFIF fans. This just wasn't our year. It never was. In retrospect it was a disaster waiting to happen. It all seems so clear now. And reading the narrative arc in the posts from this year, I think that's very evident.
    Enjoy having lives again, fellas. Hope to hear from you both over the long, cold winter.
    Let's go Mets.

  • Anonymous

    I thought the Mets got rid of Steve Trachsel!?

  • Anonymous

    How did you post this from Shea?

  • Anonymous

    Blog offers a timer option. Usually if you see a post that is posted at a time that ends in :00, it probably means we timed it to go up in advance.

  • Anonymous

    Ah – I see.