The trade needed to be made for the bullpen’s sake, but it’s sad to see the back of Endy Chavez as he leaves town. We’re not used to this view of the little left fielder who could and did. We’re used to something more like this.
 
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. |
So with K-Rod barely over his tour of Citi Field, he gets a sidekick: J.J. Putz, whose name is pronounced “puts.” As in “puts down Phillie farragos, Brave brouhahas, Marlin mischief and Nat nastiness in the eighth.” Unless he screws up, in which case it'll be pronounced the way I assumed it was pronounced until I […] Mets fans are a picky lot. Given a clear shot to sign the guy with the most saves ever in one season, that season being the most recent season, I haven’t seen a lot of “Oh Boy!” enthusiasm for that guy’s arrival. But he is arriving, crazy arm angles, dropping velocity and all. Reliable sources […] This is a peek into Shea Stadium circa summer 2008 as it is a peek into the talent of David G. Whitham, an incredibly gifted photographer of baseball and everything else (which is how we like to rank life around here). I met David through my friend Sharon late in the season and he’s been […] I wake up most days with my mind on Met things that have already happened. Today I woke up with my mind on Met things that have not yet occurred. I woke up this morning and decided I wanted K-Rod as our closer. Then I rubbed the sleep from my eyes and decided differently. The only American […] Ow, this stove is … not particularly hot. Ow, this stove is … not particularly hot. During other, long-gone and apparently equally endless offseasons, Bill Veeck used to call up one of his fellow owners and engineer a “dog-and-cat trade” — a swap of generally useless utility infielders or outfield caddies or what in a few more […] Sometimes I just want to e-mail my friend Rob Costa. No particular news, just the impulse to stay in touch with an old friend, maybe bring him up to speed on some positive development, send him a link to an article, revisit an inside joke. It remains an impulse unfulfilled since December 3, 1998, ten […] A nice surprise from the Mets Guy in Michigan: the Faith and Fear t-shirt getting some sun in the Cayman Islands. Dave Murray poses alongside the Caymans’ national symbol, Brian Schneider. You, however, can be quick to join Dave in numbering up for the holidays by clicking here. (Trip to Cayman Islands not included.) “Josh. What are you doing?” “I don't know. What are you doing?” “Protecting oil companies from litigation. They're our client. They don't lose legal protection because they make a lot of money.” “I can't believe no one ever wrote a folk song about that.” —Sam and Josh, “In the Shadow of Two Gunmen,” The West Wing When my mother wanted […] |
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