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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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This Happened Once Before

by on 2 September 2009 2:00 pm

Tell me if this sounds familiar: Runner on first, ball hit through the infield to center…runner out at second.

I'm sure it does. But just how familiar is it? We're so used to seeing the 2009 Mets pull boners out of their oversized hats and then learning that such missteps are either virtually unprecedented or thought […]

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The Cure for Missing the Mets? It's Watching Them

by on 2 September 2009 4:27 am

We drove down to Long Beach Island on Saturday, with the Mets/Cubs game getting lost between happy escaped-to-vacation road-trip music and offloading a rented SUV’s worth of stuff into the beach apartment. The first eight innings of Sunday’s game were spent on the beach; digital enthusiast that I am, I forgot to bring an old-fashioned […]

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This Moment Was Foretold

by on 2 September 2009 4:14 am

David Wright as the Great Gazoo? So it was said throughout the broadcast of the Mets’ loss to the Rockies Tuesday night. Yes, the helmet looked silly, though Keith’s constant derision of it smacked of, “For your kids out there, remember to make fun of whichever kid looks different from the rest of you.” Anyway, we […]

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