You may recall that the one element Bobby Cox always lacked as he led the Braves through their almost endless divisional dynasty was a certifiable steel-toed, kick-ass closer. He was never able to hand the ball to a National League version of Mariano Rivera — not that there are too many of him lying around […]
 
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. |
 2 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1973 Mets, 2010 Postseason, Alejandro Pena, Billy Wagner, Bobby Cox, Braves, Brooks Conrad, Cole Hamels, Craig Kimbrel, Frankie Rodriguez, Giants, Hisanori Takahashi, Jeff Reardon, John Smoltz, Juan Berenguer, Mariano Rivera, Relief Pitching, Tug McGraw Funny how little you know about a baseball team until you spend some time focused on them. The San Francisco Giants, for example, disappeared from my radar screen the moment the Mets were mistakenly awarded a victory against them in the middle of July. And the Atlanta Braves? We saw them as recently as the […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2006 Mets, 2010 Postseason, Billy Wagner, Braves, Edgar Renteria, Giants, Kyle Farnsworth, Mercenaries, Pat Burrell, Relief Pitching, Rick Ankiel, Troy Glaus Welcome to Flashback Friday: Take Me Out to 34 Ballparks, a celebration, critique and countdown of every major league ballpark one baseball fan has been fortunate enough to visit in a lifetime of going to ballgames. BALLPARK: Turner Field By the final Sunday of […] There are three postseason games scheduled this October 7. By definition, they are all lacking a certain something. What is it? Oh right — us. Once upon a time the Mets played postseason games on October 7. Once upon three times, actually…or thrice upon a time. However you measure it, let us recall the three best […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1973 Mets, 2000 Mets, 2006 Mets, Benny Agbayani, Jon Matlack, Sharon Chapman's Marathon Run, Steve Trachsel, Tug McGraw Geez, Roy Halladay’s good. Or as one of my dear friends in all matters Mets put it, “Can’t believe you wanted him to pitch the no-hitter. F history, F the Phillies.” Normally, yes, but this was something F’ing special. The Reds weren’t coming back. Games aren’t over until they’re over and all that, but it was […] 22 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2010 Postseason, Mets Yearbook, No-Hitters, Randy Tate, Roy Halladay George H.W. Bush, one of six U.S. presidents to have served while a Wilpon has been running the Mets, once attempted to combat perceptions that he was oblivious to people’s problems by declaring, “Message: I care.” Bill Clinton, the president who succeeded him when that message proved unconvincing, famously empathized with Americans, “I feel your […] 26 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2006 Mets, 2011 Mets, Bill Clinton, Fred Wilpon, General Manager, George H.W. Bush, Hope, Jeff Wilpon, Jerry Manuel, Mets Managers, Omar Minaya, Ownership, public relations, Team History Yo DJ, pump this party! The song is called “I’m Gonna Get You,” a snappingly energetic dance number. I remember hearing it quite a bit on Z-100 in the summer of 1993 and enjoying it enough to purchase the 12-inch single. Very, very catchy. Listen to it for yourself here — if you’ve been attending Mets […] 17 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2010 Mets, Bizarre Inc., Closing Day, Jerry Manuel, Oliver Perez Six years ago today, the Mets were proactively pulling the plug on one era in hopes of jump-starting the next one. At Shea Stadium on Sunday, October 3, 2004, the Mets were severing ties with their manager, inaugurating a new front office administration and putting the latest in a string of disappointing seasons to bed. Beyond […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2004 Mets, 2010 Mets, Closing Day, Jerry Manuel, Omar Minaya, Same Old Song First things first: There are no statement games for teams that will finish under .500. If that applies to you, you’re not that good. You are by definition either a team that’s hopeless or one that needs to be different next year, meaning that no statement made will apply to the new crop of players […] If a manager and a general manager fall in the forest of rumors and you don’t hear it, did it happen? If the buzz surrounding a potential double-dismissal drowns out the noise from a walkoff home run, did the dinger make a sound? And if you’re standing in a deserted dugout after batting practice has […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 30 Rock, Blogging, Chris Carter, Delta Club, Jerry Manuel, Jon Niese, Josh Thole, Media, Mike Pelfrey, Omar Minaya, public relations, R.A. Dickey, West Wing |
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