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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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No-Hitter Paraphernalia Sale Continues
by Greg Prince on 20 July 2012 5:17 pm They sold the jerseys, they sold the dirt, they sold replicas of the tickets they didn’t sell…the Mets were so anxious to cash in on Johan Santana’s no-hitter that they even put the game-used shortstop up for sale! Didn’t necessarily think there’d be any takers, but the Orioles just had to have a piece of history and asked the Mets how much it would take to install Omar Quintanilla at Camden Yards as a reminder of that historic night at Citi Field. The answer was “cash considerations,” and the Orioles agreed. Now, seven weeks after the blessed event, one-tenth of the players who secured the First No-Hitter In New York Mets History have been shipped to Baltimore.
Is nothing sacred?
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What’s Mike Bordick up to these days?
Strangely enough, Mets World Series-used shortstops of relatively recent vintage haven’t moved as well on the memorabilia market. You can still get a Kurt Abbott cheap.
Very cheap.
Omar just un-signed Omar.
And now it appears it’s officially time to declare Johan “not right”. Sigh. It’s been a long July.
[…] infielder who just a couple of nights earlier replaced the injured Justin Turner on the roster. Quintanilla would be gone before the season was over, but let the record show he was in on something that eluded Bud Harrelson, Rey Ordoñez and Jose […]