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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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by Greg Prince on 8 July 2007 10:58 pm
1) Keith Hernandez has highly selective recall of his own career. Last night he invoked the infamous Terry Pendleton game, framing it as a crushing loss (no argument), coming as it did in the second game of a series (it was the first), after a game the Mets beat the Cardinals (again, a nonexistent game) […]
by Greg Prince on 8 July 2007 8:22 am
A man built a park
A man built a field
A man said quirky!
Is what I'll yield
I'll make one wall close
Make one wall far
I'll make another wall stand
Behind something bizarre
Gonna have a hill
Gonna put it where?
Puttin' it in center
Way the hell out there
Nobody digs it
Everyone complains
But at least there's a roof
In the event it rains
Two teams played […]
by Greg Prince on 7 July 2007 10:29 am
Yes, Jose Reyes should run out all ground balls, all fly balls, all fair balls, all foul balls. Yes, Willie Randolph should slap even his superstars on the wrist and nail their buttocks to the bench when they fail to put one foot in front of the other. Good character-building exercise there in the eighth. […]
by Greg Prince on 6 July 2007 6:56 pm
When their season began, they were nobody. When it ended, they were somebody. If it’s the first Friday of the month, then we’re remembering them in this special 1997 Mets edition of Flashback Friday.
Ten years, seven Fridays. This is one of them.
Woven deep into the legend of the 1969 Mets is the story of […]
by Jason Fry on 6 July 2007 5:04 am
Does the hamate bone exist for any reason except to sideline baseball players? Holy Benny Agbayani — how many outfielders can one playoff contender lose and still stay upright? With Carlos Gomez lost until September, I had to remind myself not to look askance at Ricky Ledee. Because if not him, who? The Mets were […]
by Greg Prince on 5 July 2007 8:56 am
If you can remember all the way back to May 17 (as in 17 runs surrendered), the Mets scored five runs in the ninth inning against the Cubs to secure a most unlikely 6-5 victory at Shea. I was at that game, endured eight mediocre innings and almost left. Almost. Instead, I changed seats and […]
by Greg Prince on 4 July 2007 6:55 am
I'm beginning to think we're the worst good team in baseball. Maybe we're the best bad team, but no, we're still in first by a breathable margin (thanks Astros, thanks Dodgers). However it's framed, someone's Juneing all over our July.
As on Monday, Tuesday night I learned I've gotta keep at least one eye on these […]
by Jason Fry on 3 July 2007 11:28 pm
It's time.
Time to kick some Rockie ass? Time for young hurlers to prove something while other young hurlers heal? Time for SNY to bring the HD cameras on the road?
Yes to all of the above. But I'm not talking about those things. I'm talking about a more painful subject.
It's time for Julio Franco to step […]
by Greg Prince on 3 July 2007 8:25 am
They tried to make me watch the Rockies, I said no, no, no.
Yes they wear black but we didn't come back, I know, know, know.
With apologies to Amy Winehouse (and my choice for single of the decade) and to you, gentle reader, I have little of substance to add to this fine wire-service account of […]
by Greg Prince on 2 July 2007 9:08 pm
I'm glad Paul Lo Duca never declared his candidacy for anything other than National League All-Star Catcher. I'd hate to see his quotes taken out of context, particularly this quote fragment from Friday:
“I'm a gambler, a racist and I like 18-year-old girls.”
Can't you just hear the rest? I'm Russell Martin and I approved this message […]
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