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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 Jason Fry on 11 May 2008 10:06 pm
This post has been updated to reflect that it was indeed Patterson, not Freel, who tried to bat after Ross. Original post is in strikethrough below that, lest anyone think I'm pulling a fast one.
When a team bats out of order, my first instinct is to grin at the novelty of it. My second instinct […]
by Greg Prince on 11 May 2008 4:09 am
The more Gary and Keith patted Mike Pelfrey on the back and/or the head tonight — and the more their sentiments were echoed by Willie's commendation of Pelfrey's “baby steps” in the postgame gaggle — the more I recalled Dana Carvey doing his impression of the first George Bush, specifically when the 41st president would […]
by Jason Fry on 11 May 2008 12:00 am
For all I know my son may grow up to be president, a beloved philanthropist, or a Hollywood star. But as I told Greg a couple of weeks ago, in a tone of voice a bit less guilty than it probably should have been, I don't think I could be prouder of him than I've […]
by Greg Prince on 10 May 2008 9:35 pm
Someday it won't be that big a deal that Johan Santana won a home start for the New York Mets. Today it kind of was.
The matter was never in much doubt, but Johan stretched Shea's patience just the tiniest bit there in the sixth as he couldn't quite close the Reds out for the longest […]
by Greg Prince on 9 May 2008 4:42 pm
Welcome to Flashback Friday: Tales From The Log, a final-season tribute to Shea Stadium as viewed primarily through the prism of what I have seen there for myself, namely 364 regular-season and 13 postseason games to date. The Log records the numbers. The Tales tell the stories.
7/8/83 F Houston 0-3 Torrez 2 9-20 L 6-3
In […]
by Greg Prince on 8 May 2008 9:12 pm
8: Sunday, September 14 vs Braves
Welcome back to the Countdown Like It Oughta Be. Today's removal of the number 8 is brought to you by Queens Bruised Produce. When you need a soft cantaloupe, an overripe tomato or a brown banana, discover Queens Bruised Produce. It is with QBP's compliments that ushers are passing out […]
by Jason Fry on 8 May 2008 2:00 pm
Off-day today, and I know the two of you probably have some things to discuss. Is Ramon Castro ready to come back? Who goes if Matt Wise returns? (I vote Sosa, though that's not why I'm writing to you.) How are Pedro and El Duque doing? There are probably a bunch of things to do […]
by Greg Prince on 7 May 2008 10:46 pm
One of the unfortunate tics that accompanies blogging a baseball season is the daily desire to detect patterns, trends and leading indicators of what a given game means. So what does winning a
by Greg Prince on 7 May 2008 2:00 pm
The Church mostly giveth. The Church, as it turns out, occasionally taketh away.
Ryan Church is this team's OVP, its Only Valuable Player. OK, Wright, too, but David is mostly good this season, not stupendous. Nobody's stupendous on the Mets, not David Wright, not Johan Santana, not nobody. But Ryan Church has been as close as […]
by Jason Fry on 7 May 2008 6:12 am
Did you enjoy tonight's game, Jace?
No, I did not.
Why not?
Where to start? How about because the Mets sucked again and because they took forever to suck this time?
The Dodgers didn't look that great either, though.
No, they didn't. But as Greg likes to note, style points don't matter. They won. Jeff Kent and Joe Torre and […]
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