 
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. |
Let’s not mistake this for a triumph. A triumph is clinching your division. The Phillies will know triumph very soon. But they don’t know it yet. You can only win what’s in front of you on a given day. The Mets won a ballgame they didn’t want to lose, one I’m pretty sure none of us wanted […]  4 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1986 Division Clinching, 2006 Division Clinching, Carlos Beltran, Clinchings Delayed, Nick Evans, Phillies, Relief Pitching Welcome to Flashback Friday, a weekly feature devoted to the 20th anniversary of the 1986 World Champion New York Mets. Twenty years. Forty-three Fridays. This is one of them. In the days following the Mets’ clinching of the 1986 National League East, much was made of the horrible shape the field was in and the horrible shape […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1986 Division Clinching, 1986 Mets, Flashback Friday Welcome to Flashback Friday, a weekly feature devoted to the 20th anniversary of the 1986 World Champion New York Mets. Twenty years. Forty-three Fridays. This is one of them. Two of the many things I didn’t know much about in 1986 were blank VHS cassettes and domestic champagne. But I knew I needed both. It was […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1986 Division Clinching, 1986 Mets, Flashback Friday Welcome to Flashback Friday, a weekly feature devoted to the 20th anniversary of the 1986 World Champion New York Mets. Twenty years. Forty-three Fridays. This is one of them. I’m lazing about the upper deck. Left field. Far left, far up. Many have called it a day, so there is room to stretch out. The […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1986 Division Clinching, 1986 Mets, Flashback Friday, Shea Stadium Welcome to Flashback Friday, a weekly feature devoted to the 20th anniversary of the 1986 World Champion New York Mets. Twenty years, 43 Fridays. This is one of them. It rained in Jupiter Thursday night. It rained on the Mets and the Marlins. It rained out a baseball game. How often can you offer praise for […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1986 Division Clinching, 1986 Mets, Flashback Friday, SNY |
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