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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 11 April 2018 4:20 am In the annals of New York Mets Squad Goals, none has loomed as more aspirational than Best Ten-Game Start in Franchise History, provided the Mets have tied their best nine-game start in franchise history, and the tenth game is the next to be played.
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by Greg Prince on 6 April 2018 1:01 pm These Mets are so good, they deserve to be televised on television. These Mets have so much magic to do, Pippin has to be planning another Broadway revival. These Mets have dispirited the Nationals to such an extent that D.C doesn’t wanna come out and play on a Friday.
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by Greg Prince on 28 March 2018 2:35 am Pitchers and catchers reported to Mets camp on February 12. Position players, if they weren’t already on hand, checked in on February 17. The first full-squad workout under the auspices of new manager Mickey Callaway was February 19. Exhibition games began on February 23.
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by Greg Prince on 22 February 2018 4:25 pm Yoenis is trying yoga.
Conforto’s hitting from a tee.
Alderson’s talking up Tebow.
Mickey leaves nobody standing around.
Ah, spring!
Matz is sharp.
A-Gon is wise.
Gsellman’s got flow.
Who knew Ramos was a hoot?
Ah, spring!
Wheeler will do whatever’s best for the team.
Flores will play wherever asked by the team.
Frazier is thrilled to be here.
It wasn’t known Trump Jr. was going to be […]
by Greg Prince on 27 December 2017 4:33 pm Early Sunday afternoon, Christmas Eve, my wife and I were riding the LIRR westbound into the city. We were rolling slightly beyond Forest Hills, which meant Woodside was the next station. My instinct was to stand, approach the vestibule and wait for the train to pull in so I could step off and walk the […]
by Greg Prince on 13 December 2017 4:05 pm We still reside on the shadowy side of the Baseball Equinox, that annually anticipated milestone on the calendar that sits precisely between the final pitch of the last Mets season and the first pitch of the next Mets season. This offseason’s midpoint won’t arrive until we have passed 89 days, 9 hours and 25 minutes […]
by Greg Prince on 24 October 2017 2:32 am Well, I’m stoked for Mickey Callaway. I was prepared to be stoked to varying degrees for Joe McEwing, Manny Acta, Alex Cora or Kevin Long had any of them been named the next manager of the New York Mets, but I’m probably a little extra excited about Callaway getting the job. Judging from his introductory […]
by Greg Prince on 20 August 2017 3:01 am June 3, 2017, was a fine Saturday night for the New York Mets, who beat the Pittsburgh Pirates at Citi Field, 4-2, with, Lucas Duda at first, Neil Walker at second, Curtis Granderson in center, Jay Bruce around in right, René Rivera catching, and Addison Reed pitching the eighth and ninth innings to record his […]
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