After giving injury rehab his best shot among a flock of Toronto Blue Jay minor leaguers, native Ontarian and lifelong Cincinnati Red Joey Votto announced his retirement on August 22. Johnny Cueto, who made his season debut one day earlier for the Angels, pitched exactly once more in L.A. of A garb. The Halos considered […]
 
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. |
The first wave of excitement crested Wednesday night with the completion of the Subway Series sweep, both this week’s and this year’s. Of course it was exciting. It was Mets 12 Yankees 3, with five home runs for the visitors who made themselves at home inside the surprisingly friendly confines of Yankee Stadium. Two for […]  11 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2024 Mets, Adam Ottavino, Alex Young, Danny Young, Emily Litella, Excitement, Fig Urine, Francisco Lindor, Mark Vientos, Pete Alonso, Realization, Sean Manaea, Subway Series Sweep, Tyrone Taylor Plan A, in all likelihood, was not to have Jake Diekman face Juan Soto and Aaron Judge with the Mets clinging to a smidge of a one-run lead. You could hear that judgment in Gary Cohen’s voice as WPIX went to the break before the bottom of the ninth at Yankee Stadium. You probably heard […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aaron Judge, Adam Ottavino, Alex Young, Ben Rice, Christian Scott, Dedniel Nunez, Francisco Lindor, Harrison Bader, J.D. Davis, Jake Diekman, Jeff McNeil, Jose Quintana, Luis Gil, Luis Severino, Luke Weaver, Michael Tonkin, Phil Maton, Relief Pitching, Subway Series, Yankees |
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