I’m not the most observant person in any room when it comes to physical attributes, but I was always taken aback by Johan Santana’s shoulders. Speaking strictly as a Mets fan, I could’ve spent a lifetime on those shoulders. They seemed capable of defying latitude and going on forever — which wouldn’t be worth observing […]
 
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. |
Richard Ben Cramer, a journalist like no other I’ve read, clearly kept his ears open as well as his eyes. Cramer, who just passed away at the age of 62, listened. Listening is so much more effective than talking. Too many people who ask questions — journalists and otherwise — spend too much time holding […]  3 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  An Appreciation, Moment of Silence, Richard Ben Cramer Contrary to the tiresome claims every modern-day sportswriter makes about rooting for stories over teams and having no rooting interest otherwise, Oscar Madison of the New York Herald clearly had a favorite ballclub. If he didn’t wear his heart on his sleeve or in his widely read columns, his allegiance was evident on his head. […] 26 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | An Appreciation, Jack Klugman, Mets Pop Culture, Moment of Silence, Oscar's Cap Awards, The Odd Couple
Somebody cared enough to pay homage to Shea, and it wasn’t a Met. On Sunday, I made my final trip to Shea, from Manhattan to Flushing Meadow on the team bus. Excuse me. Not Shea. Citi Field. Shea is the third of my four kids, all boys. Shea Stadium was the place where the […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1999 Mets, 2012 Postseason, An Appreciation, Braves, Chipper Jones Ed Kranepool will never again seem quite as impressive in the Met imagination after David Wright records one more single, double, triple or home run and owns outright the franchise base hit record. David tied Eddie last night at 1,418. It’s a relatively small number as all-time team marks go and it will look smaller […] The first time the Giants won the Super Bowl, I was shocked — not because the Giants of 1986 weren’t a very fine team but because the Giants of 1969 and 1971 and 1973 and 1974 and clear through to the Giants of 1980 were so darn awful. The Giants to whom I established diversionary ties […] Good thing in this day and age that a farewell column doesn’t have to be definitive. George Vecsey published his in the Times last month, yet he is still writing — for himself and for his old paper on an occasional basis. That’s a pretty good thing, indeed, for Mets fans who like to read. I’m […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | An Appreciation, Excellent Addition to Your Baseball Library, George Vecsey, Media, Writing “When I’m finished, I’ll get the best seat to see him play. I’ll pay whatever price to see him play.” Somewhere in the midst of the conference call Sandy Alderson held with some of us bloggers last Thursday night, the Mets’ general manager used an unremarkable phrase that caught […] 21 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | An Appreciation, Farewells, Fun, Jose Reyes, Sandy Alderson, Violation of Trust After pitching the Mets to a complete game victory over Cincinnati, Mike Pelfrey told Kevin Burkhardt his team is focused on making the playoffs and then, if the matchups break right, eliminating Carlos Beltran and the San Francisco Giants. He said it with a straight face and I listened without laughing out loud. Oh, the Mets […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | An Appreciation, Carlos Beltran, Mike Pelfrey, Zack Wheeler “He slept, he stole, he was rude to the customers. Still, there goes the best damned employee a convenience store ever had.” I doubt there’ll ever be much nostalgia for the Francisco Rodriguez era of New York Mets baseball, an epoch officially declared over in the minutes following the National League’s second […] 30 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | All-Star Game, An Appreciation, Frankie Rodriguez, Relief Pitching, Trades |
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