 
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. |
On Friday, in rapid succession, the Mets lost an interesting player and an interesting ballgame. The player, of course, was Asdrubal Cabrera, now a member of the Philadelphia Phillies. More on him in a bit. The ballgame, hmm. It wasn’t exactly a showcase for baseball, as at times neither team looked like it had any idea what […]  16 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Asdrubal Cabrera, David Freese, Franklyn Kilome, Jason Vargas, Phillies, Pirates, Seth Lugo, Tim Peterson, Trades My deepest apologies to anybody who wanted and expected to turn in no later than midnight Saturday after a calmly resolved 6-3 Mets win over the Angels, one saved without incident by Jose Valverde. Don’t blame Valverde for the three-batter sequence that commenced with two out and nobody on in the bottom of the ninth, […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Anthony Recker, Bobby Parnell, Closers, Collin Cowgill, David Freese, Doom Factor, Erick Aybar, Jose Valverde, Omar Quintanilla, Presumptuous Thinking, Raul Ibanez In the same way the sight of “10.27” made me smile yesterday, the thought of “Game Seven” has got me grinning today. Yet this has nothing to do with 1986. This is all about 2011 and the World Series that is doing us the courtesy of sticking around one more night. Which still might not be […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2011 Postseason, Cardinals, Darren Oliver, David Freese, Lance Berkman, Rangers, Tony La Russa |
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