I’ve spent a good chunk of the winter sulking about Jeurys Familia quick-pitching or Yoenis Cespedes playing base-soccer or Daniel Murphy bringing the glove up or Cespedes charging off first on a soft liner or Terry Collins being too sentimental or Lucas Duda being unable to make a simple throw home or getting to the big stage […]
 
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. |
 13 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Baseball Cards, Bill Graham, Charlie Neal, Dennis Musgraves, Dick Rusteck, Jerry Grote, Jerry Hinsley, Joe Hicks, Lost Mets, Minor Leagues, Ray Daviault, Rod Kanehl, Sammy Drake, Shaun Fitzmaurice, Ted Schreiber, The Holy Books, Tom Seaver, Willard Hunter Previously on The Mets… “Eleven in a row! This is the year, baby!” “Oh no. Who’s hurt now?” “Sure, the pitching’s great, but they can’t score to save their lives.” “They’re never gonna win another game, are they?” “We’re making a roster move and adjusting our rotation accordingly.” “We don’t need another pitcher. We need a bat.” “He’s from around here, you […] 33 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Dick Rusteck, Garrett Olson, Lucas Duda Growth Chart, Pitchers Hitting, Steve Miller Band, Steven Matz, Suspended Games In most parallel universes, the Mets lost Thursday night. They had to. They were playing the Marlins. Giancarlo Stanton went traditionally deep. They were playing the Marlins. Martin Prado added his own four cents. They were playing the Marlins. Dillon Gee pitched gamefully but not quite well enough to fully extricate himself from his last tangle of trouble. They were playing the […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Ace Frehley, Curtis Granderson, Dick Rusteck, Dillon Gee, Eric Campbell, Giancarlo Stanton, Ichiro Suzuki, Jerry Blevins, Jeurys Familia, John Mayberry, Lucas Duda, Marlins, Martin Prado, Michael Cuddyer, Video Review, Wilmer Flores It’s not as rare as Jason Bay homering in a Mets uniform, but we saw something else we don’t see very often as the Mets beat the Braves in Atlanta Monday night. And we saw it at the exact moment the Mets beat the Braves. With two away in the bottom of the ninth, Tim Byrdak […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bob Myrick, Chan Ho Park, Dennis Cook, Dick Rusteck, Doug Sisk, Eric Cammack, Jason Middlebrook, Jay Hook, John Hudek, Jon Matlack, Last K's, Mark Bomback, Mark Clark, Mike Bacsik, Mike Birkbeck, Pete Schourek, Rick Trlicek, Team History, Tim Byrdak, Tim Hamulack Welcome to The Happiest Recap, a solid gold slate of New York Mets games culled from every schedule the Mets have ever played en route to this, their fiftieth year in baseball. We’ve created a dream season consisting of the “best” 46th game in any Mets season, the “best” 47th game in any Mets season, […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1966 Mets, 1969 Mets, 1977 Mets, Dick Rusteck, Fiftieth Anniversary, Jack DiLauro, Joe Torre, Team History, The Happiest Recap |
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