 
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. |
I believe there’s a reason above all others that Ed Kranepool resonates like no one else in the Met mythology: He was here from the first year through the eighteenth year of the franchise uninterrupted. Ed Kranepool’s entire Mets career (his entire major league career, for that matter) can be expressed via a simple en-dash. Ed […]  10 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Bartolome Fortunato, Bill Pulsipher, Bob L. Miller, Bobby Bonilla, Cleon Jones, Comma Mets, Daniel Murphy, Dave Kingman, Ed Kranepool, Hubie Brooks, Jason Isringhausen, Jim Gosger, John Franco, Kelly Stinnett, Kevin Mitchell, Lee Mazzilli, Mike Jacobs, Mike Jorgensen, Nolan Ryan, Pedro Feliciano, Punctuation, Recidivst Mets, Rusty Staub, Team History, Tim Foli, Tom Seaver, Tug McGraw Fourteen out of fifteen isn’t bad, and, considering from how far back we traveled to get as far as we did, 8-7 in 13 isn’t inexcusable. But it still sucks to lose that way. Or lose at all. I hadn’t forgotten the feeling, no matter how unusual it had become to experience in 2010. The Streak — the […] 30 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Albert Pujols, Anthony Young, Blogging, Ed Kranepool, Eddie Murray, Ends of All Good Things, Ike Davis, Jaime Garcia, Johan Santana, Mike Hessman, Overmanaging, Ryan Thompson, Tony La Russa, Winning Streak Word is it was 99 in the shade at Citi Field Sunday, yet right here, it feels a bit like ’99 in the Shea: The Mets are hot on the Braves’ heels, Bobby Valentine is basking in the media’s glare and the Mets’ infield has been warming to its task with uncommon aplomb. Highly uncommon, but […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1999 Mets, Al Moran, Amos Otis, Anderson Hernandez, Argenis Reyes, Best Infield Ever, Bobby Heise, Bobby Pfeil, Bud Harrelson, Casey Stengel, Craig Brazell, David Wright, Dick Smith, Ed Kranepool, Edgardo Alfonzo, Expectations, Gary Rajsich, Homegrown Mets, Hope, Hubie Brooks, Ike Davis, Jason Hartdke, Jeff Gardner, Jim Hickman, Joe Moock, John Olerud, Jose Reyes, Kaz Matsui, Ken Boswell, Kevin Collins, Marco Scutaro, Nick Evans, Rey Ordonez, Rich Puig, Robin Ventura, Rod Kanehl, Ron Hunt, Ruben Tejada, Salty Parker, Shawn Gilbert, Team History, Teddy Martinez, Tim Foli, Ty Wigginton, Wayne Garrett, Wes Westrum In case you haven’t turned on ESPN in the last week, the NFL Draft is in progress. It began Thursday night and it runs through late June. Makes for captivating theater, as in you’d have to hold me captive to get me to sit inside Radio City Music Hall for all 481 rounds of it. Correction: […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Cubs, David Wright, Ed Kranepool, Football, Frankie Rodriguez, Ike Davis, Johan Santana Winning in 20 innings by using 24 Mets who accumulated 9 hits despite batting against 2 Cardinal position players for the last 3 of those innings has generated some truly deep thinking among our readers, as evidenced by our unusually busy (for a Sunday) comments section and in-box. It’s great stuff, particularly the following, an […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1965 Mets, 1973 Mets, 1985 Mets, 2010 Mets, Al Jackson, Bill Russell, Billy Cowan, Bob Shaw, Bobby Klaus, Bud Harrelson, Casey Stengel, Cliff Floyd, Dwight Gooden, Ed Kranepool, Ernest Hemingway, Felipe Lopez, George Stone, George Theodore, J.C. Martin, Jack Fisher, Jason Isringhausen, Jim Brewer, Jim McAndrew, Johan Santana, Karim Garcia, Ken Boswell, Marathon, Orlando Cepeda, Pete Richert, Phil Hennigan, Randy Johnson, Rusty Staub, Rutgers, Sharon Chapman's Marathon Run, Tom Seaver, Tug McGraw, Ubaldo Jimenez, Woodrow Wilson, World War I There’s a lot of talk going around about all-time franchise records for hits. I assume this has something to do with the eternal appreciation fans and media have for true legends of the game. Given that the subject is in the air, I thought it would be fun (my kind of fun, at any rate) […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1971 Mets, 1979 Mets, Bud Harrelson, Cleon Jones, Ed Kranepool, Edgardo Alfonzo, Felix Millan, Jerry Grote, Mookie Wilson, Team History The Mets enjoyed a statistically familiar Opening Day. Yet I enjoyed a very unusual one. They opened at Great American Ball Park. Yet I watched them at Citi Field. They were led by Johan Santana, Daniel Murphy and Frankie Rodriguez. Yet I was awed by Mookie Wilson, Ed Kranepool and Ed Charles…and Cow-Bell Man. Can’t […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Citi Field, Cow-Bell Man, Ed Charles, Ed Kranepool, Mets Opening Day, Mookie Wilson, Shea Stadium We’ll be running into Jeff Kent in Los Angeles this weekend, something you might not have bet on 15 years ago next month. Jeff Kent was not wanted by Mets fans, not for David Cone. The 1992 Mets had already reached base camp at the bottom of their mountain after having careened steadily downhill through […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alex Trevino, David Cone, Ed Kranepool, Hubie Brooks, Jeff Kent, John Franco, Last Met Standing, Lee Mazzilli, Longest Ago Met Still Active, Nolan Ryan, Team History, Tom Seaver, Tug McGraw Holy crap! The baseball season starts in less than a week! I’ve been holed up with my Snigh for the last few days and realize that everything I’m seeing (except for the sailing show, the poker show and the Dean Martin Roasts infomercial) translates to potential implications for the first days of the rest of our […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Al Jackson, Chris Cannizzaro, Ed Kranepool, Felix Mantilla, Jeff Kent, Jesse Orosco, John Franco, Longest Ago Met Still Active, Nolan Ryan, Team History, Tug McGraw Tom Glavine said Andres Galarraga will be a great influence on the Latin players. Does anybody say Mike Piazza or Mike Cameron will be a great influence on the U.S.-born players? That Tom Glavine will set a great example for the white pitchers who walk around like they’ve got a bat shoved up their […] Comments closed | | Print This Post | 1979 Mets, Andres Galarraga, Bill Murray, Chico Escuela, Ed Kranepool, Jesse Orosco, Joe Torre, Mets Pop Culture, Mike Scott, Neil Allen, Nelson Briles, Tom Seaver, Yogi Berra |
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