 
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. |
One of my more searing minor Mets memories — to use a very Mets-fan turn of phrase — is from May 3, 1996. That was Paul Wilson‘s sixth career start, against the Cubs at Wrigley Field. Wilson, one-third of the vaunted Generation K, hadn’t exactly streaked out of the gate: As the second month of his […]  10 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Aaron Loup, Brett Phillips, David Peterson, Jonathan Villar, Kevin Padlo, Luis Rojas, Manuel Margot, Mike Zunino, Paul Wilson, Rays, Sammy Sosa, Trevor May, Tyler Glasnow, Young Pitching The Mets are an ordinary ballclub. They’re definitely not very good, they’re probably not very bad, even if five losses on a six-game road trip leaves you believing they couldn’t be much worse. They could be. They could also be better. It’s a long season. Teams that […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2019 Mets, Amed Rosario, Brodie Van Wagenen, Getaway Games, Hunter Renfroe, Jeff McNeil, Manuel Margot, Matt Strahm, Ordinary Baseball Team, Padres, Robert Gsellman, Todd Frazier, Tomas Nido, Tyler Bashlor, Wilmer Font It was, admittedly, one of those Everything Has to Go Perfectly ideas: Emily and I were landing at JFK a little after 4, taking the subway home to drop our luggage, then turning around and getting back on the subway to meet her father and our niece at Citi Field to see the Mets take […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Citi Field, Customer Service, Jeff McNeil, Manuel Margot, Replay Review, Zack Wheeler |
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