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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.

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A Real Award for Fake Games

by on 24 March 2011 1:58 pm

In addition to falling into the second base job (because legally you can’t just place an orange traffic cone between short and first), Brad Emaus seems to be the frontrunner for an award that is probably no more familiar to you than, well, Brad Emaus. He certainly qualifies as the favorite, which speaks less for […]

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No Zachry, All Draper, Enough Trachsel

by on 13 December 2006 12:22 am

You’ve thought it. I’ve thought it. We’ve all thought it if we’ve gone to our share of games at Shea Stadium between 2001 and 2006:

Trachsel’s pitching? I always see Trachsel!

It was rarely thought with enthusiasm.

Now that going to Mets games will presumably no longer carry any threat of Trachselization, at least not in the sense […]

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