Five Mets who were never the shiniest available objects glistening in the display case of a given free agent market stopped being Mets altogether this week. Non-tendered as possible prelude to a purposeful pursuit of Curtis Granderson — or whoever can be lured for a lesser price and/or fewer years — were Justin Turner, Jeremy […]
 
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. |
 10 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1974 Mets, 1994 Mets, 2001 Mets, 2007 Mets, Ambiorix Burgos, Bob Scheffing, Brian Bannister, Bubba Trammell, Buzz Capra, Curtis Granderson, Dallas Green, Donne Wall, Jeremy Hefner, Joe McIlvaine, Jordany Valdespin, Justin Turner, Momentary Lapse of Season Mets, Nontendered Players, Omar Minaya, Omar Quintanilla, Pete Schourek, Scott Atchison, Steve Phillips, Team History 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 Coming this Sunday night: The favorite football team of many (if not all) Mets fans, playing for the championship of its sport. Coming NO Sunday night in 2012, as far as we know right now: The favorite baseball team of all Mets fans, playing for anything…not even to get us closer to 2013. ESPN released its preliminary […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alejandro Pena, Alex Ochoa, Anthony Young, Bobby Bonilla, Bobby Jones, Bobby Ojeda, Bret Saberhagen, Butch Huskey, Dick Schofield, Doc Gooden, ESPN, Jeff Kent, Jeff Torborg, John Franco, Kevin Morgan, Mackey Sasser, Pedro Martinez, Pete Schourek, Replacement Mets, Sonia Sotomayor, Sunday Night Baseball, Team History Mike Pelfrey’s been re-signed, so that’s a load off our minds. If we didn’t have the tall wonder’s shortcomings on which to dwell, what starter’s lack of progress would obsess us ahead of Spring Training? Jon Niese’s probably, which seems a little quick, considering he’s only 25 and has yet to make more than 30 starts […] 17 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bill Pulsipher, Eric Hillman, Greg Harris, Hisanori Takahashi, Jason Jacome, Jerry Koosman, Jon Matlack, Jon Niese, Pete Schourek, PItching, Rob Gardner, Sid Fernandez, Team History, Tug McGraw 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 […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Anthony Young, Brad Emaus, Charlie Puleo, Dae-Sung Koo, Darren Reed, Darryl Strawberry, Doug Simons, Edgardo Alfonzo, Garth Brooks, Ike Davis, John J. Murphy Memorial Award, John Milner, Johnny Murphy, Jon Niese, Jose Reyes, Kelvin Chapman, Kevin Elster, Kevin Mitchell, Lee Mazzilli, Lucas Duda, Mario Ramirez, Masato Yoshii, Melvin Mora, Mike Bruhert, Mike Draper, Orber Moreno, Pedro Beato, Pete Schourek, Roger McDowell, Ron Darling, Ron Gardenhire, Steve Bieser, Team History, Tim Leary, Tsuyoshi Shinjo It seems Kiko Calero and I shared a stadium twice last season, two games in late May when he pitched and I watched, yet I must confess I have zero recollection of him. It was too late in the action to be up and cruising for Daruma, hence all I can think is I was […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andy Tomberlin, April And Out Mets, Bart Shirley, Bobby Gene Smith, Brady Clark, Brett Hinchliffe, Brian Rose, Bruce Chen, Casey Fossum, Chan Ho Park, Choo Choo Coleman, Clem Labine, Coco Lopez, Darren O'Day, Dennis Springer, Ed Lynch, Felix Heredia, Gary Matthews, Grant Roberts, Gustavo Molina, Herb Moford, Joe Ginsberg, Jonathan Hurst, Ken Henderson, Kevin Elster, Kiko Calero, Larry Burright, Lou Thornton, Luis Alvarado, Mac Scarce, Marlon Anderson, McKay Christensen, Mike Bishop, Mike Howard, Mike Matthews, Pete Schourek, Pete Walker, Ralph Terry, Ray Sadecki, Rich Chiles, Rick Sweet, Team History, Tim Foli, Victor Diaz |
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