As noted often in this space, I consider listening to Gary Cohen talking Mets baseball a perk of being a Mets fan. Listening to him on Saturday, both while sitting in the Shannon Forde Press Conference Room as he and his fellow inductees prepared for their big moment on the field, and then from the […]
 
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. |
 11 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1978 Mets, Citi Field Home Runs, Gary Cohen, John Sullivan, Kodai Senga, LIRR, Mets Hall of Fame, Mike Bruhert, Mike Bruhert’s Brother, Moment of Silence, Pete Alonso, Roger Craig, Solo Home Runs, Starling Marte, Tomas Nido, Tommy Pham, Willie Mays “At 10:13 P.M., it became officially official. The Cubs had lost, 6-2. Even if the Mets lost the second game, they would still be first. Millennium, we are here. But the Mets were no longer in a mood to lose anything.” 24 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | .500, 1969 Mets, Amed Rosario, Cramps, Curtis Granderson, Doubleheader Sweeps, Ed Kranepool, Edwin Diaz, J.D. Davis, Jacob deGrom, Jeff Brigham, Jeff McNeil, Jeurys Familia, Michael Conforto, Over .500, Pete Alonso, Radio and TV Not in Sync, Robert Dugger, Robert Gsellman, Seth Lugo, Solo Home Runs, The West Wing, Tom Seaver, Walker Lockett Fine with me if you dug into a basketful of chocolate bunnies, creme eggs and jelly beans on Sunday. Or macaroons, mandel cuts and leftover sponge cake. Whatever kind of peep you fancy yourself, I do hope you didn’t confine yourself to only sweets and treats. No […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alex Ochoa, Carl Everett, Curtis Granderson, Dakota Hudson, Dexter Fowler, Easter, Frank Thomas, Futility, Marv Throneberry, Michael Conforto, Noah Syndergaard, Passover, Pete Alonso, Pitchers Hitting, Rene Rivera, Robinson Cano, Solo Home Runs, Team History, Todd Hundley, Umpiring, Wilmer Flores From the third inning of Tuesday’s game until the fifth inning of Saturday’s game, the Mets scored a total of nine runs. They came on a solo homer, a groundout to second, three consecutive solo homers, a solo homer, another solo homer, a sac fly and a catcher’s two-base throwing error. That means when Jose […] |
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