Less than 24 hours after the Mets lost to the Rays by one run on Friday night, the Mets were losing by one run to the Rays on Saturday afternoon, yet whereas Friday’s defeat grated deeply as a one-run loss will, the one-run deficit the Mets were alternately trying to overcome and maintain Saturday didn’t […]
 
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. |
 7 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Bench Mob, Bullpen Games, Bulpability, Churves, Drew Smith, Francisco Lindor, Jake Barnes, Jake Hager, Jeurys Familia, Joey Lucchesi, Jose Peraza, Khalil Lee, Pete Alonso, Rays, Sean Reid-Foley, St. Petersburg, Tommy Hunter Spring Training is ideal for taking pictures of Mets and printing them on cardboard. Jose Reyes, third baseman (!), evokes 1969 on his 2018 Topps Heritage card, which is the idea behind Topps Heritage, a time machine that propels current players 49 years back in time. Not every card then, never mind now, was shot in […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Baseball Cards, Jerry Koosman, Jose Reyes, Port St. Lucie, St. Petersburg Old habits get put away but a few never fully die. About once a year, usually on a Sunday afternoon, I’ll reflexively tune in Channel 9 looking for the Mets game; the Mets turned to Channel 11 in 1999. When the Giants bump the Mets from the FAN during football’s encroachment on baseball’s final Sundays, […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Port St. Lucie, Spring Training, St. Petersburg |
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