On September 28, 2010, Ruben Tejada came to bat in the bottom of the ninth inning with a pair of runners on base and the Mets down 3-2 to the Milwaukee Brewers. He belted a double to deep left field. Ike Davis scored from third. Pinch-runner Luis Castillo chugged home from first. The Mets, already […]
 
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. |
 8 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1999 Mets, Attendance, Bill Pulsipher, Craig Brazell, Jeff Francoeur, Jeromy Burnitz, Jerry Manuel, Jose Bautista, Lenny Harris, Luis Lopez, Mike Francesa, Mike Nickeas, One-Game Playoffs, Rangers, Rays, Ruben Tejada, Tampa Bay, Team History, The Ruben; Reds, The Simpsons, Tim Bogar, Tropicana Field, Victor Diaz, Walkoffs You know why Tuesday night’s loss to the Marlins felt as familiar as it felt sickening? Because it was very familiar. Thanks to Baseball Reference (how did I ever live without it?), I was able to find that the Mets have lost 68 road games to the Florida Marlins since their inception in 1993, including the […] Well! The endgame of tonight’s completely thrilling, slightly silly, altogether amazin’ Mets win was the perfect culmination of a sloppy, wacky, thoroughly entertaining affair, one that saw Mike Pelfrey fail just enough not to succeed and the Giants’ Jonathan Sanchez succeed just enough not to fail. The early frames brought that rather uncertain contest, as well […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Angel Hernandez, Ike Davis, Joy, Rod Barajas, Walkoffs |
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