Applause for Kelly Johnson, upon the ninth-inning, one-out, two-run home run that tied Wednesday night’s game, was hearty at schvitzy Citi Field but not universal. The Metsnoscenti recognized false hope as soon as they saw it. Huzzah, Kelly, for you did what you were supposed to do, what none of your teammates managed to do […]
 
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. |
 71 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Bartolo Colon, Craig Counsell, Diamondbacks, Erubiel Durazo, Extra Innings, Hopelessness, Jeurys Familia, Kelly Johnson, Lorinda de Roulet, Mets Third Basemen, Oscar Hernandez, Robbie Ray, Ryder Chasin, T.J. Rivera On Sunday Emily and I were driving across Pennsylvania when I realized it was time for the Mets game. I started to turn it on, then hesitated. My wife — who’d watched as I turned on Saturday night’s game just in time to see the Mets lose on a play at the plate that their manager […] 28 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Ballparks, Comerica Park, PNC Park, Progressive Field The Tigers lost a tough one on Sunday. Anibal Sanchez’s eight sterling innings went to waste, Francisco Rodriguez couldn’t maintain a ninth-inning tie, J.D. Martinez couldn’t unwrap a gift run in the eighth and the failure to cash in opportunity after opportunity was galling: three double plays in the first four innings and ten men […] 42 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Anibal Sanchez, Frankie Rodriguez, J.D. Martinez, Jacob deGrom, Jerry Blevins, Michael Conforto, Neil Walker, Not Losing Perhaps it’s not a fortuitous weekend for the Mets to be playing the Tigers from my perspective given the condition of my eldest cat Hozzie. In a nutshell, the tabby who prefers to keep his own counsel when not expressing a desire to be fed and fed some more wasn’t doing great before the Mets arrived […] 48 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Double Plays, Ernie Harwell, Gary Apple, Hozzie the Cat, Jay Bruce, Jon Niese, Lineups, Logan Verrett, Tigers, Ty Kelly I went 615 miles to see the Mets and they didn’t look any better than they do at home. More like the Mehs. Meet the Mehs, meet the Mehs A few months ago Emily and I decided on an August ballpark tour: fly to Cleveland and see a game, drive to Detroit for a […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Citi Field, Comerica Park, Kelly Johnson, Noah Syndergaard, Tigers With one swing, Jay Bruce saved and screwed us all Thursday night. The National League RBI leader — with three crucial Met runs batted in on top of eighty from Cincinnati that do us no good whatsoever — blasted a three-run homer over Yankee Stadium’s center field fence to ensure Bartolo Colon’s vintage pitching performance […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2016 Mets, Alejandro De Aza, Bartolo Colon, Hope, Jay Bruce, Jeurys Familia, Kelly Johnson, Rudy, Styx, Subway Series If you were looking for four hours that would renew your faith in the Mets, well, boy did you pick the wrong night. First the Mets played a thoroughly inept game against the Yankees, one in which a) they were atrocious once more with runners in scoring position; b) Steven Matz underpitched Chad Green to put them in an inescapably […] 52 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Hansel Robles, Injuries, Mark Teixeira, Steven Matz, Yoenis Cespedes So the Jay Bruce era — you must’ve known I wasn’t going to call it Jon Niese 2.0 — is off to a roaring start. No thanks to Bruce himself, but that’s OK — Yoenis Cespedes needed a couple of days to acclimate too. Most of us, if suddenly transferred across the country to work for a […] 52 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alejando De Aza, Dilson Herrera, Jay Bruce, Jon Niese, Michael Conforto, Sandy Alderson, Travis d'Arnaud On Saturday, before I slipped into my beloved PIAZZA 31 in order to pay tribute to our beloved Piazza’s 31, I dressed as a mild-mannered reporter at Citi Field. It doesn’t take much to dress like a mild-mannered reporter at Citi Field. You just wear what you’d wear to go out and get the mail, […] 42 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Curtis Granderson, Jay Bruce, Jon Niese, Justin Ruggiano, Neil Walker, Seth Lugo, Subway Series, Terry Collins, Travis d'Arnaud The immediate aftermath of the trading deadline is Christmas morning for baseball fans wherein batteries aren’t included, gift receipts aren’t available and you’re left wondering if anybody listened to what you said you wanted when they asked. The Mets made two deals today. They could help. They could fall short of helping. There’s no doubt they […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Antonio Bastardo, Dislon Herrera, Jay Bruce, Jon Niese, Max Wotell, Trades |
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