The Mets have now played the Mariners 16 times in their history, but such a matchup will always feel a bit like a videogame showdown with a weird little cousin. “You want to be the Mariners? C’mon, really? It’s the AL West — I don’t know any of those names. Hell, half of them look […]
 
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 |  Drew Smith, Jeff McNeil, Jesse Winker, Marco Gonzales, Mariners, Paul Sewald, Pete Alonso, Rob Manfred Taijuan Walker looked to be experiencing back discomfort on the mound and in the dugout throughout Thursday afternoon at Nationals Park. He pitched seven shutout innings while fielding his position like an athlete who happens to be the pitcher. We should all experience such discomfort. “A little tight, nothing serious,” was Tai’s postgame self-diagnosis. The National […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Double Plays That Oughta Be, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Lindor, Josh Bell, Juan Soto, Luis Guillorme, Mark Canha, Seth Lugo, Starling Marte, Taijuan Walker Ah, look at all the long relievers Stephen Nogosek Waiting since Sunday All the long relievers 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Long Relief, Stephen Nogosek, The Beatles, Trevor Williams, Tylor Megill I had a lousy Tuesday. No need for condolences — nothing of any real consequence went wrong, just a dog’s breakfast of bureaucracy and mischance and annoyances waiting at every turn. But it was enough to leave me in a foul mood, one that I tried to shake walking home over the Brooklyn Bridge, hopeful that […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Edwin Diaz, James McCann, Jeff McNeil, Joely Rodriguez, Josh Bell, Juan Soto, Nats A Sunday doubleheader! Doesn’t that sound great? Not a split doubleheader (which isn’t a doubleheader; it’s just two games in one day). Not an abundance-of-caution seven-inning doubleheader (which would actually be a fourteen-inning doubleheader, but let’s not return there). A real settling in, beginning with a regulation game, pausing for a breather, then continuing with […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Chris Bassitt, Confidence, Doubleheaders, Francisco Lindor, Max Scherzer, Off the Base of the Wall, Pete Alonso, Splits, Sunday Doubleheaders Well, well, well. That wasn’t what I thought for most of Thursday night’s game against the Phillies, but then that’s always the case with a classic comeback — you need to trudge through the vale of despond before getting sherpa’ed up Mount Probability to giddily plant the most unexpected of flags. That mountaineering metaphor’s less random than […] 20 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bernard Gilkey, Brandon Nimmo, Bryce Harper, Carl Everett, Comebacks, Corey Knebel, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Lindor, J.D. Davis, Phillies, Starling Marte The Mets met up Wednesday afternoon with four “old friends,” one of those baseball phrases meant to refer to players who used to be on your team and are now trying to defeat your team. The four old friends all wore Braves uniforms. The parties did not lunch together. Travis d’Arnaud, a Met from 2013 until […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, Braves, Collin McHugh, Darren O'Day, Frenemies, Guillermo Heredia, Luis Guillorme, Travis d'Arnaud, Tylor Megill You get an early lead, which is good. You sweat an early lead, which is natural. You hold an early lead, which is satisfying. You do it all over again a couple of hours later and you’ve really got something there. In a parallel universe, perhaps the Braves come back on the Mets in one or […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, Carlos Carrasco, Confidence, David Peterson, Dom Smith, Doubleheaders, Drew Smith, Edwin Diaz, Pete Alonso, Seth Lugo After the Mets rose up in indignation to snatch a win away from the Cardinals, I said it was the kind of unlikely comeback that would keep me on my couch for umpteen nights when no such good fortune was coming out way. Nights like Monday, in other words. How many things do you want to stew […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Braves, Chad Fairchild, Chris Bassitt, Collin McHugh, Jeff Wilpon, Travis d'Arnaud, Trevor May, Umpiring, Wilpons You can’t argue with the numbers. I mean you can, because somebody always wants to argue something, but you’d have to dig pretty deep for a debate let alone a dispute when the Mets are steaming along as they have thus far this young season. The Mets have won 16 of their first 23 games, a […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Dom Smith, ESPN, Great Starts, Jeff McNeil, Jeurys Familia, Max Scherzer, Robinson Cano, Rosters, Series Win, Streaks |
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