Let’s get this part out of the way: I was in the front of the Promenade a fair distance down the first-base line. So I can’t tell you jack about Max Scherzer‘s stuff or location or exactly what happened to various Met defenders or anything else that relies on the nuance of an up-close view. […]
 
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. |
 6 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Alec Bohm, Daniel Vogelbach, David Robertson, Eduardo Escobar, Frustration, Injuries, J.T. Realmuto, Jeff McNeil, Keith Hernandez, Matt Vierling, Max Scherzer, Mychal Givens, Phillies, Ranger Suarez, Starling Marte, Tomas Nido Some days this year as a Mets fan, if you’re lucky (which you are if you’re a Mets fan this year), you feel a little like Tommy Flanagan — pronounced fluh-NAIG-un — Jon Lovitz’s truth-stretching character whose Saturday Night Live catchphrase “that’s the ticket” had the country in stitches for about a year in the […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Almost Too Good to Be True, Daniel Vogelbach, Francisco Lindor, Jon Lovitz, Liz Callaway, Pete Alonso, Taijuan Walker, Tyler Naquin The Mets won a quiet, even slightly dull game against the Reds … with the lack of excitement counting as a good thing. Carlos Carrasco was terrific until he found his tank on E. Francisco Lindor and Jeff McNeil homered. Darin Ruf collected two hits, one against a pitcher from the side he’s not supposed to […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Buck Showalter, Carlos Carrasco, Darin Ruf, Francisco Lindor, Jeff Fraley, Jeff McNeil, Mike Minor, Mychal Givens, Reds “All right, Harold. Let’s do it. “OK, everybody, Buck is available to answer questions. First, Steve.” “Buck, great 5-1 win tonight over the Reds. In light of the passing of Olivia Newton-John earlier today, do we have to believe this Mets team is magic and that nothing can stand in their way?” “Aw, is that right? Olivia Newton-John? […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Buck Showalter, Moment of Silence, Olivia Newton-John, Postgame Pressers The first step toward a decisive Mets victory over the Braves on Sunday came whenever a 1:40 PM start was rescheduled for 4:10. Billy Eppler and Buck Showalter looked ahead at Saturday’s day-night doubleheader and understood their team would be better off with an additional two-and-a-half hours after what loomed as a grueling day. Saturday […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Billy Eppler, Buck Showalter, Daniel Vogelbach, Decisive Series Wins, Edwin Diaz, Ice Cube, Jacob deGrom, Joely Rodriguez, Planning, Replay Review, Silent Movies So far — which, I’ll admit right off the bat, is a necessary qualifier — this is one of the stranger successful Met seasons I can remember. After sweeping a split doubleheader from the Braves — no burying the lead in this recap — the Mets are 30 games over .500 for the first time since […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Braves, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Lindor, Jake Odorizzi, Luis Guillorme, Max Scherzer, Mychal Givens, Pete Alonso, Tomas Nido, Trevor May, Yoan Lopez Every year my friend Kevin treats me to a game against the Braves at Citi Field. Not much of a treat, you might think, the Braves being the Braves, but we waited through the 2010s for the spirit of our mutual favorite Met year 1999 to come back around, and sure enough, it’s Mets-Braves all […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Braves, Daniel Vogelbach, Darin Ruf, Eduardo Escobar, Hallucinations, Max Scherzer, Never Giving Up, One Size Fits Some, Prescience, Relief Pitching, Scherzey, T-shirts, Taijuan Walker, Unclimbable Holes For me, the Mets are rarely if ever on the periphery. Most nights they’re front and center. But now and then even they have to share space with other pursuits. We’re finishing up three weeks in my folks’ summer cottage in Maine, an annual visit extended this year as an experiment in remote work and escaping […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, Austin Riley, Braves, Carlos Carrasco, Daniel Vogelbach, Edwin Diaz, Gary Cohen, Howie Rose, Keith Hernandez, Orlando Arcia, Pete Alonso, Ronald Acuna Jr., Tyler Naquin The Mets win most of the games they play, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that they just won two of three in Washington and five of six on their road trip and eight of nine overall. That’s what teams that win most of the games they play do by definition. It’s a pretty good […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1986 Mets, 2022 Mets, Best Mets Team Since 1986, Chris Bassitt, Daniel Vogelbach, Mychal Givens, Pete Alonso Juan Soto, now of the San Diego Padres, has been hailed as a generational talent, the type who comes along alone approximately once per metaphorical blue moon. His numbers, expressed by slashes and birthdays, support that assertion. Juan Soto is a .291/.427/.538 slasher through nearly 2,500 plate appearances and he’s not even 24 years old. […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | An Appreciation, Moment of Silence, Vin Scully |
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