Horrible weather, horrible offseason, horrible everything. You know what might put some pep in our collective step? Looking back at guys who made their Mets debuts during the horrible 2023 season! Some of these guys have already vanished from memory; others we merely wish we could unremember. Like I said, horrible. But they matriculated in […]
 
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. |
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McFarland, The Holy Books, Tim Locastro, Tommy Pham, Trevor Gott, Tyson Miller, Vinny Nittoli, Zach Muckenhirn It finally didn’t rain and the Mets finally got to play, and so for your recapper’s final go-round of the season our heroes presented one game that turned into a nail-biter, one Calvinball farce that was pretty entertaining for all its sloppy meaninglessness, a doubleheader sweep that didn’t matter, a depressing thought, and a happy […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, Bad Relief Pitching, Elbow Soreness, Francisco Alvarez, Injuries, Jeff Passan, Phil Bickford, Phillies, Ron Darling, Steve Gelbs, Tylor Megill It wasn’t raining Tuesday night. The problem was one of tenses — not what was happening weather-wise but what had happened. It wasn’t raining, but it had rained. Considerably. Considerably as in “enough that they give the concentration of rain a proper name and track it over the ocean like it’s an invasion fleet.” An amount […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, Brett Baty, Doubleheaders, Errors, Francisco Lindor, Fuckery, Jake Burger, Jorge Soler, Marlins, Pennant Race, Pete Alonso, Phil Bickford, Rainouts, Ramon De Jesus, Yuli Gurriel So the Mets won two out of three — and could have swept if not for a Gott-forsaken relief appearance — to knock the Marlins off their postseason course, at least temporarily. They’ll now tangle with the Phillies, whose playoff aspirations will be somewhat harder to foil, then host the Marlins, then square off with […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brett Baty, Drew Smith, Kodai Senga, Mark Vientos, Marlins, Ronny Mauricio, Spoilers, Trevor Gott Marlins Nation! We need to talk! Because what just happened? We just took it to the Atlanta Braves — the mighty Braves! — by sweeping a three-game series and outscoring Acuna and Strider and Co. by a cool 23 runs. There are less than two weeks to go in the season, and the playoffs are right […] 16 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, Hatred, Jacob Stallings, Jeff McNeil, Jorge Soler, Jose Butto, Marlins, Phil Bickford, Spoilers, Tanner Scott Saturday night’s game between the Mets and Reds was one of those close affairs you’re not sure whether to call taut or merely indifferent. The Mets harried Andrew Abbott but couldn’t inflict substantial damage on him; the Reds tormented Tylor Megill but couldn’t put him away either. For the second game in a row, matters […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andrew Abbott, Christian Encarnacion-Strand, Francisco Alvarez, Reds, Ronny Mauricio, TJ Friedl, Tylor Megill A habit I’m trying to break as a baseball fan is the assigning of blame. If the Mets don’t win – even a stripped-down, playing-out-the-string version of the Mets – it can’t be that the other team won or something went wrong or an unlucky event occurred. No, it has to be someone’s fault. For instance: […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alexis Diaz, David Peterson, Edwin Diaz, Grant Hartwig, Hunter Greene, Jonathan India, Pete Alonso, Reds, Relief Pitching Who are these Mets, anyway? Joey Lucchesi was terrific, Mark Vientos homered, Pete Alonso drove in three on a homerless night and — in the most astonishing development of all — Trevor Gott and Drew Smith were allowed to pitch and didn’t fall apart like cheap watches. There was a nifty flying slide home by Jeff […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, David Wright, Diamondbacks, DJ Stewart, Drew Smith, Francisco Lindor, Jeff McNeil, Joey Lucchesi, Keith Hernandez, Mark Vientos, Marty Noble, Pete Alonso, Trevor Gott Like other varieties of stopped clocks, every so often the Mets are just right. On Tuesday night they hit a barrage of homers, with Ronny Mauricio’s inaugural blast the most impressive; they got good starting pitching; and they survived the inevitable bad bullpenning to take a game away from the Diamondbacks. Jose Butto provided the good starting […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, David Stearns, Grand Hartwig, Jose Butto, Ron Hodges, Ronny Mauricio, Sam Coonrod, SNY, Steve Gelbs Francisco Alvarez connecting for a long home run. Ronny Mauricio driving in a run and making some nifty plays afield. Mark Vientos tripling. Brett Baty driving in runs and ending the game with a highlight-reel play. There was a lot to like from the anticipated future of the Mets on Tuesday night: They beat the Nats […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brett Baty, Carlos Carrasco, Francisco Alvarez, Jose Quintana, Mark Vientos, Nationals, Ronny Mauricio, The Athletic, Tim Britton, Tom Seaver |
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