As long as Rob Manfred is announcing that extreme shifting will be a thing of the past in 2023, let’s retroactively get rid of double plays. In the spirit of the pitch clock that will redefine the imposition of time within the confines of the once-timeless game of baseball, let’s turn the overall clock back […]
 
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. |
 11 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Double Plays, Francisco Rodriguez, Hurd, Joely Rodriguez, Mark Vientos, Mike Vail, Rob Manfred, Rules, The Doors, Walls, Wild Card You score 15 runs, what do you get? Enough peace of mind to carry you through an off day, I hope. The New York Mets, who entered Wednesday tied for first place in the National League East, exited Wednesday a half-game ahead of their closest competition. Not bad for a team declared deceased by a vocal […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1969 Mets, 2007 Mets, Alex Claudio, Bob Moose, Chris Bassitt, Jacob deGrom, Lloyd Bentsen, Questionable Invocation of Precedent, Tyler Naquin MISSING: Sole proprietorship of first place in the National League East. AGE: Approximately 5 months. ANSWERS TO: Let’s Go Mets, LFGM or “Not Again”. LAST SEEN: Leaving PNC Park following a third consecutive barely competitive loss to a last-place team. RECOGNIZABLE MARKINGS: World-class starting pitching, unrelenting middle-of-the-order production, indestructible right fielder, preternatural ability to quash lesser opponents. ***PLEASE LOOK HARD […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bad Timing, Braves, Injuries, Losing Streak, Pirates, September, Starling Marte, Taijuan Walker The barrage of Rob Manfred-encouraged ya gotta gamble on baseball! entreaties overwhelming SNY’s airwaves in some incarnation seemingly every half-inning (never mind that Major League Baseball in the minuscule personage of Bowie Kuhn once cast out Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle — in retirement — for accepting jobs that required them to golf with a […] Some things don’t change even as the calendar pages do. Back in April, emphasis placed on winning series was emphasis well-directed We have now entered September. Winning series is still a very good thing. A very good goal, too, though I wouldn’t want to get too far ahead of myself. Take every day, even the […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, Brandon Nimmo, Chris Bassitt, Clayton Kershaw, Darin Ruf, Dodgers, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Lindor, James McCann, Justin Turner, Pinch-Running, Series Win, Starling Marte, Terrance Gore, Trevor May Timmy Trumpet, deprived by impending circumstances of a stage to serenade Edwin Diaz with “Narco” in the ninth, made the most out of the seventh-inning stretch. Brandon Nimmo and Starling Marte teamed up on first-inning hijinks that scored a run on what was about to be a foul ball. Marte homered and played some solid […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bunting, Dodgers, Fascinating Theories, Frustration, Heath Hembree, Jake Reed, Mychal Givens, Old Friends, Out of Town Scoreboard, Ryder Chasin, Starling Marte, Taijuan Walker, Timmy Trumpet I looked at Jon Matlack from a Promenade’s distance on Saturday and thought of the Jon Matlack game I inevitably think of when I think of Jon Matlack: the 1-0 loss to Chicago on the final Sunday in 1973, emblematic of tough luck among very good Mets pitchers and a reminder that a 1-0 loss, […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | John Stearns, Jon Matlack, Old Timers Day, Steve Dillon, Thrills Having rooted for the Mets for more than a half-century, I’ve developed a pattern that allows me to cope with the possibility of obvious failure transforming eventually into ultimate success. First, there’s no way it will happen. The Mets are losing by a lot, ergo they will lose. Hopes are not gotten up, disappointment is […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 24, Believe, Old Timers Day, Retired Numbers, Willie Mays “With yet another New York Mets Old Timers Day ahead of us this weekend, we have a lot of the former players in the ballpark tonight, so let’s send it down to our own Eddie Kraus to hear from one of them.” “Thanks, Steve. I have with me a guy who Mets fans will recognize instantly […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brett Baty, Chris Bassitt, Eddie Kraus, Futurecast, Kidcaster, Mark Canha, Old Timers Day, Pete Alonso, Starling Marte, Steve Gelbs Lest it get a little lost in free-floating anxiety over the Mets’ recent woes (two consecutive losses and 46 of their last 125), let’s get excited over the return of Old Timers Day. Let’s use an exclamation point to express that excitement! Old Timers Day! It’s back! In the spirit of no longer having to campaign for […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | National League Town, Old Timers Day, Steve Cohen, Team History |
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