Matt Harvey was on the mound at Citi Field. Harvey’s Met teammates were scattered about: Michael Conforto and Dom Smith batting third and fifth, respectively; Jeurys Familia and Robert Gsellman chilling in the bullpen for possible deployment later; Jacob deGrom waiting out a precautionary injured list stint in the dugout, somewhere down the bench […]
 
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. |
You want the Jacob deGrom who locks in, who maybe seemed a little off in the first or second inning, but wasn’t allowing any baserunners, but then he’s on by the third, and seems on to stay. You fist-pump the Ks, but you secretly embrace the efficient outs. You count his pitches because his manager […]  6 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Brian Chicklo, Jacob deGrom, Oxygen, Relief Pitching In the movie Thirteen Days, presidential advisor Kenny O’Donnell warns naval Commander William Ecker that when he leads a reconnaissance mission over Cuba to photograph evidence of missile bases on the island, it is imperative that his squad not be shot at. That’s not up to Ecker, of course, but O’Donnell’s message sinks in. President […] 24 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bobby Bonilla, Francisco Lindor, Jeff McNeil, Media, Nonsense, Patrick Mazeika, Raccoons, Rats, Thirteen Days, Tommy Hunter From the deep well of numerical sustenance baseball is wont to give us on any given day, Thursday afternoon it gave us, among other digital delights, 7 1-hit innings from Taijuan Walker; 1 base hit from Francisco Lindor after 26 hitless at-bats; 11 walks issued to would-be Met batters from Cardinal pitchers (including 4 consecutive […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Albert Pujols, An Appreciation, Francisco Lindor, Home Runs, Milestones, Negro Leagues, Ralph Kiner, Reverence, Taijuan Walker, Walks, Willie Mays Rainouts are no good unless they save you from an emergency “bullpen game” being thrown together because Jacob deGrom has a tight ride side. Jacob deGrom having a tight right side is no good at all, but if it’s not tight enough to send him to the injured list, then it could be worse. The […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Chili Davis, Donnie Stevenson, Hugh Quattlebaum, Kevin Howard, Names, Postponements, Tom Slater It may be too much to ask the Mets to play nine perfectly appetizing innings, so be grateful for the half-innings you don’t want to send back to the kitchen as underdone or overcooked. On Saturday, you could dine out on a three-course meal of them. The Top of the 1st — Baserunners! Hits! Breaks! RUNS! […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andrew McCutchen, Donnie Stevenson, Edwin Diaz, M*A*S*H, Michael Conforto, Pete Alonso, Pulp Fiction, Taijuan Walker, Umpiring, Zack Wheeler Go Mets. Better yet, go away Mets. And stay away. For about a week. Then come back. Clear your heads. Fill your bats. Get hits. Several per inning. Find your inner line drive in Philadelphia. Keep your ropes frozen in St. Louis. Anybody who boos you at your next two stops means it. Anybody who booed you at […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1-0 losses, Audible Discontent, Jacob deGrom, Offensive Futility, Welcome Road Trips And so it came to pass on the seventh day that the Mets had played six games in a row, one each day, as the Great Scorekeeper intended. It took them weeks to reach such a state of grace, playing baseball every day without interruption, but on the seventh day, a.k.a. Sunday, that became their […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Albert Almora Jr., Fences, Grooves, J.D. Davis, Schedules, Taijuan Walker, Untracked “Don’t ever embarrass anybody by comparing him to…” might read as the beginning of a familiar quote from Reds manager Sparky Anderson, uttered at the conclusion of the 1976 World Series. Thurman Munson of the losing Yankees hit .529 in the four-game Cincinnati sweep. His catching counterpart, Johnny Bench, hit .533 and won Most Valuable […] 20 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Beyond Comparison, George Burns, Jacob deGrom, Pitching Brilliance, Sparky Anderson, Tom Seaver It isn’t a beautiful night at normally beautiful Wrigley Field, as the Mets have fallen further behind the Chicago Cubs, and now manager Luis Rojas comes out of the dugout to have a word with home plate umpire Bruce Dreckman, apparently ready to make a change to his lineup. After conferring with Dreckman, Luis walks […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bob Murphy, Casey Stengel, Cold, David Peterson, Errors, Francisco Lindor, Gil Hodges, J.D. Davis, Luis Guillorme, Luis Rojas, Pete Alonso, Position Players Pitching, Radio, Redeeming Features, Team History, Wrigley Field |
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