C’mon, Francisco. C’mon, Jose. C’mon, Mark. C’mon, the whole bunch of you, one through nine. It was no use. I called to them through the TV with encouragement by first name or nickname and, save for a single in the first and a double in the fifth, the personal touch was of no use. Nor […]
 
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 |  2024 Mets, Brewers, Damn Yankees, Sniff ‘n’ the Tears, Uncertainty The following is not to be construed as an endorsement of playing a regular-season baseball game on a Sunday night, particularly when that game was originally scheduled to be played on a Sunday afternoon, and it’s definitely not an endorsement of any television network that has purchased the contractual right to move this baseball game […] 32 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2024 Mets, Brandon Nimmo, Closing Day, Closing Night, Edwin Diaz, Fan Appreciation Weekend, Jose Butto, Miracles, Old Friends, Pennant Race, Pete Alonso, Phil Maton, Phillies, Sunday Night Baseball, That Thing You Do, Tylor Megill, Tyrone Taylor, Zack Wheeler The first wave of excitement crested Wednesday night with the completion of the Subway Series sweep, both this week’s and this year’s. Of course it was exciting. It was Mets 12 Yankees 3, with five home runs for the visitors who made themselves at home inside the surprisingly friendly confines of Yankee Stadium. Two for […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2024 Mets, Adam Ottavino, Alex Young, Danny Young, Emily Litella, Excitement, Fig Urine, Francisco Lindor, Mark Vientos, Pete Alonso, Realization, Sean Manaea, Subway Series Sweep, Tyrone Taylor You know the old baseball saying: The team that has the sixth-best record in the league, assuming it’s at least the third-best non-first place record in that same league, is a lock to go to the postseason. And if it’s not an old saying, let’s repeat it enough so it becomes one. Congratulations to our ceaselessly […] 19 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2024 Mets, Adam Ottavino, Admirability, Brandon Nimmo, David Peterson, Grit, Jeff McNeil, Phil Maton, Rick White, Wild Card A 4:10 weekday start to conclude a home series against the Dodgers evoked, however briefly, one of the few peaks of the Mets baseball experience in the 2020s. On September 1, 2022, the Mets and Dodgers began play at Citi Field as leaders of their respective divisions. L.A. was running away with the West. The […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2022 Mets, 2024 Mets, Dodgers, Eras, Interludes, Jorge Lopez, Jorge Lopez’s Glove, Truth What do you suppose those 11 Mets and 13 Dodgers who were left on base Saturday did to amuse themselves while a baseball game was proceeding to nifty conclusion without them? Given what a beautiful day it appeared to be in Chavez Ravine, my guess is they broke out the wicker baskets and treated themselves […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2024 Mets, Adonis Medina, Baseball Porn, Dodgers, Francisco Alvarez, Francisco Lindor, Injuries, Jose Butto, LOBs, Michael Tonkin, Moment of Silence, Pete Alonso, Recidivist Mets, Reed Garrett, Starling Marte, Tension, Tomas Nido, Whitey Herzog It had rained for forty consecutive nights. The Mets had lost their previous fifty games. They had been no-hit for sixty innings in a row. Their most storied slugger was so desperate to effect change that he swung at a pitch seventy feet below sea level. With one crack of the bat, the earth shook (eventually) […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2024 Mets, Adrian Houser, Carlos Mendoza, Desperation, Doubleheaders, Earthquakes, Endearng Nicknames, First Wins, Jose Butto, Michael Tonkin, Pete Alonso, Reed Garrett, Tigers, Tyrone Taylor Three games into the new season, and I already don’t want to dwell on the most recent baseball game the Mets played and lost. For the record, Tylor Megill labored for four innings Sunday and left with tenderness in his shoulder, slating him for an MRI. Carlos Mendoza served a suspension for Yohan Ramirez throwing […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2024 Mets, Dance Metsmerized, Get Metsmerized, Mets Marketing, Queens Crew, Team Songs, Utter Foolishness “What a break,” the player said. “Wow! This is great. I can hardly believe it. Imagine going to a club like the Phillies. I feel like I’ve been born again.” The player was Buddy Harrelson, on the occasion of his trade from the Mets in Spring Training 1978. The Mets were founded in 1962 and were […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2024 Mets, Adrian Gonzalez, Adrian Houser, Bud Harrelson, Buddy Harrelson, Dom Smith, Harrison Bader, Home, J.D. Martinez, Jake Diekman, Joey Wendle, Jorge Lopez, Luis Severino, Mark Vientos, Mets Home Opener, Mets Opening Day, Michael Tonkin, Opening Day, Patches, Sean Manaea, Tyrone Taylor, Yohan Ramirez, Zack Short I count fourteen players with major league experience the Mets have picked up in the past month or so. I feel I recognize five, maybe six of the names. I’ve probably seen a few others as Met opponents but forgotten them. A generous portrayal of their collective appeal would be they provide our team with […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2024 Mets, Depth, Free Agents, Joey Wendle, Jorge Lopez, Jose Iglesias, Luis Severino, Museum Gift Shops, Shohei Ohtani, Tyler Heineman, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Zack Short |
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