 
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. |
“Hey, Greg, what’s this?” “Aren’t you going to fill it in with details of Friday night’s brutal 4-1 Mets loss to the Royals?” “Why not?” “We understand the concept, Greg, but what about the way the Mets in the midst of a scalding pennant race couldn’t beat a team that […]  14 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Amed Rosario, Brad Brach, Clean Slates, Disgusting Losses, Edwin Diaz, Humidity, J.D. Davis, Metstivus, Noah Syndergaard, Royals Wednesday night’s Mets game was an exercise in shifting narratives: That contest with the Braves looked like it was going to be a Taut But Ultimately Depressing Loss, morphed thanks to Steven Matz and J.D. Davis into an Inspiring Minimalist Comeback Win, morphed again thanks to Seth Lugo and Mickey Callaway into a This One’s […] 24 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Amed Rosario, Braves, Counterintuitive Wins, Drew Gagnon, Edwin Diaz, Pete Alonso, Ronald Acuna Jr., Steve Finley, Storytelling, Wilson Ramos “At 10:13 P.M., it became officially official. The Cubs had lost, 6-2. Even if the Mets lost the second game, they would still be first. Millennium, we are here. But the Mets were no longer in a mood to lose anything.” 24 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | .500, 1969 Mets, Amed Rosario, Cramps, Curtis Granderson, Doubleheader Sweeps, Ed Kranepool, Edwin Diaz, J.D. Davis, Jacob deGrom, Jeff Brigham, Jeff McNeil, Jeurys Familia, Michael Conforto, Over .500, Pete Alonso, Radio and TV Not in Sync, Robert Dugger, Robert Gsellman, Seth Lugo, Solo Home Runs, The West Wing, Tom Seaver, Walker Lockett (Note: The format for this post didn’t occur to me until 20-odd hours after the game, so accuracy of timestamps is theoretical at best. Sorry!) 10:00 am: Wake up, groggily. What? I’m a freelance writer, I can wake up when I want. I also am typically still working at 2 am, so lay off. 10:10 am: Oh, […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Amed Rosario, Baseball Cards, Citi Field, Day Games, Donn Clendenon, Hunter Renfroe, Jacob deGrom, Jeff D'Amico, Luis Avilan, Padres “Don’t bother, Mickey,” I wanted to tell the beleaguered manager of the New York Mets after his club dropped and I do mean dropped its second consecutive extra-inning game, this one on a patently unbelievable albeit hauntingly familiar defensive misplay, “we didn’t touch home plate, either.” One sometimes forgets when the bullpen falters or the left […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1962 Mets, Alex Dickerson, Amed Rosario, Applicable Metsian Mythology, Billy Preston, Defensive Runs NOT Saved, Dominic Smith, Jacob deGrom, Jacob Rhame, Juan Marichal, Luis Avilan, Madison Bumgarner, Marv Throneberry, Todd Frazier, Tyler Beede, Wilson Ramos When I was in junior high, I’d carry a Bic pen in the front left pocket of my jeans and, at some point in the course of the school year, the pen would explode. Several points, actually…and a whole pack of pens. I never understood that. It was just hanging around during one class, then […] The Mets have prevailed. In a battle of the teams with the two worst records in the National League, they are the least worst. In their five-member division, they place fourth on merit. Take that, Marlins. The Marlins did. They were outplayed by the Mets for two consecutive games in a three-game series — in Miami, no […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2013 Mets, Adeiny Hechavarria, Alan Suriel, Amed Rosario, Fourth Place, George Foster, Jacob deGrom, Jeff McNeil, Jeurys Familia, Juan Lagares, Keith Hernandez, Little Treats, Pete Alonso, Robinson Cano, Series Win, Wilson Ramos The Mets lost, this time not with the thunder of a bullpen avalanche but with the merest whimper. Steven Matz had one of his games where he shows up for duty in the second inning instead of the first, the offense began and ended with a solo home run, and Amed Rosario had a wretched […] “Did you get everything we need for the party? I don’t think these painfully bland t-shirts we promised are going to excite anybody.” 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aaron Altherr, Adeiny Hechavarria, Amed Rosario, Drew Gagnon, Ervin Santana, Hector Santiago, Home Runs, Matt Kemp, Miguel Cabrera, Noah Syndergaard, Pete Alonso, Tigers, Wild Parties, Wilson Ramos One of the benefits of going to a baseball game rather than watching it on television is there’s no seven-second delay. Everything that happens happens and, as the spirit of Walter Cronkite might suggest, you are there. But Tuesday night at Citi Field, which is where I […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Amed Rosario, Backpacks, Citi Field, Citi Pavilion, Friday Night Lights, J.D. Davis, Jeff McNeil, Manufacturers Hanover, Not Backpacks, Pete Alonso, Pocket Schedules, Walter Cronkite, Zack Wheeler |
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