The Mets played a ridiculously entertaining game Saturday night, once that saw them come back from three runs down and again from four runs down, one that featured a DJ Stewart homer and a Mark Vientos moonshot and a Francisco Lindor screen-rattler, and one that turned, as so many games do, on Daniel Vogelbach using […]
 
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. |
 7 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Adam Ottavino, Bad Baserunning, Daniel Vogelbach, DJ Stewart, Francisco Lindor, J.P. Crawford, Justin Topa, Mariners, Mark Vientos Given a choice between a bedraggled, ill-mannered win and a jut-jawed, morally inviolate loss, you take the win every time. And the historical record will show that the Mets beat the Yankees Wednesday night, prevailing 4-3 in walkoff fashion in the 10th at Citi Field. But if you were watching, you know that “win” is stretching […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bad Baserunning, Billy McKinney, Brandon Nimmo, Brooks Raley, Dumbass Wins, Eduardo Escobar, Gerrit Cole, Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Jeff Brigham, Justin Verlander, Mark Vientos, Nick Ramirez, Redemption, Steve Gelbs, Walkoffs, Yankees The Mets last week lost a game started by Steven Matz, 25-4. Five days later, because Matz was injured, they started Corey Oswalt in his place. Matz is out with a mild flexor pronator strain, a phrase known primarily to: 1) Medical […] 19 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Al Jackson, Austin, Austin Jackson, Bad Baserunning, Bad Managing, Corey Oswalt, Dallas Green, Injuries, Jackson, Little Rock, Mickey Callaway, Nolan Ryan, Paul Sewald, Regional Dialect, State Capitals, Steven Matz, Wilmer Flores |
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