So 2020 was a … strange year, on the baseball field and everywhere else. (You might have noticed.) A global pandemic forced a jury-rigged, stop-start 60-game baseball season, which the Mets proceeded to botch, passing up perhaps the easiest path to the playoffs ever available. Even beyond that, though, 2020 was what we now know […]
 
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. |
 6 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2020 Mets, Ali Sanchez, Andres Gimenez, Ariel Jurado, Baseball Cards, Billy Hamilton, Brian Dozier, Chasen Shreve, David Peterson, Dellin Betances, Eduardo Nunez, Erasmo Ramirez, Franklyn Kilome, Guillermo Heredia, Hunter Strickland, Jake Marisnick, Jared Hughes, Michael Wacha, Miguel Castro, Rick Porcello, Robinson Chirinos, Ryan Cordell, The Holy Books The Mets were supposed to be off Thursday, which would have been fitting given the sad news Wednesday night that Tom Seaver — No. 41, the Franchise, the most essential and irreplaceable figure in team history — had died Monday at 75. Thursday would have been a day to mourn and reflect on the memory […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Amed Rosario, Aroldis Chapman, Billy Hamilton, Edwin Diaz, Farewells, J.A. Happ, J.D. Davis, Justin Wilson, Manny Sanguillen, Miguel Castro, Pete Alonso, Robert Gsellman, Steve Cohen, Tom Seaver, Tyler Ford, Yankees When the 2020 season was in the uncertain talking stage — after Spring Training, before Summer Camp — I was pretty sure of one thing: other than for historical perspective purposes, I would never want to see highlights of whatever transpired on the field once the Mets started playing, if they started playing. And once […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2020 Mets, Amed Rosario, Billy Hamilton, Dom Smith, Doubleheader Sweeps, Edwin Diaz, Jeff McNeil, Subway Series The Mets and Marlins didn’t play Thursday night. After some milling around in front of both dugouts, the Mets ran out to their positions, led by Dominic Smith and Billy Hamilton. Miami’s Lewis Brinson stepped to the plate. Caps came off. The other players on both teams came out of the dugouts to stand in a […] 25 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Billy Hamilton, Brodie Van Wagenen, Dom Smith, Donn Clendenon, Lewis Brinson, Marlins, Mets, Miguel Rojas, Not Sticking to Sports, Politics, Reality, Rob Manfred, SNY, Steve Gelbs The Phillies played the first half of Friday night’s game like they were recreating a Benny Hill skit. The Mets once again showed resilience, losing a lead and promptly regaining it on back-to-back homers. Luis Guillorme continued to reward the Mets for finally giving him playing time. Walker Lockett — summoned when Jacob deGrom was […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Billy Hamilton, Bryce Harper, Frustration, J.T. Realmuto, Luis Guillorme, Michael Conforto, Pete Alonso, Phillies, Ramon Quinn, Seth Lugo, Walker Lockett, Wilson Ramos This season, however it turns out, whether it turns out, will probably be remembered for other storylines, but churning beneath the surface of Mets Baseball 2020 is the churn itself. Have you noticed just how many players we’re going through a mere sixteen games in? When last season ended, the all-time Met count was up […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alternate Site, Andres Gimenez, Bill Sudakis, Billy Hamilton, Brian Dozier, Chasen Shreve, David Peterson, Dellin Betances, Eduardo Nunez, Formal Introductions, Franklyn Kilome, Hunter Strickland, Jacob deGrom, Jacob Rhame, Jake Marisnick, Jared Hughes, Jimmie Schaffer, Lenny Harris, Met Debuts, Michael Conforto, Michael Wacha, Milestone Mets, Moises Alou, Pete Smith, Phil Mankowski, Randy Milligan, Rey Sanchez, Rick Porcello, Ryan Cordell, Scott Hairston, Team History, The Twilight Zone, Tyler Bashlor Who were those slick-fielding ballplayers on display in blue and orange Wednesday night, and what have they done with the New York Mets? The Mets’ current incarnation is not heavy on “leather guys,” to use Davey Johnson‘s mildly disparaging phrase — the strategy in recent years has been to limit enemy runs with good, strikeout-heavy starting […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andres Gimenez, Billy Hamilton, Defense, Dom Smith, J.D. Davis, Juan Soto, Luis Guillorme, Max Scherzer, Rick Porcello It’s too late for massive regret where Saturday night’s sloppiness is concerned. It’s Sunday morning, and another game is directly in front of us. It’s too early for despair where 2019 is concerned. Thirty-three games remain, and despite an ugly 9-5 loss facilitated by the Braves playing admirable heads-up baseball and the Mets playing abysmal […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1996 Mets, Alan Suriel, Amed Rosario, Billy Hamilton, Brad Brach, Carlos Beltran, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Cervelli, Heads Up Their Asses, Heads-Up Baseball, Home Runs, J.D. Davis, Jeff McNeil, Juan Lagares, Pete Alonso, Team History, Todd Hundley, Zack Wheeler Sometimes you just have a feeling. Sometimes you just know — no matter how long the odds, how deep the deficit, how frustrating the evening has been — that when it’s all over, your team is going to come through for you. I knew no such thing Tuesday night. I can’t even say I had a […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Billy Hamilton, Brandon Finnegan, Bryan Price, Cold, Comebacks, David Wright, Hamilton, Ivan DeJesus, Mike Piazza, Mysterious Tyler Holt Chant, Pleasant Surprises, Spinal Stenosis, Tony Cingrani, Tough Tickets, Tyler Holt, Yalta, Yoenis Cespedes Utter pessimism is dead! Long live tempered pessimism! Losing, Lewis Grizzard once wrote, hurts worse than winning feels good. We’ve known plenty from losing and hurting. We’re only now processing again how winning feels. I’m not certain. After the 0-3 start that weighed 0-30 in Met-ric emotional tonnage, the simple act of not losing feels pretty […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Anthony Recker, Billy Hamilton, Brandon Phillips, Eric Young Jr., George Theodore, Jenrry Mejia, Joey Votto, Jose Valverde, Kyle Farnsworth, Lucas Duda, Mike Leake, Not Losing, Winning |
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