 
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. |
Baseball: So Betts, Ohtani and Freeman reached base 12 times in Saturday’s Mets-Dodgers game. — Jason Fry (@jasoncfry.bsky.social) Apr 20, 2024 at 11:46 PM Like I said, that was Saturday. On Sunday, the […]  3 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Adrian Houser, Brooks Raley, Dodgers, Freddie Freeman, Grant Hartwig, Mookie Betts, Shohei Ohtani, Tomas Nido, Tyler Glasnow, Will Smith Horrible weather, horrible offseason, horrible everything. You know what might put some pep in our collective step? Looking back at guys who made their Mets debuts during the horrible 2023 season! Some of these guys have already vanished from memory; others we merely wish we could unremember. Like I said, horrible. But they matriculated in […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2023 Mets, Abraham Almonte, Adam Kolarek, Anthony Kay, Baseball Cards, Brooks Raley, Danny Mendick, David Robertson, Dennis Santana, Denyi Reyes, DJ Stewart, Dominic Leone, Edwin Uceta, Gary Sanchez, Grant Hartwig, Jeff Brigham, Jimmy Yacabonis, John Curtiss, Jonathan Arauz, Jose Quintana, Josh Walker, Justin Verlander, Kodai Senga, Omar Narvaez, Phil Bickford, Rafael Ortega, Reed Garrett, Ronny Mauricio, Sam Coonrod, T.J. McFarland, The Holy Books, Tim Locastro, Tommy Pham, Trevor Gott, Tyson Miller, Vinny Nittoli, Zach Muckenhirn The Earth keeps going around the sun; the Mets keep going in circles. On Sunday night they dropped the rubber game of their series with the Red Sox in numbingly familiar fashion: no hitting, bad pitching, bad defense. To which we might add that they looked torpid and useless, trudging around morosely while being dismantled by […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, Brooks Raley, Carlos Carrasco, David Robertson, Joely Rodriguez, Justin Verlander, Mark Canha, Max Scherzer, Pete Alonso, Red Sox, Tommy Pham The Mets won Sunday’s game by three if you’re counting high-leverage relievers rested. Brooks Raley? Rested. Yup, that’s three. Each pitcher pitched some on Saturday, and one of them (Raley) pitched on Friday, and you know what they say about relievers’ arms falling off should you try to use them a second or […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, Adonis Medina, Billy Eppler, Brett Baty, Brooks Raley, Buck Showalter, Carlos Carrasco, David Robertson, Dominic Leone, Grant Hartwig, Jeff Brigham, Josh Walker, Network, Options, Relief Pitching, Saturday Night Live, Vinny Nittoli 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 Tough walking around New York with all that smoke wafting down from Canadian wildfires. To take our minds off the ominous skies, let’s enjoy some Mets highlights from Wednesday night in Atlanta! All of New York can see how great its Mets are doing. No delay — the game starts on time! 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Braves, Brooks Raley, Delusion, Dominic Leone, Francisco Alvarez, Haziness, Hit By Pitch, Max Scherzer, Pete Alonso, Pinch-Running, Tommy Pham The first half of Wednesday’s game burbled vaguely out of my phone from a waterproof pouch around my neck: It was Opening Day for kayak season, so first I was sitting in a boat off a Brooklyn Bridge Park pier making sure people didn’t drown or do anything dopey and then I was hauling racks […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Baby Mets, Brandon Marsh, Brett Baty, Brooks Raley, Carlos Carrasco, Defense, Francisco Lindor, Mark Canha, Phillies, Roger Clemens, Trea Turner The Rockies has somehow now been around for 30 years. I was at their first-ever game, which they lost to the Mets at Shea. I watched them beat the Mets behind Dante Bichette in extras at Coors Field’s christening. Since then I’ve seen the Mets play at Coors far too often for my liking. I’ve […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, Brandon Nimmo, Brooks Raley, Coors Field, Eduardo Escobar, Max Scherzer, Mike Moustakas, Nolan Jones, Rockies I was in Boston this weekend for my niece’s med-school graduation, which meant the Mets took a back seat to family doings. But not much of a back seat, seeing how it was me and all — the Mets went about their business in my ear, via GameDay and my watch face, on my phone […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Baby Mets, Brett Baty, Brooks Raley, Doubleheader Sweeps, Doubleheaders, Francisco Alvarez, Francisco Lindor, Guardians, Howie Rose, Jose Ramirez, Justin Verlander, Mark Vientos, Max Scherzer, Pete Alonso, Rob Manfred, Shane Bieber, Starling Marte This recap begins with a confession. Emily and I had tickets for Thursday night’s game, obtained weeks ago in exchange for a smallish charitable contribution. My 2023 debut at Citi Field was nigh, and with it the chance to demonstrate that I was not, in fact, jinxed despite having gone 0 for 2022 as an attendee, […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brett Baty, Brooks Raley, C.J. Abrams, David Robertson, Jeff McNeil, Jinxes, Joey Lucchesi, Mason Thompson, Nats, Pete Alonso, Starling Marte, Tommy Hunter |
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