Actually the Mets aren’t 4-70. They’re 4-7, which is considerably different — smack dab in the middle of “small sample size” territory, within the bounds of which no wise person draws conclusions. And even if you can’t resist the temptation, a bit of further, mostly non-quantified reflection should be enough to coax you off the […]
 
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. |
 17 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Carlos Beltran, Daniel Murphy, Disappointment, Perspective, Rockies, Uniforms, Willie Harris Even for my baseball-obsessed family, it was a wall-to-wall day. Saturday began with the annual Little League Parade, an exercise in genial chaos in which a rainbow of teams assemble on a block of 1st Street whose residents I imagine make sure to be out of town this particular weekend, then march down 7th Avenue to […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brooklyn, Carlos Beltran, Chris Capuano, David Wright, Fathers and Sons, Jose Reyes, Terry Collins Josh Thole loomed as Mr. Metaphor Saturday night, falling down rounding first and getting his eager ass tagged out on a throw-behind from Emilio Bonifacio to Gaby Sanchez in the seventh, then picking himself up, dusting himself off and lining the go-ahead single in the ninth. Turned out, however, Thole’s destiny was to serve as […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2007 Mets, 2011 Mets, Blaine Boyer, Bobby Parnell, Brad Emaus, Brett Hayes, Carlos Beltran, Chin-lung Hu, Chris Coghlan, Daniel Murphy, David Wright, Emilio Bonifacio, Frankie Rodriguez, Gaby Sanchez, Greg Dobbs, Ike Davis, Jon Niese, Jose Reyes, Josh Thole, Logan Morrison, Lucas Duda, Mike Dunn, Mookie Wilson, Omar Infante, Redemption, Ryan Webb, Scott Cousins, Soilmaster Stadium, Terry Collins, Willie Harris Neither the world nor the season ended just because the Mets forgot that they never lose on Opening Day/Night. Still, the whole John Fogerty “beat the drum, hold the phone, the sun came out today” sensation usually associated with the first game of the year grew rather hollow once I realized what I was waiting […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brad Emaus, Carlos Beltran, Duke of Iron, John Buck, John Fogerty, Josh Johnson, Just One Game, Marlins, Mets Opening Day, Mike Pelfrey, Pedro Beato, Scott Hairston, Terry Collins, Willie Harris Aaron Heilman has been thwarted in his latest attempt to make a starting rotation and will pitch in relief for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Adam Wainwright is officially on the 60-Day Disabled List. Oliver Perez is feeling his way through a minor league contract with the Washington Nationals. Jeff Suppan has been released by the San […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1986 Mets, 2006 Mets, 2006 NLCS, Aaron Heilman, Adam Wainwright, Anniversaries, Carlos Beltran, Endy Chavez, Gratitude, Jeff Suppan, Milestones, Oliver Perez, Regret, Team History, Yadier Molina I wanted Carlos Beltran to insist that he was in one of the better shapes of his life, certainly the best of the past few years of his life. “Best shape of my life” would have been too clichéd and beyond credulity. We saw Carlos Beltran when his shape was indisputably spectacular. I would have […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Angel Pagan, Carlos Beltran, Center Fielders, Endings, Mike Cameron, Mike Piazza, Pedro Martinez Duke Snider was hugely talented, agreeably and disagreeably human by turns, and essential to the myth of the Brooklyn Dodgers — for the move west from Ebbets Field to the other side of the continent threw his career into permanent decline, almost as if the Duke of Flatbush had lost his royal powers when he […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carlos Beltran, Duke Snider, Fans, Farewells, Moment of Silence, Money Today is the sixth anniversary of Faith and Fear in Flushing, and I’m touched that the Mets thought to get us Jason Isringhausen to mark the occasion. A 1995 Met is the perfect touch. From the standpoint of FAFIF mythology, only Bill Pulsipher would have been more appropriate. Your co-bloggers’ first game together was June 17, […] 17 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1995 Mets, 2011 Mets, Anniversaries, Bill Pulsipher, Bill Spiers, Carlos Beltran, Internal Affairs, Jason Isringhausen, Mets Fans Looking back, you could see that as the last moment when the sports business was at human scale, a club where everybody knew who was who. Why wouldn’t you want to be around baseball in December? It’s so much better than everything else December has to offer. Tuesday, December 14, […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Blogging, Carlos Beltran, David Wright, Ike Davis, Jason Bay, Media, Mets Holiday Party, Sandy Alderson, Terry Collins, Winter In the last two games against the Phillies, one player has gone 5 for 8 with two home runs, a diving catch, a statement made on the field and fiery talk off the field. This player has raised his average 46 points since September 3. He’s not a September call-up or a rookie, but a […] |
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