This was the game we’d been waiting for, the game we’d been dreading, the game we knew in our bones was coming. This was the game that you couldn’t hide inside the supposedly reassuring (and likely temporary) confines of first place. This was the game that came tumbling forcefully out of the closet of Metropolitan […]
 
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. |
 15 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Alex Torres, Bobby Parnell, Cameron Maybin, Carlos Torres, Danny Muno, Darrell Ceciliani, Dilson Herrera, Eric Campbell, Jack Leathersich, Jacob deGrom, Overmatched, Shelby Miller Bartolo Colon has 9 wins. Jeurys Familia has 18 saves. Those are some pretty cool numbers, even for our sophisticated statistical times. Wins have been discredited as a leading indicator of starting pitcher effectiveness and are all but useless for measuring anything a reliever does, but when the starter always earns the decision, I don’t think […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alex Torres, Bartolo Colon, Carlos Torres, Dilson Herrera, Jeurys Familia, Statistics, Tsuris Last year the Mets looked kind of OK in the early going. On May 26 they lost a horrific 5-3 game to the Pirates, dropping their record to 22-28, but then won six of their next seven, including three of four in Philadelphia, lifting their record to 28-29. So they rolled into Chicago to take […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carlos Torres, Cubs, Matt Harvey, Wrigley Field First off, why do I always have to recap the losses? I need to speak to management. If you thought a 15-6 start meant a moratorium on asking what Terry Collins is thinking, well, you weren’t checking in with Mets Twitter as tonight’s game got away. Why pitch to Giancarlo Stanton when you don’t have to? Why […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carlos Torres, Giancarlo Stanton, Michael Morse, Ruben Tejada, Terry Collins When I fell asleep last night, the first-place Mets had won their seventh in a row and held the best record in the National League. When I woke up this morning, the still first-place Mets had still won their seventh in a row and still held the best record in the National League. So this isn’t […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alex Torres, Buddy Carlyle, Carlos Torres, Dee Gordon, G. Gordon Liddy, Jacob deGrom, Marlins Your meaningful games in September update: The Mets are officially better than they were the last two years — they won their 75th game of the year tonight. For the moment at least they’re better than the Marlins, though tied in the lost column. Can they finish with a winning record after the All-Star break? They’ll need to […] The following account is issued as a public service as well as for cheap jokes. If you are over 50 years of age, please consult your physician. Bartolo Colon was supposed to start Monday afternoon’s Mets game, but was called away due to a family health emergency. I was supposed to have a colonoscopy during Monday afternoon’s […] Tuesday night in August means Chasin Time at Citi Field for the Princes. For the Chasins, it means Prince Time. It’s a good time for all every year for five years suddenly, as time lives up to its reputation and flies. Stephanie and I have been meeting up with erstwhile Bar Mitzvah boy/sharp-eyed sleepover correspondent […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carlos Torres, Citi Field, Nationals, Rafael Montero, Ryder Chasin, Tradition Terrible uniforms! Good starting pitching! Bad bullpen work! Questionable strategies! An umpiring controversy! And, finally, a walk-off! That’s quite a lot for one game, even with two extra frames, but it wound up as a victory for the forces of good, with Ruben Tejada whacking a clean single up the middle, then showing his most surprising speed […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carlos Torres, Eric Campbell, Patience, Ruben Tejada, Terry Collins, Travis d'Arnaud, Umpires Jon Niese looked like he wanted to strangle Terry Collins. Anthony Recker was all set to deck Angel Hernandez. Carlos Torres appeared ready to tear his own head from his neck out of frustration. Who says the Mets don’t have any fight left in them? Hits and runs are another matter, of course, and few of […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Angel Hernandez, Anthony Recker, Carlos Torres, Jonathon Niese, Kevin Burkhardt |
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