I nodded off briefly during Sunday’s game. I debated going for a full-blown nap, but thought, nah, this is the first Sunday afternoon the Mets have played this season. I gotta sit up for this. Still, against the backdrop of the Mets playing as they are in what this season is, a nap was probably […]
 
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. |
 21 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Brodie Van Wagenen, Communications, Opting Out, Pandemics, Yoenis Cespedes Yoenis Cespedes said he won’t be speaking to the media this year. If he’s not speaking to the media, he’s not speaking to the fans. C’mon, Yo, talk to us. You don’t have to say anything substantive. Hardly any of your professional colleagues do when they’re not suggesting what acts of vigilante justice they’d like seen […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, Communications, Dom Smith, Dominic Smith, Media, Spring Training, Yoenis Cespedes The Mets took the field Monday night having lost five in a row, three to the lowly Miami Marlins, and the portents were not good. Brodie Van Wagenen gave one of those sound-and-fury “full support for the manager” press conferences that make you even more convinced someone’s going to get fired; revealed the surprising, confounding […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brodie Van Wagenen, Communications, Drew Gagnon, Mickey Callaway, Patrick Corbin, Robinson Cano, Wilmer Font Let’s be clear about one thing after a day where clarity was sadly lacking: Zack Wheeler was wonderful. Wheeler’s blossoming is one of the unalloyed positives to come out of this weirdly bitter Mets season: Wheeler seems to have shaken off injuries and rust and youth to become the top-flight starter we’d imagined since he arrived. […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aramis Garcia, Chris Shaw, Communications, David Wright, Giants, One-Car Funerals, Stupid Fucking Bullshit, Wilpons, Zack Wheeler To borrow a phrase favored by Josh Lewin, what did we learn on Saturday afternoon watching the Mets lose in the Bronx, other than Saturday afternoon Subway Series conflicts have diminished in appeal since Matt Franco was in fullest bloom? We learned the […] 25 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2015 Mets, Asdrubal Cabrera, Baseball's Sad Lexicon, Bobby Wahl, Branon Nimmo, Communications, Designated Hitter, Devin Mesoraco, Jeurys Familia, Josh Lewin, Lack of GM, Matt den Dekker, Mickey Callaway, Ron Hunt, Subway Series, The West Wing, Trades, Will Toffey, Yoenis Cespedes |
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