The word that keeps getting repeated by Mets and people around the Mets is “electric”. Citi Field, they say, is electric. They’re not referring to how the stadium lights are lit or how its loudspeakers are amplified. They’re describing the atmosphere with fans filling seats with their anatomies and the air with their exclamations. Capacity […]
 
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. |
 8 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2020 Mets, 2021 Mets, David Peterson, Electric, Jake Marisnick, Mets Fans, Team History, Unplugged The Mets got their butts kicked in Baltimore on Tuesday night. Things went just fine at the outset, as Francisco Lindor walked and Pete Alonso hit a line drive into the left-field stands for a quick 2-0 lead. But David Peterson struggled through the first, gave up three in the second and was excused further duties […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bruce Zimmermann, David Peterson, Debacles, Maikel Franco, Orioles, Pete Alonso, Robert Gsellman, Young Pitching Welcome to YouTube! Based on your viewing history, these videos are specially recommended for you! DELUGE OF OFFENSE OUT OF THE GATE 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | David Peterson, Howie Rose, Madison Bumgarner, Robert Gsellman, Seth Lugo, Travis Blankenhorn, Wayne Randazzo, YouTube “Please cover your left eye and tell me what you saw Wednesday night from Atlanta.” “David Peterson carrying a no-hitter into the fifth inning, showing the promise that gets us so excited about him … defensive prodigy Khalil Lee making his second sensational catch in two nights … Cameron Maybin using his wheels and wits to […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Cameron Maybin, David Peterson, Expectations, Frustration, Jacob Barnes, James McCann, Khalil Lee, Ronald Acuna Jr., Tomas Nido One of my more searing minor Mets memories — to use a very Mets-fan turn of phrase — is from May 3, 1996. That was Paul Wilson‘s sixth career start, against the Cubs at Wrigley Field. Wilson, one-third of the vaunted Generation K, hadn’t exactly streaked out of the gate: As the second month of his […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aaron Loup, Brett Phillips, David Peterson, Jonathan Villar, Kevin Padlo, Luis Rojas, Manuel Margot, Mike Zunino, Paul Wilson, Rays, Sammy Sosa, Trevor May, Tyler Glasnow, Young Pitching My usual approach to frustrating losses is to recap them as quickly as possible and have faith that the sun rising again will bring a little optimism back with it. But sometimes I can’t bring myself to do that and opt for a different strategy, which is basically to go to bed and hope it […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1969 Mets, Booing, David Peterson, Francisco Lindor, Garrett Richards, Jerry Blevins It isn’t a beautiful night at normally beautiful Wrigley Field, as the Mets have fallen further behind the Chicago Cubs, and now manager Luis Rojas comes out of the dugout to have a word with home plate umpire Bruce Dreckman, apparently ready to make a change to his lineup. After conferring with Dreckman, Luis walks […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bob Murphy, Casey Stengel, Cold, David Peterson, Errors, Francisco Lindor, Gil Hodges, J.D. Davis, Luis Guillorme, Luis Rojas, Pete Alonso, Position Players Pitching, Radio, Redeeming Features, Team History, Wrigley Field I was uneasy about Wednesday night, as if the shadow of the past was reaching out for the Mets. It started with news that Jed Lowrie is alive and well and back in Oakland, perfectly ambulatory and hitting home runs now that his knee has been surgically repaired. It turns out, in whatever the opposite […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aaron Loup, Brandon Nimmo, David Peterson, Francisco Lindor, Hope, James McCann, Jed Lowrie, Wilpons, Zack Wheeler If a team starts the season 1-1, the third game is a Rorschach test. It usually determines whether you’ve won or lost your first series. It always determines whether you’re 2-1 or 1-2. It’s undeniably true that the third game also determines whether your winning percentage will be .667, which is the stuff of awestruck recollections […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | David Peterson, Dellin Betances, Jacob Barnes, Jeff McNeil, Joey Lucchesi, Michael Conforto, Small Sample Sizes One of the rites of Spring is being reminded all in baseball is not as it sounds. For example, sometimes you hear about pitchers going through “dead arm,” and your instinct is to freak out because dead surely sounds like an irreversible condition. But then you’re told, no, “dead arm” is a temporary malady, don’t […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aaron Laffey, Al Jackson, Al Leiter, Bill Denehy, Bill Latham, Bob L. Miller, Carlos Carrasco, Craig Swan, Dave Mlicki, David Cone, David Peterson, Dillon Gee, Don Cardwell, Dwight Gooden, Elbow Soreness, Fifth Starters, Hank Webb, Harry Parker, Jason Vargas, Mark Bomback, Mark Clark, Nolan Ryan, Ray Sadecki, Rick Reed, Team History, Terry Leach |
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