Matt Harvey wasn’t great, but he battled, to use a term from a similarly downtrodden era. The Mets’ bats were better than they’ve been, not that that’s saying much — they actually took an early lead, then came back against the Reds to tie the score. Daniel Murphy is back to demonstrating that none of […]
 
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. |
 11 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Dwight Gooden, Ike Davis, Keith Hernandez, Matt Harvey On Monday night, the Mets got not quite enough of what they needed and a bit too much of what they didn’t. While that may sound like a description of any given one-run loss, this one struck me as quintessentially Metsian. I know I’ve seen it before, again and again. Their starting pitcher could have gotten […] 16 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Age, Cynicism, Ike Davis, LaTroy Hawkins, Loss, Marlon Byrd, Shaun Marcum They walked on Ninth Avenue, with Harvey and the two friends in front, his sister and her husband behind them. When they arrived at the restaurant, his sister was laughing about what had just happened on the street. “Do you know how many people just did the second take on you?” she said to her […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Gerry Arrigo, Harveysteria, Ike Davis, Marlon Byrd, Matt Harvey, Pitchers Hitting, Sid Fernandez, Terry Collins, Tom Seaver In the heart of the communications capital of the world, I couldn’t say for sure what was going on one borough over. You can wire yourself up to the gills so you know everything at every minute the minute it happens, but if you find yourself one story beneath the sidewalk in an edgy Greenwich […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bobby Parnell, Dillon Gee, Ike Davis, Juan Lagares, Marlon Byrd, Mike Baxter, The Happiest Recap (The Book), Varsity Letters Some positive developments for the Mets Saturday. Shaun Marcum got his throwing in, working his way up to 71 pitches. He only lasted four innings, but it’s not like anybody was counting. Then Terry Collins experimented a little and brought Robert Carson in for the fifth, which isn’t where you’d expect to see him, but […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Collin Cowgill, Extended Spring Training, Ike Davis, Justin Turner, LaTroy Hawkins, Mike Baxter, Robert Carson, Ruben Tejada, Scott Rice, Shaun Marcum “When you’re dating,” Shrevie (Daniel Stern) advised Eddie (Steve Gutenberg) in 1982’s Diner, “everything is talking about sex. Where can we do it? Why can’t we do it? Are you parents gonna be out so we can do it?” I was having conversations like those in 1982, though my “it” was usually different from the […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2013 Mets, Brandon Lyon, Contenders, Diner, Ike Davis, Michael Bourn, Ramon Ramirez, Sandy Alderson Ike Davis…he was at that Mets holiday party a couple of weeks ago, too. His attendance got kind of lost in the shuffle given the kerfuffle that was kicked up by the remarks of his (now erstwhile) teammate, but Ike’s presence at Citi Field on December 11 was both comforting and intriguing for several reasons. First […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2012 Mets, Babylon, Camp Simcha, Ike Davis, John Franco, Jordany Valdespin, Josh Thole, Long Island, Mets Holiday Party, New York Cuban Giants, Robert Moses Some Sunday at the end of August — with no hurricane in sight and no hurricane having recently hit — is the time to spend an afternoon in my hometown. The birth certificate says different, but I’m a native of Long Beach, Long Island, New York. Got myself born in Brooklyn because my Long Beach-resident […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Home, Hurricanes, Ike Davis, Jeremy Hefner, Jon Niese, Kelly Shoppach, Long Beach, Lucas Duda, Radio Think you like Ike now? At least as good a reason as his two homers and five RBIs last night to applaud Mr. Davis is the commitment he’s made to support Solving Kids’ Cancer and the Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative with his annual fundraising events. The most recent of them took place a couple of […] 1 comment - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Ike Davis, Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative, Solving Kids' Cancer The Mets’ playoff chances are dead, but after two months without a pulse the team itself is alive. No, it doesn’t matter. But it’s still nice to see — baseball is a far better companion when your team not only wins but plays with a little panache and offers you some hope for the future. David Wright […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | David Wright, Ed Kranepool, Ike Davis, Jenrry Mejia |
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