So first I was really busy. And then I was really busy and in Toronto. (More on Toronto in a bit.) Between those two things, the Mets receded into a vague, distant unpleasantness, like a civil war in another hemisphere. I read Greg’s recaps and saw highlights, but I was spared the endless, metered doses […]
 
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 |  Blue Jays, Injuries, Jeff Wilpon, John Maine, Omar Minaya, Stupidity I was napping when Sunday afternoon’s game began. So were the Mets. When I awoke and flipped on the bedside radio, the first thing I heard from Wayne Hagin was something about trying to limit the damage. But the damage had been done. The Mets were down six-nothing and yet another starting pitcher…and it wasn’t even […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Injuries, Jon Niese, Marlins, Soilmaster Stadium, The Shawshank Redemption Watching Mike Pelfrey obliterate the Cubs and the Mets hitters do enough, I felt something I hadn’t felt since Opening Day. Or rather, I noted the absence of something. Panic. In 2009, a late two-run lead for the Mets was called foreshadowing. In the first week of the season it was a fantasy, as the Mets weren’t […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carlos Beltran, Injuries, Jose Reyes, Mike Pelfrey, Ryota Igarashi Today I made up my mind: I was going to nip and tuck some assignments and duties and to-dos and do something I’ve done too little of this spring. Namely, I was going to watch my team play some baseball. My team didn’t disappoint — a walk-off home run is always fun, even if it doesn’t […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Cardinals, Carlos Beltran, Fear, Injuries, Jose Reyes, Omar Minaya, Spring Training, Tony LaRussa It’s September 2009. The last thing I want to do is give the Mets more of my money. But there I am, at Citi Field, in the team store browsing, when I see a sign advising me that player number t-shirts are on SALE. See, this is why I’ll never be an effective participant in a […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2009 Mets, Bud Harrelson, Dwight Gooden, Edgardo Alfonzo, Favorite Players, Injuries, Jose Reyes, Mike Jacobs, Rey Ordonez, Rico Brogna, T-shirts, Tom Seaver Remember, in the wake of the Carlos Beltran fiasco, how the Mets wanted those mean people in the media and all us nasty bloggers to think about the rash of injuries that derailed the team on a case-by-case basis, instead of trying to look for patterns? Well OK. Fair enough. Let’s evaluate these comments from J.J. […] Omar Minaya has told Newsday…ah, y’know what? I was going to update the saga of the ‘scope, but honestly, what’s the point? Without getting into Minaya’s crystal-clear explanation that he did talk to Beltran but he didn’t tell Beltran to have the surgery but there’s no problem between the organization and Beltran even though the […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carlos Beltran, Injuries, Omar Minaya, public relations “I am totally surprised by the reaction to my recent knee surgery.” Honestly, this is better than the Jay-Conan thing. I mean, yeah, I know, we don’t want to be without Carlos Beltran, and it won’t be the least bit funny come April 5 when Angel Pagan is waiting for a fly ball in left only to […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carlos Beltran, Disappointment, Injuries, John Ricco, Omar Minaya, public relations The Mets wanted Carlos Beltran to get a third opinion? OK, here goes: “Hey Carlos, your team needs starting pitching.” Opinions are like Met injuries: There are plenty to go around. Today the Mets expressed, as blandly and nonlitigiously as possible (other than by just shutting up), the opinion that Carlos Beltran went behind their backs to […] Carlos Beltran is out for a projected twelve weeks — three or so months of not just not playing, but also not practicing — after surprise arthoscopic surgey on his right knee to address osteoarthritis that was causing him too much pain to continue offseason training. I say “surprise,” because it reportedly wasn’t on the […] |
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