Reed Garrett and Adam Ottavino were good, but Jake Diekman was not — handed a 4-3 lead in the ninth, he surrendered a pinch-hit double and a home run (Ketel Marte‘s second of the afternoon) to put the Mets in their familiar behind-the-eight-ball position before an out was recorded. How familiar? Since May 1 the […]
 
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 |  Adam Ottavino, Bad Relief Pitching, Diamondbacks, J.D. Martinez, Jake Diekman, Jonahs, Ketel Marte, Paul Sewald, Reed Garrett When the Mets are behind, Keith Raad likes to convey the score to those of us listening on the radio or some radio-adjacent audio product by informing us that they’re chasing whatever the deficit is. It’s a perfectly fine way to go about one’s business, and Raad has been a good addition to the narrator ranks. […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adrian Houser, Brandon Nimmo, Carlos Carrasco, David Fry, Emmanuel Clase, Guardians, J.D. Martinez, Jake Diekman, Jeff McNeil, Jose Ramirez, Josh Naylor, Keith Raad, Mark Vientos, Nick Sandlin, Pete Alonso, Starling Marte, Xzavion Curry In the top of the first inning on Sunday afternoon, the Mets scored four runs, with Tyrone Taylor driving in two and Harrison Bader driving in two more. As soon as the third out was made, I called the visitors’ dugout in Miami. Bench coach John Gibbons answered. Gibby, I said, it’s Greg. Hi Greg, […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, Brandon Nimmo, Carlos Mendoza, Christian Bethancourt, Helpful Advice, Jake Diekman, John Franco, John Gibbons, Phone Calls, Sean Manaea, Sean Reid-Foley After a weekend when the Mets sought out and discovered multiple ways to lose in St. Petersburg, it was a pleasant change of pace to watch them figure out how to win one in St. Louis. They sat Pete Alonso. Given the Polar Bear’s roughly 2-for-a-thousand slump, they kind of had to. They inserted DJ Stewart in […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, Brandon Nimmo, Cardinals, DJ Stewart, Edwin Diaz, Jake Diekman, Jeff McNeil, Joey Wendle, Pete Alonso, Rare Pleasure, Sean Manaea, Tomas Nido Ah, baseball. It’s a game of redemption, they say. The question sometimes is who gets redeemed last. Chris Taylor, normally reliable as a Dodger, has endured a nightmarish 2024 so far, one that left him hitting .029 going into Friday night’s game against the Mets. Things didn’t get much better for Taylor in his first AB: […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Chris Taylor, City Connect, Dodgers, Francisco Lindor, Freddie Freeman, Jake Diekman, Joey Wendle, Mercury Mets, Redemption, Reed Garrett, Uniforms, Yoshinobu Yamamoto By some stroke of coincidence, the Mets have visited Atlanta on the 30th, 40th and 50th anniversaries of Hank Aaron’s 715th career home run, which is swell, because what decent baseball fan doesn’t adore and revere the legacy of Hank Aaron? The Mets have to play the Braves at some point of every season. Might […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1973 Mets, 2004 Mets, Brandon Nimmo, Cole Sulser, Comebacks, Dan Wheeler, DJ Stewart, Drew Smith, Hank Aaron, Harry Parker, Jake Diekman, John Milner, Jorge Lopez, Julio Teheran, Reed Garrett, Scott Erickson, Team History, Travis d'Arnaud, Tug McGraw, Willie Mays As soon as you understand that a manager is going to try to “stay away” from using the relievers he relies on most, you also understand you’re going to need either a spit-ton of runs from your lineup or a comparable amount of innings from your starting pitcher. By the middle of the sixth inning […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Jake Diekman, Luis Severino, Moment of Silence, Pat Zachry, Reds, Relief Pitching, Unease, Yohan Ramirez “What a break,” the player said. “Wow! This is great. I can hardly believe it. Imagine going to a club like the Phillies. I feel like I’ve been born again.” The player was Buddy Harrelson, on the occasion of his trade from the Mets in Spring Training 1978. The Mets were founded in 1962 and were […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2024 Mets, Adrian Gonzalez, Adrian Houser, Bud Harrelson, Buddy Harrelson, Dom Smith, Harrison Bader, Home, J.D. Martinez, Jake Diekman, Joey Wendle, Jorge Lopez, Luis Severino, Mark Vientos, Mets Home Opener, Mets Opening Day, Michael Tonkin, Opening Day, Patches, Sean Manaea, Tyrone Taylor, Yohan Ramirez, Zack Short |
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