No doubt they faced each other plenty in the American League, but I wasn’t paying attention. That’s the beauty and perhaps the drawback of the two leagues maintaining distinct identities. I don’t have to be conscious of one of them. I’m a Mets fan, thus I’m a National League fan. If there’s somebody in 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 |  An Appreciation, Carlos Beltran, Jimmy Rollins, Moment of Silence, Phillies, Roy Halladay The Mets posted a message on their videoboards prior to Friday night’s game at Citi Field: WELCOME 2017 GROUPS. Judging from the clusters of onlookers scattered throughout the stands, it could have as accurately said WELCOME 2,017 PEOPLE. Demand for tickets doesn’t spike when the home team doesn’t readily supply a steady stream of wins. Eventually, […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Attendance, Groups, Jeopardy, Jimmy Rollins, Jose Reyes, Phillip Evans, Seth Lugo, Sports Management, Tommy Milone, Travis Taijeron, Tsuyoshi Shinjo, Youth of America Admittedly, that new Cuddyer smell that so intoxicated our nostrils when the Mets made their loud November move has grown faint. What’s that they say about vehicles losing their value as soon as they leave the dealership? Our new (technically pre-owned) right fielder hasn’t rolled up one additional mile since he pulled into our garage, […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam LaRoche, Giancarlo Stanton, Jason Heyward, Jimmy Rollins, John Mayberry Jr., Michael Cuddyer, Sean Gilmartin How is it that a lineup loaded with ballplayers who jammed the box score of a World Series clincher can appear so routinely beatable? The dichotomy in perception probably has something to do with a temporal gap, what with that particular World Series having taken place in 2008 and the beating in question proceeding in […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carlos Ruiz, Chase Utley, Cole Hamels, Dale Thayer, Darren Bragg, Dillon Gee, Gary Bennett, Jimmy Rollins, Lucas Duda, Mike Baxter, Phillies, Ryan Howard, Stability, Taylor Teagarden, Team History, The Shawshank Redemption Crazy how the baseball schedule sometimes does this: On Thursday afternoon, August 30, 2012, the New York Mets finished a series with the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. On Thursday afternoon, August 30, 2007, the New York Mets finished a series with the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. The circumstances surrounding the respective one-run losses that […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2007 Mets, Billy Wagner, Charlie Manuel, Coincidental Scheduling, Jimmy Rollins, Jon Niese, Kevin Frandsen, Kyle Kendrick, Lingering Dismay, Mike Baxter, Phillies, Scott Hairston, Ty Wigginton That darn Giancarlo Stanton really did it to us Sunday. What a bastard. The walkoff grand slam that added a fashionable dent to the fishy Home Run Sculpture? No, not that (though that sucked, too). I’m talking about Stanton’s first hit, the single to center that opened the bottom of the second, which was the Marlins’ […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Dick Groat, Fiftieth Anniversary, Garry Templeton, Giancarlo Stanton, Jimmy Qualls, Jimmy Rollins, Juan Pierre, Julian Javier, No-Hitters, Pete Rose, Stan Javier, Team History, Tom Seaver It’s an age-old fan question: Your team’s down seven runs, and not destined to win. Given this, how would you prefer them to exit stage final? Biting and scratching and clawing, even if all’s in vain? Or quickly and quietly, so as not to waste valuable pluck and luck? (Pluck and luck don’t actually work […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Antonio Bastardo, Blaine Boyer, Comebacks, Disappointment, Fans, Jimmy Rollins, Mike Pelfrey, Phillies The wind chill was punishing. The men’s room line was eternal. The reconfigured commutation hub was a headscratcher. The manager’s decision to allow his shakiest reliever to face the opponent’s most dangerous slugger with an open base and two out was curious. But all that goes in the “never mind that right now” file thanks to […] 25 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2007 Mets, Jimmy Rollins, Mets Home Opener, Shea Stadium |
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