 
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. |
The Mets are signing somebody! Cue the applause! I’m clapping, and not just politely, to my mild surprise. I’m all for the Mets securing the services of better players, and I’m fairly certain Curtis Granderson is better than what they had before they got him. Perhaps because I didn’t expect the Mets to actually get him […]  16 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2014 Mets, Cliff Floyd, Curtis Granderson, Jason Bay, Johan Santana, Marlon Byrd, Mike Piazza, Money, Pedro Martinez, Vladimir Guerrero, Willie Montanez By 5 PM Sunday, darkness will have descended over the New York Metropolitan Area, a development fully attributable to the Baseball’s Over Act of 1917, implemented by Congress and signed by President Wilson when it was realized that once the World Series is done, then in all honesty, who cares how depressing it is outside? To […] I’m not the most observant person in any room when it comes to physical attributes, but I was always taken aback by Johan Santana’s shoulders. Speaking strictly as a Mets fan, I could’ve spent a lifetime on those shoulders. They seemed capable of defying latitude and going on forever — which wouldn’t be worth observing […] Johangate, thank goodness, seems to be over. The Mets were unhappy about Johan Santana, introducing him to the underside of various buses in wondering how he came to camp not in pitching shape. Johan was unhappy with the Mets, throwing bullpen sessions to prove points and then being surly/silent, or so we’ve been told by the […] In the aftermath of the Mets’ failure to sign Michael Bourn (or their success at retaining the 11th Draft Pick), I wondered if the resolution would have struck me as so disappointing had not so many details of its progress emerged during the process leading up to it. The Mets were talking to Bourn…the Mets […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Johan Santana, Media, Message, Michael Bourn, R.A. Dickey, Sandy Alderson Gentle Reader: The topical hook of this column is incredibly outdated, but the historical stuff is still keen! *** Michael Bourn. Not a Met. Not yet. Maybe never. Maybe soon. It’s not a story that seems to include resolution. (EDITOR’S NOTE: Resolution came.) But if Bourn is gonna be one of ours soon, he’s gonna start his […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Al Leiter, Brady Clark, Brandon Lyon, Chan Ho Park, Chris Aguila, Clem Labine, Clint Hurdle, Dale Thayer, Dan Wheeler, Dave Kingman, David Cone, David Lamb, Dennis Springer, Dick Stuart, Don Aase, Elmer Dessense, February Finds, George Foster, Hisanori Takahashi, James Baldwin, Jason Isringhausen, Jason Pridie, Jay Bell, Johan Santana, Jose Lima, Livan Hernandez, Luis Alvarado, Luis Hernandez, Mark Johnson, Marlon Byrd, Michael Bourn, Mike Glavine, Mike Jacobs, Nelson Figueroa, Pedro Feliciano, Recidivist Mets, Ricardo Rincon, Rich Rodriguez, Ricky Bottalico, Rod Barajas, Ron Taylor, Scott Erickson, Team History, Todd Zeile Mets fans understand each other because of our shared language, a common tongue that allows us to communicate with one another in a form of shorthand that speaks to our peaks of triumph, our valleys of despair and those plains on which we journey for the journey’s sake. Taken as a whole, our shared language […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | First No-Hitter in New York Mets History, Johan Santana, Nikon Camera Mets Player of the Year There are several numerical ways to flesh out the state of the Mets after Wednesday night’s rerun of Tuesday night, which was a carbon copy of Monday night (assuming that creepy dude from W.B. Mason still sells carbon paper), which wasn’t materially different from Sunday afternoon’s defeat, if you can remember back that far in […] 21 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2012 Mets, August, Awfulness, Garrett Olson, Johan Santana, Matt Harvey, Sandy Alderson, Terry Collins, The Last Hurrah “I can still play football. I look at films day after day, week in and week out, and I know I can still play. I feel good throwing — there’s not a pass in the book I can’t throw. My arm is good no matter what people say and my legs are okay. I’ve had […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brilliance, Injuries, Joe Namath, Johan Santana, Misery Cassandra: One who predicts misfortune or disaster Pollyanna: A person characterized by irrepressible optimism and a tendency to find good in everything CassieClub: OMG!!! Johan DONE!!!!!! PollyPorch: Johan looked fine. A few tough breaks. CassieClub: Whats ERA since no no??? A THOUSAND?????? PollyPorch: Mechanics OK. Velocity OK. Some lucky hits. CassieClub: NEVER SHOULD HAVE LET HIM THROW 134!!!!!! PollyPorch: That was 2 […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Freddie Freeman, Johan Santana, Reasonable People Can Disagree |
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