 
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. |
Johan Santana is throwing from flat ground in St. Lucie and hopes to be ready for Opening Day. Adam Rubin has the story here, MetsBlog offers SNY video here. Even with too many other signs pointing downward, and even as there are “no assurances” that the ace of the staff will be ready to face the […] Welcome to The Happiest Recap, a solid gold slate of New York Mets games culled from every schedule the Mets have ever played en route to this, their fiftieth year in baseball. We’ve created a dream season that includes the “best” 160th game in any Mets season, the “best” 161st game in any Mets season…and […]  7 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1973 Mets, 1982 Mets, 1999 Mets, 2008 Mets, Cleon Jones, Fiftieth Anniversary, Johan Santana, John Franco, Kenny Rogers, Robin Ventura, Rusty Staub, Team History, Terry Leach, The Happiest Recap, Tom Seaver, Tug McGraw, Wayne Garrett, Willie Mays INT. CITI FIELD — NIGHT Several dejected Mets are sitting around the clubhouse, half in and half out of their uniforms. JUSTIN TURNER R.A. DICKEY 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, Daniel Murphy, Johan Santana, Justin Turner, R.A. Dickey, Rainouts Well, Emily and I had fun for eight innings. It was a lovely night, we warmed up for the game with my wife’s first-ever visit to Donovan’s (I wouldn’t say it’s the best burger in New York City, but it’s very good — a bar burger executed perfectly), and during the mid innings I got to […] 25 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Citi Field, Disappointment, Fans, Jason Isringhausen, Johan Santana, Justin Turner, Marlins Except for my standard-issue human blood and my mother’s accusations that I harbored “Bolshevik” sympathies as a nine-year-old McGovernite, you won’t find a drop of red in me. No Cardinal red, certainly. Ptui! on the 1985 Cardinals. Ptui! on the 1987 Cardinals. Ptui! on the Best Fans In Baseball. A Niagara Falls of loogies on […] 17 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Albert Pujols, Bad Contracts, Cardinals, Homegrown Mets, Johan Santana Expression of resigned exasperation with latest result. Acknowledgement that result doesn’t matter at this stage of season, yet it is always frustrating to encounter this sort of result. Link to article spelling out game details. Snarky aside. Key example of what went wrong in game. Assertion of saving grace, focusing on how this was just one game and player who […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carlos Beltran, Discouraging Developments, Embarrassment, Jeff Wilpon, Jenrry Mejia, Johan Santana, Luis Castillo, Media, Oliver Perez, Omar Minaya, public relations, Roy Halladay, Sean Green, September, Walter Reed Johan Santana has started 27 games this year. Here are the runs the Mets have scored for him in those 27 starts: 7, 2, 2, 5, 4, 5, 5, 1, 2, 6, 0, 1, 2, 7, 0, 0, 1, 3, 3, 4, 6, 7, 1, 1, 4, 3, 1. Santana has won 10 games with an […] Nothing is wrong with the Mets’ world when Johan Santana is right. There is no arrest. There is no arraignment. There is no civil suit. There is no issue over who pitches the eighth. There is no wondering who will pitch the ninth. There is no pitch count. There is no endless slump. There is no idiot manager. There is no inane remark about […] Francisco Rodriguez did not evoke visions of Neil Allen Saturday night. He was simply Francisco Rodriguez, the closer we hoped we’d be getting when he was signed in December 2008. Ever since trying his hardest to blow the final game in San Francisco, that’s pretty much been the K-Rod we’ve received. The Mets’ 1-0 gem included […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alex Cora, Fernando Martinez, Frankie Rodriguez, Jeff Francoeur, Johan Santana, Ruben Tejada Fourteen out of fifteen isn’t bad, and, considering from how far back we traveled to get as far as we did, 8-7 in 13 isn’t inexcusable. But it still sucks to lose that way. Or lose at all. I hadn’t forgotten the feeling, no matter how unusual it had become to experience in 2010. The Streak — the […] 30 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Albert Pujols, Anthony Young, Blogging, Ed Kranepool, Eddie Murray, Ends of All Good Things, Ike Davis, Jaime Garcia, Johan Santana, Mike Hessman, Overmanaging, Ryan Thompson, Tony La Russa, Winning Streak |
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