 
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’ ebullient recent narrative showed a couple of cracks Friday night against the Reds. Francisco Lindor continued his hitting streak and made a nifty play at shortstop, but he didn’t walk off the Reds or solve the Middle East conflict in an idle moment between innings, somewhere between surprising and shocking given how he’s been […]  12 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Alexis Diaz, Brett Baty, Edwin Diaz, Elly de la Cruz, Hebrew Tattoos, J.D. Martinez, Jake Fraley, Jose Butto, Jose Iglesias, Justin Wilson, Mark Vientos, Pete Alonso, Reds, Reed Garrett, Sean Manaea, Spencer Steer, TJ Friedl, Walkoffs The Mets beat the White Sox behind back-to-back homers from Pete Alonso and Jesse Winker, with Jose Butto surviving a decidedly shaky ninth to secure the save. That’s the brief, pertinent-facts-only recap of a game I absorbed in fits and starts — I’m out here in Tacoma getting my kid moved back into a dorm room, […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Davis Martin, Futility, Jesse Winker, Jose Butto, Pete Alonso, White Sox I liked it better when ballplayers talked about “turning the page” on bad days. Sometime in the past decade or so, turning the page morphed into flushing, and not the charming village in Queens whose northwestern edge we know so well. “You gotta flush it” became the page-turning mantra of choice. Maybe nobody reads printed […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | David Peterson, Diamondbacks, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Lindor, Frank Deford, Jose Butto, Jose Iglesias, Lost in Space, Pete Alonso, Sideways, Vernacular The chair recognizes the delegate from Manaea. Mister Secretary! The great state of Manaea wishes to cast all seven-plus of its innings, including the first five-and-two-thirds that were absolutely PERFECT, for the team that allows its starting pitcher to consistently go at least seven innings when able, the team we will strive like HECK to bring […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Edwin Diaz, Enthusiasm, Francisco Lindor, Jesse Winker, Jose Butto, Jose Iglesias, Mark Vientos, Orioles, Political Conventions, Sean Manaea, Walkoffs Given the ebbs and flows of a entertaining yet maddening season, perhaps we’ve lost track of a simpler formula to make sense of the 2024 Mets: They need to outhit their mistakes. The rotation is pedestrian, a bunch of No. 4 starters with ceilings as No. 3s. The relief corps is spaghetti at a wall. The […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Audacy, Brandon Nimmo, Francisco Lindor, George Soriano, Hitting, Jeff McNeil, Jose Butto, Lack of Hitting, Marlins, MLB At Bat, Radio, Roddery Munoz, Sean Manaea, Stupid Fucking Bullshit, Tiki Barber All is fleeting, grasshopper. Even baseball teams. Especially baseball teams. Mets come, Mets go. The franchise is an ever-shifting assemblage of overlapping stints in orange and blue, some lasting years, some concluded in minutes. For a fun game, construct a chain of overlapping Met teammates back to 1962 with as few links as possible; what I […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bullpen, Bullpen Churn, David Festa, David Stearns, Edwin Diaz, Huascar Brazoban, J.D. Martinez, Jesse Winker, Jose Butto, Mark Vientos, Paul Blackburn, Pete Alonso, Phil Maton, Ryne Stanek, Sean Manaea, Trade Deadline, Twins, Tyler Zuber So that was certainly a palate cleanser. The thud made by the back half of the series against the Braves left me fretting: that the Mets were about to topple into one of their periodic team slumps, that their starters would routinely implode in the middle innings, that new bullpen acquisitions would flame out, that … […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, Carlos Santana, Jose Butto, Jose Quintana, Laughers, Luis Torrens, Matt Wallner, Pete Alonso, Simeon Woods-Richardson, Twins, Tyrone Taylor One out from another inning on this, the eve of the Summer Olympics. The Mets had handed out pickleball paddles to lucky ticketholders when the night began, though I don’t think pickleball is an Olympic sport. I don’t think baseball is an Olympic sport this year, either, but that’s OK. We’re not going for the […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Chris Sale, Edwin Diaz, Jeff McNeil, Jose Butto, Luis Severino, Olympics, Phil Maton, Rainbows, Ramon Laureano, Whit Merrifield There’s a lot of disinformation circulating out there regarding current events. We would like to use this platform to help you sort out reality from fiction in one area of interest. MYTH: The Mets always lose to the Marlins. MYTH: The Mets never win […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1-0 wins, Dedniel Nunez, Edwin Diaz, Facts, Francisco Alvarez, Jose Butto, Luis Severino, Myths, The Marlsoleum We’ve all said it. Made it a mantra, even. Enemy runner on first, maybe other bases too, maybe they’re loaded. Outs? Not enough of them. Maybe just one. Maybe none. C’mon, get a ground ball. It’s been called the pitcher’s best friend for a century or more — the ball put in play that yields two outs […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bill Pulsipher, Brendan Rodgers, Christian Scott, Citi Connect, Dedniel Nunez, Double Plays, Elias Diaz, Francisco Lindor, Jose Butto, Kevin Elster, Luis Torrens, Rockies, Ryan Feltner, Viktor Vodnik |
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