There’s something about these New York Mets, these New York Mets of 2015, 2016 and 2017 that doesn’t let you turn your back completely on them. If we were realtors, we’d marvel at their good bones. We’re Mets fans, so we figure that’s just asking for trouble and a visit from Ray Ramirez with that […]
 
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. |
 12 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2015 Mets, 2016 Mets, 2017 Mets, Asdrubal Cabrera, Bobbleheads, Comebacks, Hansel Robles, Instant Replay, Jay Bruce, Jose Reyes, Josh Edgin, Josh Smoker, Lucas Duda, Mets Third Basemen, Third Base, Travis d'Arnaud, Walkoffs, Wilmer Flores Gladys Knight wasn’t wrong when she concluded, over radios everywhere as 1973 became 1974, that she really had to use her imagination to keep on keepin’ on. Yet her compadres the Pips couldn’t have been more right when they offered her this message of positive reinforcement: You’re too strong not to keep on keepin’ on. If you’ve […] 25 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Addison Reed, Comebacks, Cubs, Curtis Granderson, Gerry Goffin, Gladys Knight, Injuries, Jerry Blevins, Jose Reyes, Josh Smoker, Juan Lagares, Kyle Schwarber, Lucas Duda, Matt Harvey, Neil Walker, Paul Sewald, Pinch-Hitting, Pitchers Hitting, Rafael Montero, Steven Matz, The Pips I had hoped Tyler Pill might be Grover Powell. Grover Powell’s first major league start, for the Mets in 1963, was a complete game shutout, which didn’t happen for Mets rookies every day in 1963, nor, come to think of it, today. Before long, Tyler Pill 2017, who reacted well to the lights in Flushing […] 20 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Asdrubal Cabrera, Domingo Santana, Fog, Frank Deford, Grover Powell, Jay Bruce, Joel Youngblood, Josh Smoker, Luis Castillo, Manny Gonzalez, Mike Scioscia, Moment of Silence, Rick Anderson, Shaun Marcum, T.J. Rivera, The Mets Subconscious, Tyler Pill If there was a way to lose Wednesday night, the Mets were going to find it. The bullpen was terrible. The bullpen was terribly managed. The hitters turned a gimme into a gag me. Just a complete and utter disaster. Insult to injury: said meltdown came against the Padres, who sure don’t look like a team capable […] 43 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bullpen, Curtis Granderson, Fernando Salas, Hansel Robles, Horribleness, Hunter Renfroe, Idiotic Managing, Josh Smoker, Let's All Play Suck Bingo, Neil Ramirez, Padres, Terry Collins Matt Harvey wasn’t supposed to pitch Friday night, but went seven. Zack Wheeler is rarely supposed to hit, but he doubled as a pinch-hitter for Harvey. Robert Gsellman neither hit nor pitch, yet he was bunted to second and took third on a groundout. Michael Conforto, despite presumed holes in his game, hit a home […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bryce Harper, Curtis Granderson, Injuries, Jeurys Familia, Jose Lobaton, Josh Smoker, Matt Harvey, Michael Conforto, Oliver Perez, Robert Gsellman, Zack Wheeler That’s what I was thinking in the 10th inning, with the Mets trying everything in their bag of tricks to keep the Braves from winning the game and kicking them — let’s hope temporarily — out of the second wild-card spot. I’m not sure I’m emotionally tall enough to ride this attraction. In the early going, Saturday […] 33 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adonis Garcia, Braves, Ender Inciarte, Josh Smoker, T.J. Rivera, Turner Field, Wilmer Flores, Yoenis Cespedes For at least one day the Mets, those egregious laughingstocks, were anything but: they stomped on the Giants to break their losing streak in convincing fashion. 9-5? That’s definitely a way to make a living. Yoenis Cespedes led the charge, smacking two home runs and just missing a third, a just-missed that may or may not have led […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alejandro De Aza, Asdrubal Cabrera, Bartolo Colon, Billy Cotton, Ghosts, Joe Hietpas, Josh Smoker, Terrel Hansen, The Holy Books, Yoenis Cespedes The Mets will play a game today in San Francisco. We will root for them. They might reverse prevailing trends and win. Perhaps the Cardinals will lose, and the Mets will move back to within 4½ games of the second Wild Card. It’s not inconceivable that this sequence of events will repeat itself on Sunday, […] 38 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Billy Loes, Grand Slams, Josh Smoker, Sadness, Seth Lugo |
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