 
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. |
At least the Mets seem to be accepting that some things aren’t working. They reported for duty in Philadelphia without Joey Wendle, mercifully DFA’ed in favor of Mark Vientos, and recalled Joey Lucchesi while sending Jose Butto down to presumably find coaches to help him tame his sudden bout of wildness. And, hey, the plan looked […]  11 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Dwight Gooden, Grizzled Veterans, J.D. Martinez, Joey Lucchesi, Joey Wendle, Jose Bautista, Jose Butto, Jose Valverde, Mark Vientos, Mike Torrez, Phillies, Ranger Suarez Intrigue lurked here and there among the Mets and Cardinals for seven innings Sunday afternoon. So, frankly, did boredom. As a baseball fan, you don’t want to dismiss a game with little scoring as boring; as a baseball fan, you are conditioned to appreciate tautness and tension, and there was a little much action between […] “What a break,” the player said. “Wow! This is great. I can hardly believe it. Imagine going to a club like the Phillies. I feel like I’ve been born again.” The player was Buddy Harrelson, on the occasion of his trade from the Mets in Spring Training 1978. The Mets were founded in 1962 and were […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2024 Mets, Adrian Gonzalez, Adrian Houser, Bud Harrelson, Buddy Harrelson, Dom Smith, Harrison Bader, Home, J.D. Martinez, Jake Diekman, Joey Wendle, Jorge Lopez, Luis Severino, Mark Vientos, Mets Home Opener, Mets Opening Day, Michael Tonkin, Opening Day, Patches, Sean Manaea, Tyrone Taylor, Yohan Ramirez, Zack Short Despite indications it might never happen in the course of a year that had only just begun, in their seventh game of 2023, the Mets (3-4) fell below .500 for the first time. So much for white lace and promises. In their 61st game of 2023, the Mets (30-31) fell below .500 for what turned out […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | .500, Discouraging Long-Term Trends, Fifteen-Year Periods, Jeff McNeil, Mark Vientos, Team History, The Carpenters, Under .500 So the Mets won two out of three — and could have swept if not for a Gott-forsaken relief appearance — to knock the Marlins off their postseason course, at least temporarily. They’ll now tangle with the Phillies, whose playoff aspirations will be somewhat harder to foil, then host the Marlins, then square off with […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brett Baty, Drew Smith, Kodai Senga, Mark Vientos, Marlins, Ronny Mauricio, Spoilers, Trevor Gott Who are these Mets, anyway? Joey Lucchesi was terrific, Mark Vientos homered, Pete Alonso drove in three on a homerless night and — in the most astonishing development of all — Trevor Gott and Drew Smith were allowed to pitch and didn’t fall apart like cheap watches. There was a nifty flying slide home by Jeff […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, David Wright, Diamondbacks, DJ Stewart, Drew Smith, Francisco Lindor, Jeff McNeil, Joey Lucchesi, Keith Hernandez, Mark Vientos, Marty Noble, Pete Alonso, Trevor Gott Francisco Alvarez connecting for a long home run. Ronny Mauricio driving in a run and making some nifty plays afield. Mark Vientos tripling. Brett Baty driving in runs and ending the game with a highlight-reel play. There was a lot to like from the anticipated future of the Mets on Tuesday night: They beat the Nats […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brett Baty, Carlos Carrasco, Francisco Alvarez, Jose Quintana, Mark Vientos, Nationals, Ronny Mauricio, The Athletic, Tim Britton, Tom Seaver The Mets played a ridiculously entertaining game Saturday night, once that saw them come back from three runs down and again from four runs down, one that featured a DJ Stewart homer and a Mark Vientos moonshot and a Francisco Lindor screen-rattler, and one that turned, as so many games do, on Daniel Vogelbach using […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, Bad Baserunning, Daniel Vogelbach, DJ Stewart, Francisco Lindor, J.P. Crawford, Justin Topa, Mariners, Mark Vientos Kudos to the Mets for scheduling the finale of their series versus the Rangers tonight a half-hour earlier than usual. The 6:40 PM start time, slotted in deference to Texas’s travel itinerary, isn’t a secret, but it will no doubt take some habitual viewers and listeners by surprise. The Mets begin virtually all of their […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Drew Smith, Jose Quintana, Mark Vientos, Surprise Start Times, The Grind James McCann destroyed the team that sent him away, going 3 for 3 with 5 RBIs and even stealing a base. That’s the headline, but the punchline comes courtesy of our Metsmerized buddy Mike Mayer: Only two catchers have ever had at least 3 hits, 5 RBIs, a walk and a steal in a game against […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brett Baty, David Peterson, Francisco Alvarez, James McCann, Josh Walker, Mark Vientos, Orioles, Starling Marte |
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