 
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. |
After pitching the Mets to a complete game victory over Cincinnati, Mike Pelfrey told Kevin Burkhardt his team is focused on making the playoffs and then, if the matchups break right, eliminating Carlos Beltran and the San Francisco Giants. He said it with a straight face and I listened without laughing out loud. Oh, the Mets […]  14 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  An Appreciation, Carlos Beltran, Mike Pelfrey, Zack Wheeler How many duck-and-cover games have the Mets played in Soilmaster Stadium, anyway? And how many of those ended with some fleet, scrappity Marlin hitting a ball just past the first baseman’s glove, or just through the drawn-in infield, or just hugging the third-base line, or just catastrophic enough in some unanticipated way to spell doom […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2012 Mets, Bobby Parnell, Daniel Murphy, David Wright, Emilio Bonifacio, Hope, Marlins, Mike Pelfrey, Soilmaster Stadium Honesty compels me to admit it wasn’t really Mike Pelfrey’s fault. My 2011 designated scapegoat pitched OK; his teammates let him down with a second straight evening of shaky defense and a distressing inability to collect hits when they were most needed. The Beard wound up Feared, the Mets lost, and a West Coast trip that […] “But I don’t believe it, because come this Sunday you’re going to be doing what you always do. You’re going to be sitting right in this chair drinking beer, watching TV and swearing at Joe Namath.” FACT: Mike Pelfrey sucks, especially on the road. 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carlos Beltran, Jason Bay, Mike Pelfrey, Not Sucking, West Coast Trips Four of six on the road from a pair of division leaders in the big, bad American League? We’d all have taken it. Over .500 at the halfway point of the season? Back when we were 5-13 we would have taken that too. Someone was going to get hung with an L after four inspiring Ws. […] On Friday night the Mets looked like a team that had been up all night, which they were. Balls got muffed, the Angels took full advantage, and .500 retreated from view once again. It was predictable, perhaps even understandable, but dispiriting nonetheless. On Saturday night things were different. Emily and I were there, sitting in awesome seats […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carlos Beltran, Citi Field, Dan Haren, Family Tradition, Fans, Mike Pelfrey Call it hindsight of the sharpest degree, but I swear I had a feeling about today’s game when it was 7-0, and that feeling wasn’t all about the different vessels I considered packing Mike Pelfrey into and what destinations I would have liked him shipped. Well, that, too, but after Pequeño Pelf finished the third […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carlos Beltran, Comebacks, Daniel Murphy, Hunches, Mike Pelfrey, Pirates, Ruben Tejada, Terry Collins, Willie Harris Remember Back to the Future Part II, in which Biff sneaks back through time to hand his younger self a sports almanac, and so makes himself a mogul in an alternate 2015? If I had a similar opportunity, I think I’d head for Vegas, use my Delorean and make a killing on this game. 1. Odds […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Burke Badenhop, Fans, Hanley Ramirez, Justin Turner, Marlins, Mike Pelfrey, Mike Stanton, Weirdness, Willie Harris I’ve traded Mike Pelfrey in my mind after every previous start in 2011. Not sure what we’ve gotten for him, but I’ve fantasized that some scout somewhere recommended acquiring Pelf to his employer. “I know he totally sucks, but there’s something there.” As Pelf became marginally less awful against Colorado and Atlanta — not escaping […] 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 consisting of the “best” tenth game in any Mets season, the “best” eleventh game in any Mets season, […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1962 Mets, 2006 Mets, 2010 Mets, Fiftieth Anniversary, Jay Hook, Mike Pelfrey, Pedro Martinez, Team History, The Happiest Recap |
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