Rainouts are no good unless they save you from an emergency “bullpen game” being thrown together because Jacob deGrom has a tight ride side. Jacob deGrom having a tight right side is no good at all, but if it’s not tight enough to send him to the injured list, then it could be worse. The […]
 
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 |  Chili Davis, Donnie Stevenson, Hugh Quattlebaum, Kevin Howard, Names, Postponements, Tom Slater When Joey Lucchesi, acquired from the Padres on January 19, Inauguration Eve, makes his first appearance as a Met, he will become the first Met to go by Joey. That’s a legitimate choice. Just ask Joey Votto, Joey Bishop or David Geddes, who took “Run Joey Run” to No. 4 in 1975. Just ask Joe […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Joe Biden, Joe Christopher, Joe Crawford, Joe DePastino, Joe Foy, Joe Ginsberg, Joe Grzenda, Joe Hicks, Joe Hietpas, Joe McEwing, Joe Moock, Joe Nolan, Joe Orsulak, Joe Panik, Joe Pignatano, Joe Sambito, Joe Smith, Joe Torre, Joe Vitko, Joey Lucchesi, Names, Presidents, Team History, The Pinch-Running Files Who cares how the Mets look after two exhibition games? I’m just happy to hear their names again, most of which meet the ear in a pleasingly lyrical fashion. These guys might not quite match up with Dave Frishberg’s legendary lineup, but the mellifluous Mets of 2014 sound pretty formidable to me. Taylor Teagarden. 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Dave Frishberg, Names, Spring Training, Van Lingle Mungo Now that was a fun game. A mess, to be sure — a big, brawling, unpredictable, crazy game, with lots of reversals and no guarantees, particularly if you were a Reds pitcher asking your defense to get a freaking out already — but a fun mess. For four innings Jonathon Niese looked untouchable, coolly sawing Reds apart […] 16 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Daniel Murphy, Hope, Jason Pridie, Justin Turner, Miguel Cairo, Names, Reds, Ronny Paulino, Terry Collins, Yonder Alonso This cold February day requires a box score to keep us warm. Thus, I shall toss upon the fire the box score from the first game of a twinight doubleheader at Shea Stadium, September 22, 1967, courtesy of Baseball Reference. It describes an 8-0 loss by the Mets to the Houston Astros, but I won’t […] 22 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1967 Mets, Jerry Buchek, Jerry Cram, Jerry DiPoto, Jerry Grote, Jerry Hinsley, Jerry Koosman, Jerry Martin, Jerry May, Jerry Morales, Joe Grzenda, Names, Salty Parker, Team History, Willie Mays How evenly matched are the Rays and Phils? Let’s take a closer Faith and Fear in Flushing look. Ray Daviault 1) Made Met and major league debut April 13, 1962 at the Polo Grounds, first home game in the history of the franchise. Gave up a walk, a wild pitch, a fielder’s choice and another wild pitch […] 1 comment - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Names, Phil Hennigan, Phil Humber, Phil Linz, Phil Lombardi, Phil Mankowski, Ray Burris, Ray Daviault, Ray Knight, Ray Sadecki, Ray Searage Spring training as a rule is indeed too long. But are we really ready for what lies beyond? I'm not endorsing a pushback of Opening Day or anything heretical like that, but the real thing (known as the Zeile thing in 2000, 2001 and 2004 and we looked forward to it anyway) is but a scant […] |
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