Jimmy Piersall and the Mets might not have been the best fit when they came together for 40 games in 1963, but no .194 hitter ever left behind a more camera-ready legacy. The story’s been told as much as any from the second season of New York Mets baseball. Piersall, who had his talents and […]
 
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. |
 16 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1963 Mets, Casey Stengel, Dallas Green, Jimmy Piersall, Josh Edgin, Moment of Silence, Neil Walker, Replay Review, Seventh-Inning Stretch, Terry Collins, Tim Harkness, What Now With This Team? “All right, time for bed.” 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Incomplete Games, Jacob deGrom, Lucas Duda, Neil Walker, Pitch Counts, Tyler Pill Which Met crisis was the overriding one Friday night? It’s hard to keep them straight. Harking all the way back to April 27, Noah Syndergaard not being able to lift his arm was the worst possible news. Then it was Yoenis Cespedes limping into second hours later. Oh wait — Syndergaard grabbed something and left […] 19 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Asdrubal Cabrera, Injuries, Lucas Duda, Matt Harvey, Neil Walker People go to the movies and yammer. They go to the symphony and fail to silence their phones. They go to museums to take selfies and be dumb. There’s no art form created by humanity that can’t be ruined by the presence of humans. Why should baseball be any different? The always-dizzying Mets have had quite the run of […] 20 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Buster Posey, Jacob deGrom, Jerry Blevins, Matt Harvey, Neil Walker, Stupid Bullshit Neil Walker apparently forgot how many outs there were. Jose Reyes ensured there were more outs than there should have been. Jacob deGrom walked five batters, gave up five runs and barely made it through five innings. Glenn Sherlock betrayed a fetishistic fondness for red lights when green would have been the stylish choice. Curtis […] 17 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Addison Reed, Bartolo Colon, Blowouts, Curtis Granderson, Eric O'Flaherty, Glenn Sherlock, Jacob deGrom, Jose Reyes, Neil Walker, Rene Rivera, Travis d'Arnaud, Uniclone Scores A grand slam? The Marlins thought they were gonna beat the Mets with a grand slam? Hey, Marlins, I got a team I wanna introduce you to: the Phillies. The Phillies thought they were gonna beat the Mets with a grand slam. Hey, Phillies, tell the Marlins how that worked out. Yeah, I thought so. The Phillies […] 29 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Albert Pujols, Angel Hernandez, Brett Gardner, Brian Johnson, Chipper Jones, Darren Daulton, Ernest Riles, Grand Slams, Hansel Robles, Hubie Brooks, Jason Thompson, Jay Bruce, Jody Davis, Maikel Franco, Marathons, Marcell Ozuna, Marlins, Melvin Nieves, Michael Conforto, Mike Vail, Neil Walker, Opponent Grand Slams in Mets Wins, Robert Gsellman, Ryan Howard, Ryan Jackson, Team History, Terry Puhl, Todd Helton, Tom Goodwin, Travis d'Arnaud, Vic Davalillo, Willie Stargell, Wilson Ramos, Winning Streaks, Yoenis Cespedes I don’t know what the Winter Meetings will bring us in the way of new players, or which superfluous lefty-hitting outfielder will be Mettisioned, but I’m enjoying a vibrant December glow from the steps taken to retain several of our old players thus far. We still have Neil Walker. We still have René Rivera. We […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Jay Leno, Neil Walker, Rene Rivera, Warmth, Yoenis Cespedes A penny for my thoughts? The team for whose chances I wouldn’t have given you a plug nickel a few weeks ago proceeded to turn on a dime and play like a million bucks, yet on Thursday night my paid admission entitled me only to watch them not amount to two bits for most of […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Christian Yelich, Depth, Fernando Salas, Jacob deGrom, Jay Bruce, Neil Walker, Ray Ramirez, Smokey and the Bandit, The Grim Reaper Shortly after the Mets wrapped up their third straight win over the Marlins Wednesday night, I had an odd vision: Alejandro De Aza hits the home run that proves to be the difference in Game 7 of the 2016 World Series. He’s mobbed by 24 Mets, all of them emergency call-ups from the minors. Shortly […] 36 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alejandro De Aza, Bartolo Colon, Delusion, Hope, Injuries, Kelly Johnson, Neil Walker, Wilmer Flores Years ago, I was driving through the night with some unfortunate passenger, on a road trip that was passing through northern North Carolina or southern Virginia or some similar locale. The description of the passenger has to do with the fact that we were listening to the Mets, and in this analog, pre-At Bat era […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Asdrubal Cabrera, Kelly Johnson, Neil Walker, Noah Syndergaard, Yoenis Cespedes |
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