 
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. |
A time to be born, a time to die Baseball gives you what came before, what’s going on and what will come next. Life does that, too, I suppose, but as Casey Stengel might have […]  14 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2011 Mets, 2017 Mets, Asdrubal Cabrera, Brad Emaus, Closing Day, Jose Reyes, Noah Syndergaard, Terry Collins Noah Syndergaard‘s back, and it was aggressively pointless. The return was five whole pitches — if the taco line was a little too long (actually possible given there were postgame fireworks), you missed it. The Mets, I’m sure, had counted on a normal inning with 15 to 20 pitches, but for whatever reason they hadn’t planned […] A few weeks ago I came across an article previewing brand spanking new SunTrust Park. It said that Braves fans were certain to enjoy some fantastic feature or another, which caused me to chuckle internally, because nobody really has an inkling of what a ballpark is going to turn into until experience replaces expectation. After […] 25 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Anthony Rendon, Braves, Jerry Blevins, Jose Reyes, Julio Teheran, Kevin Plawecki, Leadoff Home Runs, Michael Conforto, Noah Syndergaard, Position Players Pitching, Relief Pitchers Hitting, Sean Gilmartin, SunTrust Park, Team History, Unknowables, Weathervane Rooting Hey! We took two out of three from the Nats! … What? Oh yeah, that. OK. Before we plunge in, a few things: 1. Pitchers break. No one knows exactly why they break, or how to stop them from breaking. It’s a problem that costs their industry millions and millions of dollars a year. If you want to get acquainted with baseball […] 52 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Injuries, Matt Harvey, Noah Syndergaard, Ownership, Yoenis Cespedes What sufficed for succor in 2012 evidently lacks efficacy in 2017, which is an R.A. Dickeyish way of saying that even when the Mets were routinely bad, Mets fans could take solace that R.A. Dickey was almost always good. Yet five years have passed. Tastes have transitioned. Roget’s Thesaurus is no longer the de rigueur […] 37 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Buddy Holly, Ineptitude, Injuries, Matt Harvey, Noah Syndergaard, R.A. Dickey, Yoenis Cespedes “Just brushed my elbow up against the baserunner, Ray. I think I’ll be OK.” “My wrist and the guy’s bat made contact, Ray. No biggie.” “Something with my knee, Ray. Feels a little off, but […] 33 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | David Wright, Injuries, Juan Lagares, Kelvim Escobar, Lucas Duda, Noah Syndergaard, Ray Ramirez, Seth Lugo, Steven Matz, Travis d'Arnaud, Wilmer Flores, Yoenis Cespedes You can’t win them all? Seriously? That’s a thing? That’s a thing. It may be an unwritten rule, but it appears inviolable. Despite five consecutive days during which it felt as if the Mets would never lose again, they lost on Friday night. The defeat unleashed a sensation previously experienced less than a week before, yet […] 21 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Failure to Win Them All, Fingernails, Josh Edgin, Lucas Duda, Michael Conforto, Noah Syndergaard How good is Noah Syndergaard? They’ve got ways old-fangled and newfangled for measuring that — such as an 0.69 ERA in his first 13 innings and a FIP of 0.53 to indicate that ERA should be even more microscopic. Here’s a less-quantitative but thoroughly heartfelt measure: when things go wrong, Syndergaard’s the guy we’re sure will […] For a guy who’s just turned 28, Matt Harvey‘s had quite a life. He arrived with klieg lights, billed as a phenom and a savior and welcoming both labels. The right arm reminded you of a hallowed Metsian name indeed — and so did the mean streak. Then he was shot from the sky by the failure of the tiniest band […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Matt Harvey, Matt Kemp, Noah Syndergaard, Pitchers, Thoracic Outlet Surgery, Travis d'Arnaud If there was one candidate for higher office everybody could get behind in 2016, it was Oscar Madison. Our favorite fictional sportswriter was running for New York City Council, which you might have missed amid other political news, but in reruns, the best campaigns always pick up right where they left off. In “The Odd […] 26 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Matt Harvey, Mets Pop Culture, Noah Syndergaard, Oscar's Cap Awards |
Piazza: Catcher, Slugger, Icon, Star by Greg Prince is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers. 
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