Sunday afternoon found me driving a rental car through deteriorating weather from Boston to New York, listening to the Mets try to salvage a game from the Marlins and their recently-civilian manager. The Mets were trying to escape their Miami enemies and what the weather would do to departures at New York’s airports. Between these two […]
 
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. |
 9 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Daniel Murphy, Jacob deGrom, Padres, Ruben Tejada, West Coast Trips Steve Gelbs seems like a capable enough young broadcaster. We know him mostly from filling in for the singular Kevin Burkhardt on SNY, which, in the realm of roving reporting, is a little like starting Todd Pratt on Mike Piazza Poster Day. Pratt may perform ably — more than ably at his best — but […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Hyperbole, Josh Edgin, Kevin Burkhardt, No-Hit Bids, Odrisamer Despaigne, Padres, Seth Smith, SNY, Steve Gelbs, Vic Black, Walkoffs, Zack Wheeler Here’s a second-half resolution I’ll never keep: I need to be more even-keeled as a Mets fan. The Mets began the year looking hopeless. Then they looked pretty good, maybe even better than pretty good. Then for a long stretch they looked both bad and boring, even as some were insisting they weren’t really that bad, […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Fans, Padres, Radio, Rod Kanehl, Ted Leitner, Tyson Ross The baseball rhythms were back Friday night at 10:10, albeit uncomfortably time-shifted. You’d have preferred them back at 7:10 PM. You’d have preferred them back at 7:10 PM the previous Monday, actually. Who wanted a pause when the cause was so glorious, when the momentum was so momentous? Who wanted the Mets to pack up […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 30 Rock, Curtis Granderson, Padres, Travis d'Arnaud, West Coast Trips Sure the season is shot, but at least we get a chance to take a good, long look at Josh Thole! Never mind throwback uniforms from 1989 (technically 1988 to 1992 for us, but it was the Padres’ party, so whatever). It’s 2010 all over again on the Mets’ schedule. It might as well be in […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alex Trevino, Andres Torres, Carlos Quentin, Henry Blanco, Josh Thole, Mets Catchers, Padres, Rod Barajas, Ronny Cedeno, Scott Hairston, Yonder Alonso In light of the dreary weather through which all concerned were compelled to muck Thursday night, the New York Mets have announced tickets from their 11-5 loss to the San Diego Padres can be redeemed for complimentary admission to tonight’s game. But only if you’ve been bad. Your conscience would have to wracked by a gaggle of […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | David Wright, Eric Stults, Ike Davis, Jeremy Hefner, Padres, Rain, Rob Johnson Ah, Garbage Time. Been a while. (Theatrical sigh.) Garbage Time is weird. Losing generally produces a dull ache instead of the sharp pain felt while you still dream of the postseason, but winning, weirdly, can be more fun. And I know why: When your team’s aiming at first place, or the wild card, or even just has […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Cameron Maybin, David Wright, Dillon Gee, Garbage Time, Padres Usually when the Mets visit the Padres, even if it’s a good game — even if it’s a day game — it feels like it’s taking place at three in the morning. The Padres are the official team of the wee, small hours, no matter what the little and big hands say. Tuesday night’s game […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Apu, Experimenting, Mike Pelfrey, Padres, Pedro Beato, Scott Hairston Between all-purpose busyness and an awesome, awesomely exhausting wedding in Braves country, I’d missed my Mets, whose recent admirable gaffing of Marlins had been relegated to condensed games peered at blearily on At Bat. So it was a relief to find myself pottering around my own kitchen with the Mets on at a normal time […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Angel Pagan, Citi Field, Expectations, Fathers and Sons, Ike Davis, Jose Reyes, Mike Pelfrey, Padres “Now, Leo, most of us are just hearing the news. And I don’t like to be the first one to say it, but I’m gonna. I think the President has got to strongly consider not running for re-election.” “You think you’re the first one to say it?” “Leo…” “You are, at minimum, […] 17 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bad Contracts, Bobby Jones, Bonus Babies, Hisanori Takahashi, Oliver Perez, Padres, Raul Valdes, Ryota Igarashi, Sandy Koufax, Steve Trachsel |
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