Out of view of the practiced mayhem unfolding at first base — a back-pounding, seed-showering, powder-pouring, jersey-excising exercise in joviality befitting an eleventh-inning walkoff walk that capped a five-run comeback and staved off postseason eligibility elimination for one more day — there was another, more muted celebration at Citi Field Tuesday night. The cameras didn’t […]
 
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. |
 13 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2019 Mets, Jay Horwitz, Paul Sewald, Team History, Winning, Zack Wheeler On a scale of 1 to 10, Tuesday night’s inarguably epic Mets defeat at Washington, in which for the first time in their history they gave up a ninth-inning lead of six runs to lose ASAP, was a Brian Jordan. The second Brian Jordan Game, to be exact, September 29, 2001, Mets leading the Braves, […] 39 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2001 Mets, A Chorus Line, Armando Benitez, Brian Jordan, Edwin Diaz, George W. Bush, John Franco, Kurt Suzuki, Nationals, Paul Sewald First, it rained. Of course it rained. It wouldn’t have been a rainy Wednesday night without the rain. Rain delayed the start of the Mets-Cubs game twelve minutes, which was fine, because my pal Rob texted me that he was stuck in traffic and hence wasn’t going to meet me by the Apple as arranged […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1973 Mets, Cubs, Futile Comebacks, Jeff McNeil, Noah Syndergaard, Paul Sewald, Rain, T#m Gl@v!ne, Todd Frazier If MLB plans to sell gameworn home team apparel from this past weekend’s Mets-Braves series at Citi Field, it had better come in an urn. There should be nothing but ashes left from those ghastly ghostly getups that we never need see again. They weren’t pleasant to squint at as you tried to figure who […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Baserunners, Dallas Keuchel, Josh Donaldson, Mantras, Paul Sewald, Rene Rivera, Steven Matz, Sweeps, Tailor-Made Double Plays Perhaps they showed up better on TV, but from Promenade at Citi Field, those Casper the Friendly Ghost tribute togs the Mets wore Friday night in deference to Players Weekend marketing concerns were hard to make out. White pants. White shirts. White caps. White numbers. An offensive attack that amounted to a collective white flag. […] 23 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adeiny Hechavarria, Chilliness, Edwin Diaz, Eerily Quiet, Horrendous Uniforms, Jacob deGrom, Jeurys Familia, Paul Sewald, Pitchers Hitting, Players Weekend, Strikeouts, Wilson Ramos A long time ago, it looked like Noah Syndergaard was on his way to a perfect game. That wasn’t 40 days and 40 nights ago — that’s the story of another Noah — but by the end of this deluged and drowned evening, with its two rain delays, it sure felt like it had been that […] 17 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Indians, Jeurys Familia, Marathons, Noah Syndergaard, Paul Sewald, Rain Delays, Tyler Naquin Those of you who say the New York Mets don’t respect their history should be ashamed of yourselves. Why, on Saturday the Mets held a throwback event that was meticulously researched and thoroughly authentic — and they did it for a road game, no less! The Mets’ Turn Back the Clock 2017 event began on a familiar […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2017 Mets, Chris Flexen, Jacob Rhame, Nostalgia, Paul Sewald, Tommy Milone I spent the last five days in Chicago, getting my Star Wars on at McCormick Place and in the hotel bar. So my Mets attention was fitful and scattershot. I saw news of the first night’s events in amazing seats behind the plate at Wrigley Field (plenty of good options available when it’s still frigid), […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andres Torres, Baseball Cards, Guillermo Mota, Jon Niese, Jonahs, Jose Vizcaino, Paul Sewald, Ramon Ramirez, Steven Matz “I’m not really throwing the ball where I want to,” Jacob deGrom explained to reporters Sunday night. He probably meant in relation to where Brave batters could hit it. I’d add I’d have preferred Jake not throwing the ball on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball, which no matter how it’s […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | ESPN, Hank Aaron, Jacob deGrom, Paul Sewald, Radio, Sam Jethroe, Sunday Night Baseball, Tommie Agee, Unnatural Environs At the beginning of the year I meticulously record the Mets in order of appearance, a bit of ceremony that sustains me until everyone from that initial version of the 25-man roster has stepped between the lines. (Met No. 25 usually comes down to the fifth starter, the reliever whose role is least defined, or […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Anthony Swarzak, Austin Jackson, Extra Innings, Farce, Jack Reinheimer, Jason Vargas, Jose Lobaton, Jose Reyes, Max Scherzer, Nationals, Paul Sewald |
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