 
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. |
For most of Wednesday night, my only thought was that feeling pain because of the Mets was actually progress: better writhing in agony than sitting dour and numb watching another night of bad baseball, as we have for the last three and a half weeks. Kodai Senga was the best he’s looked as a Met, with […]  14 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Adam Ottavino, Comebacks, Francisco Alvarez, Francisco Lindor, Home Runs, Hope, Jose Siri, Kodai Senga, Mark Vientos, Pete Alonso, Pete Fairbanks, Rays, Rookies, Walkoffs Try to remember that Francisco Alvarez is all of 21. The kid was the last out of Tuesday night’s game against the Padres, batting with the tying run on second. He was facing Josh Hader, whose wildness had gotten him into trouble that inning but arguably served him well against Alvarez. Hader threw two balls to […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | David Peterson, David Weathers, Francisco Alvarez, Josh Hader, Padres, Rookies, Ryan Weathers, Xander Bogaerts Pete Alonso was National League Rookie of the Month for April and National League Rookie of the Night on Tuesday. He is a veteran in kid’s clothing any time you hear him speak. He is a franchise player exploding all around us.
The Mets and the Marlins seemed destined for history. Dillon Gee and Tom Koehler scattered baserunners with alacrity. Daniel Murphy made terrible (bad flip), spectacular (heady assist) and terrible (dropped ball) fielding plays in rapid succession. Men entered from the pen and wrote off opposing batters. At the moment it seemed certain there was no […] Unlike Bono’s testimony from when Matt Harvey warms up (at Citi Field, anyway), I can close my eyes and make it go away. Matt’s casual excellence on Sunday Harvey Sunday — 6 innings, 6 hits, 0 walks, 6 strikeouts, just enough untamed action to permit 2 Padre runs in the fifth — was going to […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bono, Juan Lagares, Matt Harvey, Rookies, Travis d'Arnaud, Wilmer Flores Remember the bottom of the first, when Travis d’Arnaud crouched down behind the plate in his very old-school catcher’s gear and made his major-league debut? That was awesome. Too bad the rest of the game sucked. And it did suck — it was a sloggy, groggy mess that took the better part of forever while being alternately depressing […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | David Aardsma, Jenrry Mejia, Rookies, Travis d'Arnaud As it turned out, Matt Harvey didn’t need our prayers. He was superb, fanning a Seaveresque 11 over 5 1/3 innings, surrendering no runs and even hitting for half of the cycle. Then — and this was perhaps even more surprising — the bullpen didn’t blow it. Fireplug reliever Josh Edgin, a fellow 2010 first-round pick, […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bobby Parnell, Hope, Josh Edgin, Matt Harvey, Rookies Brian: I’m not the Messiah! Bill Pulsipher. Jason Isringhausen. Paul Wilson. Octavio Dotel. Billy Traber. Pat Strange. Tyler Yates. Yusmiero Petit. Scott Kazmir. Brian Bannister. Philip Humber. Kevin Mulvey. John Maine. Mike Pelfrey. Alay Soler. Jenrry Mejia. The list goes on and on. Let’s […] I’ve always kind of hated myself for liking Sept. 1. When your team is in a pennant race, Sept. 1 feels like the car has shifted into top gear: You’re gunning for the finish line, and the only duties set to be assumed by rookies involve blowouts. If anything, you fear what may happen when your […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | David Wright, Hope, Jason Bay, Josh Satin, Josh Stinson, Lucas Duda, Rookies, Ruben Tejada Ike Davis: I am NOT the Messiah! Apologies to Life of Brian, but that what’s it’s been like over the last 24 hours: Ike Davis was hastily recalled from some hazy, happier future to the troubled present, and after thinking about […] 21 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bobby Jones, David Wright, Debuts, Ike Davis, Rey Ordonez, Rookies, Tim Bogar |
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