 
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. |
Daniel Murphy made an error. You probably noticed. Murph’s error came in a house-of-horrors eighth inning at Citi Field, a frame that’s an excellent candidate to take up residence in the recesses of your brain, to be hauled out and fumed over at future 3 AMs. But Murph wasn’t the only thing going bump in the night on what became a Halloween […]  126 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2015 Postseason, 2015 World Series, Bad Fans, Citi Field, Daniel Murphy, Disasters, Jeurys Familia, Michael Conforto, Royals, Terry Collins, Tyler Clippard, Yoenis Cespedes It’s a small detail from a big night, no more than a leaf on a tree in the forest of delight that emanated from Chavez Ravine Thursday night as the New York Mets defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers, 3-2, to advance to the National League Championship Series. But the detail tells us a little something. Get […] 60 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2015 Postseason, Daniel Murphy, Improvement, Jacob deGrom, Jeurys Familia, Noah Syndergaard, Terry Collins, Zack Greinke
It’s not a new story any more. In fact it’s a well-worn tale on its way to becoming a cliche. But that’s the fate of stories that resonate with people, that mean something. And this one does. It’s the one I keep coming back to. And it’s worth hearing again. It’s the story of Wilmer Flores, sent […] 39 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2015 Mets, 2015 Postseason, David Wright, Faith, Fans, Matt Harvey, Terry Collins, Wilmer Flores Tuesday night’s game … oof. Let’s rip this Band-Aid off quickly: Jonathon Niese was terrible. Despite that, the Mets turned a 6-0 Phillies lead into a 6-4 contest. Enter Bobby Parnell, who combined with Eric O’Flaherty and Carlos Torres to allow eight runs in the inning — “a snowman,” as Keith Hernandez put it repeatedly. And that […] 81 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bobby Parnell, Carlos Torres, Eric O'Flaherty, Fans, Jonathon Niese, Pennant Race, Terry Collins After I got home and watched the replay, Michael Conforto’s one-on, two-out, ninth-inning drive to left-center proved ordinary. It was a deep fly ball but quite catchable, and sure enough Andrew McCutchen caught it to send Friday’s Mets-Pirates game to the tenth inning, knotted at one. From Row 21 of Section 109, however, it looked perfect. […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Anthony Recker, Arnold Hano, Bartolo Colon, Batting Practice, Bobby Parnell, Bruce Springsteen, Carlos Torres, Citi Field, Curtis Granderson, Frustration, J.A. Happ, Jerry Blevins, Jeurys Familia, Juan Lagares, Leo Durocher, Michael Conforto, Pirates, Skid Rowe, Sparky Anderson, Terry Collins, Tim McCarver, Tyler Clippard, Yoenis Cespedes Super-exciting spine-tingling headline-grabbing narrative-changing straight-to-the-SportsCenter-open wins are great, of course. But the key to playing in October is racking up the more mundane sort of victories. Which is exactly what the Mets did Tuesday night. Of course, only by recent pinch-me standards could the Mets’ 5-1 dispatching of the Marlins be considered dull. Jon Niese pitched […] 63 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alex Torres, David Wright, Eric Campbell, Eric O'Flaherty, Jon Niese, Rafael Montero, Terry Collins OK, so … Hmm. Umm. Seriously, how the hell do you start? Wednesday night’s game was weird before it began, but we had No Idea. Even before Will Venable headed for the plate to start the top of the first, Twitter was buzzing with rumors: The Mets were close to a deal, and it was for a bat — a […] 101 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carlos Gomez, Fans, Reporters, Sandy Alderson, Terry Collins, Trades, Weirdness, Wilmer Flores, Zack Wheeler For the first time in seven years, I’m finding myself more than moderately bothered by the result of a Mets game lost on this late a date on the calendar…an indicator of progress for the franchise, if not for myself. We must be stepping up in class. Get to July 22 of previous seasons — or […] 38 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bobby Parnell, Disappointment, Jordan Zimmermann, Noah Syndergaard, Pennant Race, Richard Nixon, Terry Collins Marv Throneberry, legend has it, was once crestfallen to discover that his birthday cake had been devoured by his Mets teammates before he got a piece — to which Casey Stengel cracked that “we wuz gonna give you a piece, Marv, but we wuz afraid you would drop it.” I don’t know if the Mets got Jacob deGrom a cake for […] 45 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Casey Stengel, Jacob deGrom, Marv Throneberry, Nationals, Ruben Tejada, Sean Gilmartin, Terry Collins, Wilmer Flores The Mets didn’t lose, though it kind of feels that way. 2015 isn’t a flaming disaster, though it kind of feels that way. What’s going on here? Reality check: The Mets beat the Diamondbacks, 6-2. It’s the early hours of June 5 and they are in first place. So why doesn’t it feel that way? Why does it feel […] 16 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Fans, First Place, John Mayberry Jr., Jonathon Niese, Kevin Plawecki, Matt Harvey, Terry Collins, Wilpons |
Piazza: Catcher, Slugger, Icon, Star by Greg Prince is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers. 
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