A former major leaguer who I watched pitch against the Mets once but who I can’t say I remember doing so tweeted something eye-opening this week: “In the entire history of baseball, only 22,860 have made it to the major leagues. That total easily fits into any MLB stadium.” An actor who portrays a former […]
 
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. |
 8 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Baseball Equinox, Bob File, Dom Smith, James McCann, John Bateman, Ken Webster, Mets Catchers, Michael Conforto, No Bum, Omar Narvaez, Seth Lugo, Tomas Nido According to mathematics from whichever grade I learned percentages, three is fifty percent greater than two. According to how I felt waking up this morning to the knowledge the Mets would have a Game Three in the Wild Card Series versus how I felt yesterday morning when Game Two loomed as the conclusion to our […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2022 Postseason, Adam Ottavino, Basketball, Continuity, Edwin Diaz, Fatalism, Jacob deGrom, Jeff McNeil, Mets Fan Philosophy, PitchCom, Seth Lugo, Tomas Nido Brandon Nimmo finally remembers how to steal bases and in activating his dormant skill aggravates a quad that merits exiting the game early, receiving imaging later and monitoring on a day-to-day basis. But I don’t want to talk about that. Jeff McNeil throws his body into every possible defensive play and has trouble getting up a couple […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 200 Wins, 2022 Mets, Bartolo Colon, Brandon Nimmo, Brewers, David Peterson, Drew Smith, Endurance, Francisco Lindor, Gratification, Hit By Pitch, Injuries, Jeff McNeil, Kevin Tapani, Mark Canha, Max Scherzer, Orel Hershiser, Pedro Martinez, Pete Alonso, Rick Porcello, Taijuan Walker, Team History, Tomas Nido, Willie Mays Angel Hernandez, a master of ruining endings of baseball games, was ready to roll early Sunday afternoon, out to ruin a baseball game that had barely begun. It took him all of five pitches to pull a Sparky Lyle by dropping trou and planting his bare bottom on the Mets-Marlins finale birthday cake. Brandon Nimmo, […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Angel Hernandez, Brandon Nimmo, Eduardo Escobar, Extra Bases, Mariners, Ray Knight, Sparky Lyle, Taijuan Walker, Tomas Nido, Winning Series Let’s get this part out of the way: I was in the front of the Promenade a fair distance down the first-base line. So I can’t tell you jack about Max Scherzer‘s stuff or location or exactly what happened to various Met defenders or anything else that relies on the nuance of an up-close view. […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alec Bohm, Daniel Vogelbach, David Robertson, Eduardo Escobar, Frustration, Injuries, J.T. Realmuto, Jeff McNeil, Keith Hernandez, Matt Vierling, Max Scherzer, Mychal Givens, Phillies, Ranger Suarez, Starling Marte, Tomas Nido So far — which, I’ll admit right off the bat, is a necessary qualifier — this is one of the stranger successful Met seasons I can remember. After sweeping a split doubleheader from the Braves — no burying the lead in this recap — the Mets are 30 games over .500 for the first time since […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Braves, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Lindor, Jake Odorizzi, Luis Guillorme, Max Scherzer, Mychal Givens, Pete Alonso, Tomas Nido, Trevor May, Yoan Lopez Look, I’d be happier never playing the Yankees. First off, I don’t like interleague play and wish they’d do away with it. But there’s having to play, say, the Angels and there’s having to play the Yankees. And with the latter, there’s just too much stress. One’s living room feels like a psychiatrist’s office; being at […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aaron Judge, Adam Ottavino, Anthony Rizzo, Brandon Nimmo, Eduardo Escobar, Edwin Diaz, Jeff McNeil, Joe Torre, Joey Gallo, Jordan Montgomery, Pete Alonso, Starling Marte, Subway Series, Taijuan Walker, Tomas Nido, Yankees “Could you describe the assailant, please?” “OK, so the assailant was a Marlin?” 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Chris Bassitt, Jerar Encarnacion, Marlins, Met-Killers, Seth Lugo, Tomas Nido Everybody misplaces their Mojo from time to time. In the summer of 1999, Austin Powers had to chase his Mojo all the way back to 1969. A couple of months later, the 1999 Mets’ Mojo experienced dizzying spikes and frightening declines despite Jim Morrison’s advice that it should keep on risin’. For a night-and-a-half in […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1999 Mets, Alex Ochoa, Austin Powers, Bloated Pitching Staffs, Brewers, Chasen Shreve, Drew Smith, Eduardo Escobar, Edwin Diaz, Hunter Renfroe, J.D. Davis, Jeff McNeil, Luis Guillorme, Mark Canha, Mojo, Nick Plummer, Pete Alonso, Pinch-Running, Robin Ventura, Seth Lugo, Short Benches, Starling Marte, The Pinch-Running Files, Tomas Nido, Tylor Megill Why shouldn’t Adonis Medina have been depended upon in the clutchest of spots to deliver for the 2022 Mets? For the same reason the likes of Patrick Mazeika, Nick Plummer and Colin Holderman, to name three previously little-known quantities, shouldn’t have — no reason whatsoever. You may have noticed no Bench Mob sobriquets or t-shirts have […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adonis Medina, Dodgers, Freddie Freeman, J.D. Davis, Mookie Betts, Tension, Tomas Nido, Trea Turner, Trevor Williams |
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