 
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. |
Here’s an unforgivable fan sin: “I don’t want them to clinch tonight because I have tickets for tomorrow and want to see it myself.” I’ve heard that a time or two, and it’s all I can do to limit myself to pointed disagreement instead of reacting in a way that would get me taken away in […]  43 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Abysmal Finishes Held in Abeyance, Alec Bohm, Brandon Marsh, Bryce Harper, Carlos Estevez, Carlos Mendoza, Clinchings, Cow-Bell Man, David Peterson, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Alvarez, Francisco Lindor, Grand Slams, Grimace, Jeff Hoffman, Jose Quintana, Kody Clemens, Kyle Schwarber, Mark Vientos, Nick Castellanos, Phillies, Ranger Suarez, Reed Garrett, The 7 Line, Trea Turner There was a wonderful moment back in Atlanta, one that’s nearly been forgotten in all the joyful, exhausting tumult of what’s followed. Steve Gelbs was interviewing Francisco Lindor, only Gelbs was drenched in alcohol and having trouble getting past the fact that his eyes were burning. “You’re suffering!” said an even more drenched Lindor. “You’re not embracing! […] 25 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bryce Harper, Bryson Stott, Bullpen, Carlos Mendoza, Cristopher Sanchez, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Lindor, Jose Butto, Jose Ruiz, Kody Clemens, Kyle Schwarber, Luis Severino, Mark Vientos, Matt Strahm, Nick Castellanos, Pete Alonso, Phillies, Playoffs, Steve Gelbs, Trea Turner, Tylor Megill, Walkoff Losses I can feel it coming. Maybe it’ll be this year, or in five or in 10, but it’s a when and not an if: My physician will settle himself or herself on a stool, make sure I’m paying attention, and say the inevitable words. Mr. Fry, you need to stop watching baseball. There will be alternatives offered: […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Marsh, Brandon Nimmo, Bryce Harper, Danny Young, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Alvarez, Luis Severino, Luisangel Acuna, Mark Vientos, Pete Alonso, Phillies, Reed Garrett, Taijuan Walker, Trea Turner The Mets haven’t been on the wrong end of any lopsided beatdowns this depressing weekend in Philadelphia, so we haven’t heard any wizened press box wag offer in a Burgess Meredith rasp the old chestnut that if this were a fight, somebody woulda stopped it by now. If these games were fights, at least the […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bob Murphy, Boxing, Brandon Nimmo, Burgess Meredith, Fight, Johan Rojas, Rocky Balboa, Ronny Mauricio, Scoring Systems, Statistical Triptych of Despair, Trea Turner, Zack Wheeler “I swear I could tear your throat out right now!” That was said by a parking-lot attendant at Citizens Bank Park after our friend Jerome pulled an admittedly unconventional U-turn in an effort to escape a tediously slow line of vehicles waiting for spaces. Welcome to Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love! And yes, sometimes the jokes […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bryce Harper, Citizens Bank Park, David Robertson, Double Plays, Francisco Lindor, Josh Harrison, Luis Guillorme, Max Scherzer, Nick Castellanos, Phillies, Starling Marte, Trea Turner The first half of Wednesday’s game burbled vaguely out of my phone from a waterproof pouch around my neck: It was Opening Day for kayak season, so first I was sitting in a boat off a Brooklyn Bridge Park pier making sure people didn’t drown or do anything dopey and then I was hauling racks […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Baby Mets, Brandon Marsh, Brett Baty, Brooks Raley, Carlos Carrasco, Defense, Francisco Lindor, Mark Canha, Phillies, Roger Clemens, Trea Turner 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 My philosophy on first losses of seasons, particularly if they’re not first games of seasons, is they’re permissible to the point where they are almost welcome to occur. Get one out of the way so it can be recalled that when they transpire, our hearts will go […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Baseball Card Dreams, First Loss of the Season After a Win, Justin Wilson, Naps, Pete Alonso, Trea Turner, Zack Wheeler OK, try this: Oh man, what a horrible game. What a horrible DAY. Jacob deGrom‘s pitching elbow is inflamed, he’s going to miss a start, and Terry Collins apparently knew nothing about it. And then the Mets went out and did NOTHING against the Nats. Ugh, the Nats! They make me want to break things! I mean, I […] 23 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Koda Glover, Nationals, Noah Syndergaard, Trea Turner, Wild Card |
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