After giving injury rehab his best shot among a flock of Toronto Blue Jay minor leaguers, native Ontarian and lifelong Cincinnati Red Joey Votto announced his retirement on August 22. Johnny Cueto, who made his season debut one day earlier for the Angels, pitched exactly once more in L.A. of A garb. The Halos considered […]
 
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. |
 19 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1966 Mets, Alex Young, Bob Murphy, Danny Young, Darrell Sutherland, Double Plays, Fran Healy, Gerry Arrigo, Huascar Brazoban, Jesse Winker, Larry Bearnaerth, Longevity, Met Equity, Ralph Kiner, Rich Hill, Shea Stadium, Team History, Walks, Winning Streaks I didn’t expect a giddy stretch related to the 2024 Mets, and yet here we are. I was playing mini-golf and eating ice cream, meaning I was late to my assigned duties (sorry not sorry) and yet was only mildly surprised to find it was Forces of Good 7, Defending But Currently Not So Hot World […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andrew Knizner, Brandon Nimmo, David Peterson, DJ Stewart, Francisco Alvarez, Francisco Lindor, Grimace, Jon Gray, Laughers, Mark Vientos, Max Scherzer, Pete Alonso, Rangers, Steve Gelbs, Winning Streaks A team played shoddy defense. A team saw its relievers struggle. A team hit balls right at defenders. A team rallied, sent a strong hitter up in a big spot … and got nothing out of it. That’s a familiar 2023 script, and it’s what we got on Sunday night, along with ESPN personalities we hadn’t asked for. (I […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, Dominic Leone, Giants, J.D. Davis, Jeff Brigham, Jeremy Hefner, Pete Alonso, Winning Streaks Here are those caveats you asked me to pick up on my way here: 1) Lousy teams sometimes shake off their lousiness for a spell before reverting to lousy. 2) Lousy teams sometimes encounter lousier teams and take advantage of their lousiness. 3) Lousy teams sometimes rise toward .500 without ever touching the break-even point and thus remain […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Contenders, Contention Cosplay, Dusty Springfield, I Love Lucy, Protective Netting, Winning Streaks, Zack Wheeler We’ll start with the asterisk: * means “for now.” That’s not said with foreboding, just a veteran fan’s acceptance of baseball reality. There are no teams with .889 winning percentages, not even dynasties. There are only teams on .889 streaks. While you’re in one, enjoy the ride. It’ll end, but that’s no reason not to throw […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Hatred, Marlins, Marlins Park, Noah Syndergaard, Soilmaster Stadium, Stupid Marlins, Winning Streaks A grand slam? The Marlins thought they were gonna beat the Mets with a grand slam? Hey, Marlins, I got a team I wanna introduce you to: the Phillies. The Phillies thought they were gonna beat the Mets with a grand slam. Hey, Phillies, tell the Marlins how that worked out. Yeah, I thought so. The Phillies […] 29 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Albert Pujols, Angel Hernandez, Brett Gardner, Brian Johnson, Chipper Jones, Darren Daulton, Ernest Riles, Grand Slams, Hansel Robles, Hubie Brooks, Jason Thompson, Jay Bruce, Jody Davis, Maikel Franco, Marathons, Marcell Ozuna, Marlins, Melvin Nieves, Michael Conforto, Mike Vail, Neil Walker, Opponent Grand Slams in Mets Wins, Robert Gsellman, Ryan Howard, Ryan Jackson, Team History, Terry Puhl, Todd Helton, Tom Goodwin, Travis d'Arnaud, Vic Davalillo, Willie Stargell, Wilson Ramos, Winning Streaks, Yoenis Cespedes And on the eleventh day, they did precisely what they’d been doing on the ten days that preceded it. They won. It’s a daily exercise with these Mets, now historically so. In front of your frozen but grateful blogger, his shivering photographer pal and scattered others who — like Sharon Chapman and me — value excellence over […] 17 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1969 Mets, 1972 Mets, 1986 Mets, 1990 Mets, 2015 Mets, Team History, Winning Streaks I’ve been thinking of this one game. I was in Connecticut. The Mets were in Atlanta. They were playing the Braves on a Saturday night and Dillon Gee wasn’t very good. Since that game I’ve driven back to New York, worked my butt off for three days and nights, flown to California where I spent three days at a Star […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Buddy Carlyle, Curtis Granderson, Dillon Gee, Fans, Juan Lagares, Winning Streaks If you’re a sports fan, the best Aprils are the most stressful Aprils. In competitive context, such Aprils are the least cruellest of months, but they can play on your nerves. The two teams I root for in winter, the Nets and the Islanders, have made it to spring’s playoffs. It beats their having to go […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Basketball, Curtis Granderson, First Place, Hockey, Jon Niese, Kevin Plawecki, T.S. Eliot, Winning Streaks This, I thought as I sat in Promenade Box 405 during the sun-soaked bottom of the fourth on Sunday, is where the dream has at last arrived to meet reality. All those computer-generated images of bustling new Mets Ballpark from 2006 tried to capture what the future would look like. It would have people and […] 19 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Citi Field, Euphoria, Injuries, Jerry Blevins, Matt Harvey, Travis d'Arnaud, Winning Streaks |
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