“Look for the helpers,” Mr. Rogers implored, and the wishful thinkers in Mets management listened. They didn’t know who was gonna help in Mr. Met’s Neighborhood, but they’d keep looking. As of Tuesday night, the Mets had sought help from 48 players in 55 games. As of Monday afternoon, they had tried only 46 different […]
 
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. |
 7 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2024 Mets, A.J. Minter, David Peterson, Eric Wagaman, Grim Scene, Jared Young, Juan Soto, Luis Torrens, Mets Third Basemen, Mr. Rogers, Roster Turnover At the end of April I reclaimed my “have been to all 30 major-league parks” status with a trip to Globe Life Field to see the Texas Rangers take on the visiting Athletics. I’d like to tell you that the rest of this piece is a celebration of baseball, but alas it isn’t — beyond the […] Comments closed | | Print This Post | Ballparks, Brandon Nimmo, Carlos Cortes, Globe Life Field, Globe Life Park, Hopelessness, Jeff McNeil, Nolan McLean, Rangers, Reds What does Christian Scott have in common with Bob Moorhead, Chris Schwinden, Brent Strom, Mike Birkbeck, Collin McHugh and Tommy Milone? They are the only pitchers in Mets history to start at least five games as a Met and never record a victory as a Met starter. Scott holds the record by a mile, with […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Christian Scott, Kitty Cat Eyeblack, Marlins, Not Scoring, Team History, Walkoff Losses By Grand Slam, Winless Met Starters Ready for the understatement of the year? The 2026 Mets are frustrating. On the one hand, I love that they’re playing the kids, instead of giving no-longer-deserved time to Proven Veterans™. The latest kid? 2025 Momentary Met Jonathan Pintaro, whose inaugural 2026 outing went a lot better than his last one. Progress! Pintaro joins the likes […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bo Bichette, Brett Baty, Grizzled Veterans, Jonathan Pintaro, Jorge Polanco, Marcus Semien, Mark Vientos, Marlins, Rookies What’s that saying about how if you watch a baseball game, you’re bound to see something you’ve seen repeatedly? Occasional outlier notwithstanding, the 2026 Mets are expert at rolling out slight variations on the same old same old. Take Friday’s game — please. Another cobbling together of à la carte options from the pitching menu: a reliever […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carson Benge, Craig Kimbrel, Dog Days in May, Jonah Tong, Juan Soto, Marlins, Sean Manaea, Tobias Myers I was nervous for much of Thursday afternoon’s game, as the Mets refused to expand on a 2-0 lead that quickly got halved to 2-1. That was too close, with the Nats lurking around waiting to do Natty things (which used to be equally offensive Expo things) and the Mets still laboring beneath 2026’s dark […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Ewing, Bo Bichette, Cade Cavalli, David Peterson, Daylen Lile, Devin Williams, Mark Vientos, Nationals, Splits, Wind In 2014, the New York Mets traded Ike Davis to the Pittsburgh Pirates for two minor leaguers who seeped deep into my baseball subconscious, each of them laying low down there for a very long time. One of them was named Blake Taylor, a pitcher who rose slowly from rookie ball in the Gulf Coast […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Blake Taylor, Ike Davis, Mistaken Identity, Patience, Promise, Youth, Zach Thornton, Zack Thornton It was the bottom of the second in Tuesday night’s game, with two out and nobody on. The Mets led 5-0 and a laugher seemed to be on tap, with good feelings aplenty. Bo Bichette had escaped the back of the milk carton with home runs in the first two innings, Steve Gelbs had conducted […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Ewing, Bo Bichette, Carson Benge, Daniel Duarte, Debacles, Debuts, Inside The Park Home Run, James Wood, Luis Torrens, Marcus Semien, Nationals, Nick Morabito, Nolan McLean, Richard Lovelady, Tyrone Taylor A run was Benged in. A run was Brujáned in. Two runs were Batyed in. Another two runs were Benged in. Two more runs were Bichetted in. All of it happened in one extra inning, in which two other runs were batted in by players whose names begin with a letter that wasn’t B, which […] Baseball is a funny game. That’s one word for it. But what a word — because in English, “funny” has a wide range of meanings. Amusing, yes. But also odd, peculiar, maddening, ironic, unpredictable. You might say it’s a funny word. For most of Sunday, the Mets played the kind of game they’ve played too often this […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Ewing, Anthony Volpe, Bo Bichette, Carson Benge, Comebacks, David Bednar, Devin Williams, Extra Innings, Freddy Peralta, Luis Torrens, Marcus Semien, Mark Vientos, Max Schuemann, Sarah Langs, Sean Manaea, Subway Series, Tim Hill, Tyrone Taylor, Walkoffs, Yankees |
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