Friday night in Phoenix didn’t offer enough positive developments to encourage the pessimistic yet likely didn’t dampen the stubborn enthusiasm of the optimistic. Jon Niese pitched well enough to win until he fell behind. From there, the bullpen pitched poorly enough to ensure he’d lose. Oh, and once again nobody hit. Or “nobody” hit, as […]
 
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. |
 13 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Barry Lyons, Charlie O'Brien, David Cone, Dick Schofield, Double Vision, Eddie Murray, John Mayberry, Kevin McReynolds, Kevin Plawecki, Matt Harvey, Ruben Tejada, Ryan Thompson, Team History, Tim Teufel, Twin Digits, Uniform Numbers, Vince Coleman You know what Doc Gooden’s typical pitch count was when he was regularly registering double-digit strikeouts in 1984? Neither do I. It never occurred to me to ask. The only pitches any Mets fan was counting 29 years ago were the ones that resulted in strike three. That was the fun of the greatest new […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | David Cone, Dwight Gooden, Eric Young Jr., Instant Replay, Juan Lagares, Tom Seaver, Zack Wheeler I’m pretty sure the Mets won their game Friday night. Score says they did. My memory says they did. Eric Young, Jr., tossing his helmet into the air before stomping on home plate amid a sea of orange-trimmed blue jerseys says they did. So why doesn’t it feel more festive? Probably because, in descending order of […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Amos Otis, Carlos Torres, David Aardsma, David Cone, David Wright, Dillon Gee, Ed Hearn, Eric Young Jr., Interleague Play, Joe Foy, Pedro Feliciano, Royals Gentle Reader: The topical hook of this column is incredibly outdated, but the historical stuff is still keen! *** Michael Bourn. Not a Met. Not yet. Maybe never. Maybe soon. It’s not a story that seems to include resolution. (EDITOR’S NOTE: Resolution came.) But if Bourn is gonna be one of ours soon, he’s gonna start his […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Al Leiter, Brady Clark, Brandon Lyon, Chan Ho Park, Chris Aguila, Clem Labine, Clint Hurdle, Dale Thayer, Dan Wheeler, Dave Kingman, David Cone, David Lamb, Dennis Springer, Dick Stuart, Don Aase, Elmer Dessense, February Finds, George Foster, Hisanori Takahashi, James Baldwin, Jason Isringhausen, Jason Pridie, Jay Bell, Johan Santana, Jose Lima, Livan Hernandez, Luis Alvarado, Luis Hernandez, Mark Johnson, Marlon Byrd, Michael Bourn, Mike Glavine, Mike Jacobs, Nelson Figueroa, Pedro Feliciano, Recidivist Mets, Ricardo Rincon, Rich Rodriguez, Ricky Bottalico, Rod Barajas, Ron Taylor, Scott Erickson, Team History, Todd Zeile David Cone, a Met from 1987 through 1992 and again for a spell in 2003 (we don’t know what he did most of the years in between), is lending his celebrity to help to help those still hurting in the aftermath of stupid storm Sandy…which I’m tired of dignifying as “super”. Coney will be guest-bartending […] Now he’s at 18. Now this is getting to be a whole other kind of fun. Oh, it was good, clean, dry fun — no rain, please; it disturbs everything for which he stands — from early on this season. And it was a veritable overflowing fountain cup of fun in the middle of the year […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Al Leiter, Bobby Ojeda, David Cone, Dwight Gooden, Frank Viola, Jerry Koosman, R.A. Dickey, Tom Seaver Congratulations to the five Faith and Fear in Flushing readers who each won a copy of Baseball’s Greatest Games: 1986 World Series Game 6 from A&E Home Entertainment in association with MLB Productions. These five industrious fellows answered a quiz issued last Tuesday to coincide with the 25th anniversary of what was then indisputably the greatest World […] 1 comment - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1986 World Series, 2011 Postseason, Alejandro Pena, Bob Johnson, Bob L. Miller, Calvin Schiraldi, Darren Oliver, David Cone, Jack Lamabe, Jeff Reardon, Juan Berenguer, Kenny Rogers, Kevin Tapani, Mike Remlinger, Octavio Dotel, Pedro Martinez, Rick Aguilera, Roger Craig, Team History, Tony Castillo, Tug McGraw Welcome to The Happiest Recap, a solid gold slate of New York Mets games culled from every schedule the Mets have ever played en route to this, their fiftieth year in baseball. We’ve created a dream season consisting of the “best” 19th game in any Mets season, the “best” 20th game in any Mets season, […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1974 Mets, 1987 Mets, 1992 Mets, Bob L. Miller, David Cone, Fiftieth Anniversary, Mike Scott, Team History, The Happiest Recap Violinist Issac Stern played great music. Writer Isaac Bashevis Singer wrote great fiction. First baseman Issac Benjamin Davis made a helluva catch on a foul popup in the first inning of Wednesday’s otherwise desultory Met loss. All these Isaacs were blessed with a talent for doing something most people can’t. Stern was awarded the Presidential Medal […] 19 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Art Shamsky, Carlos Baerga, Dave Roberts, David Cone, David Newhan, Elliott Maddox, George Foster, Greg Goossen, Ike Davis, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Isaac Stern, Jim Fregosi, Joe Ginsberg, Manny Acosta, Metropolitan-American, Mike Jacobs, Norm Sherry, Scott Schoeneweis, Seaverite, Shawn Green, Tobi Stoner, Woody Allen We’ll be running into Jeff Kent in Los Angeles this weekend, something you might not have bet on 15 years ago next month. Jeff Kent was not wanted by Mets fans, not for David Cone. The 1992 Mets had already reached base camp at the bottom of their mountain after having careened steadily downhill through […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alex Trevino, David Cone, Ed Kranepool, Hubie Brooks, Jeff Kent, John Franco, Last Met Standing, Lee Mazzilli, Longest Ago Met Still Active, Nolan Ryan, Team History, Tom Seaver, Tug McGraw |
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