Perhaps they showed up better on TV, but from Promenade at Citi Field, those Casper the Friendly Ghost tribute togs the Mets wore Friday night in deference to Players Weekend marketing concerns were hard to make out. White pants. White shirts. White caps. White numbers. An offensive attack that amounted to a collective white flag. […]
 
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. |
A long time ago, it looked like Noah Syndergaard was on his way to a perfect game. That wasn’t 40 days and 40 nights ago — that’s the story of another Noah — but by the end of this deluged and drowned evening, with its two rain delays, it sure felt like it had been that […] If you’ve been reading us for the last two years (in which case thank you, by the way), you know that I think Mickey Callaway is a bit dim. That said, I have sympathy for him right now. A fair amount of it, in fact. He’s got a closer who can’t be relied on, a setup guy […]  21 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Braves, Bullpen, Edwin Diaz, Jerry Blevins, Jeurys Familia, Josh Donaldson, Managers, Mickey Callaway, Ruben Tejada, Seth Lugo, Steven Matz Five Sundays prior to the most recent Sunday, I went to Citi Field. It was the last game before the All-Star break. The Mets weren’t going anywhere, so when they continued to go nowhere, it made me no never mind. Zack Wheeler gave up four runs in the first; Aaron Nola flirted with a no-hitter; […] 20 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Asdrubal Cabrera, Brad Brach, Edwin Diaz, Gut-Wrenching Baseball, Jacob deGrom, Jeurys Familia, Joe Panik, Juan Soto, Kurt Suzuki, Nationals, Stomachs Tied in Knots, Sundays, Winning Streaks Halted “At 10:13 P.M., it became officially official. The Cubs had lost, 6-2. Even if the Mets lost the second game, they would still be first. Millennium, we are here. But the Mets were no longer in a mood to lose anything.” 24 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | .500, 1969 Mets, Amed Rosario, Cramps, Curtis Granderson, Doubleheader Sweeps, Ed Kranepool, Edwin Diaz, J.D. Davis, Jacob deGrom, Jeff Brigham, Jeff McNeil, Jeurys Familia, Michael Conforto, Over .500, Pete Alonso, Radio and TV Not in Sync, Robert Dugger, Robert Gsellman, Seth Lugo, Solo Home Runs, The West Wing, Tom Seaver, Walker Lockett The Mets have prevailed. In a battle of the teams with the two worst records in the National League, they are the least worst. In their five-member division, they place fourth on merit. Take that, Marlins. The Marlins did. They were outplayed by the Mets for two consecutive games in a three-game series — in Miami, no […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2013 Mets, Adeiny Hechavarria, Alan Suriel, Amed Rosario, Fourth Place, George Foster, Jacob deGrom, Jeff McNeil, Jeurys Familia, Juan Lagares, Keith Hernandez, Little Treats, Pete Alonso, Robinson Cano, Series Win, Wilson Ramos Repeatedly as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Mets, I get slightly irked. Not by the celebration or the feat celebrated but by a tiny detail that is continually reported inaccurately. Those Mets, it keep getting said, fell ten games behind the Cubs in the National League East in mid-August before turning their […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1969 Mets, 2017 Mets, Edwin Diaz, Half-Games, Jacob deGrom, Jay Bruce, Jerry Seinfeld, Jeurys Familia, Ken Johnson, Replay Review, Rocky III, Spiritually Eliminated, Statistical Obsessions I put off writing the recap of Friday night’s Mets baseball — the completion of Thursday’s suspended game and Friday’s regularly scheduled contest with the Cardinals — in hopes that a night’s sleep would take the sting out of it. Oh ha ha ha ha ha. Nope, in the clear light of morning it hurts just as […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brodie Van Wagenen, Bullpen, Edwin Diaz, Jeurys Familia, Paul DeJong, Vexing Losses Can you have good developments on a day that saw the Mets lose a 1-0 game on another homer off their vaunted closer? Well, maybe. The first good development is that the Mets put Jeurys Familia on the Injured List with some kind of complicated malady that, depending on your level of cynicism, is best described as […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Jacob deGrom, Jeurys Familia, Reds, Tucker Barnhart “Oh, what’s this? I wasn’t expecting anything!” 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Blown Saves, Creative Managing, Drew Gagnon, Extra Innings, J.D. Davis, Jason Vargas, Jeff McNeil, Jeurys Familia, Michael Conforto, Mickey Callaway, Pete Alonso, Polite Responses, Robert Gsellman, Todd Frazier |
Piazza: Catcher, Slugger, Icon, Star by Greg Prince is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers. 
Amazin' Again: How the 2015 New York Mets Brought the Magic Back to Queens by Greg Prince is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers. 
Volume I of The Happiest Recap: 50+ Years of the New York Mets As Told in 500+ Amazin' Wins by Greg Prince is available in print and for Kindle on Amazon. 
Faith and Fear in Flushing: An Intense Personal History by Greg Prince (foreword by Jason Fry), is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers. |
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