They used to say you should never trust what you see in September when it comes to young players and clubs just playing out the string, but that wisdom was turned on its head late in the 2010s, when the also-ran New York Mets used an uncommonly […]
 
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. |
The Mets spoiled their own chances of contending sometime during the spring. Now, on the cusp of fall, they have finally put a meaningful crimp in somebody else’s plans. I have no more against the Phillies these days than I do the […]  9 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Corey Oswalt, Drew Gagnon, Jacob deGrom, Jeff McNeil, Mike Vail, Phillies, Rain, Satisfaction, September, Spoilers It’s September 1, 2018. The Mets entered the month 59-75, 15 games removed from any stratum of playoff action. The kind of context that gives September its juice eludes us. We have an individual honor to root for where Jacob deGrom is concerned. We have an unfortunate […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Eric Hanhold, Pennant Race, September, Steven Matz, Team History, The Mets Subconscious For six innings Tuesday night, I was content to float along on the echoes provided by the visitor who used to call Citi Field home, the visitor who was the first Met to make Citi Field feel like a home. R.A. Dickey was pitching a shutout for the Braves against the Mets. See past the […] 19 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2000 Mets, A.J. Minter, Amed Rosario, Asdrubal Cabrera, Braves, Craig Brazell, Dominic Smith, Echoes, Ender Inciarte, Esix Snead, Kevin Plawecki, R.A. Dickey, Rafael Montero, September, Terry Collins, Travis Taijeron To paraphrase the scintilla of a solo I had in my portrayal of Senator Jack S. Phogbound in our high school’s production of Li’l Abner, of all the very ordinary, most unloved, unnecessary ballclubs on this earth, the Mets are…well, extraordinarily ordinary. That’s the problem with this team that’s been losing in copious amounts for more […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Amed Rosario, Chris Flexen, Injuries, Juan Lagares, Nori Aoki, Ordinariness, September Addison Reed looked tired. Travis d’Arnaud looked lost. Asdrubal Cabrera looked determined. Jeurys Familia at first looked vulnerable, then unbeatable. Eric Campbell looked happy to be there. Josh Smoker looked ecstatic to be there. It’s not enough for me to watch the players on my team play ball. I now find myself thinking along with them, […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alejandro De Aza, Curtis Granderson, Eric Campbell, Julio Teheran, Kelly Johnson, Pennant Race, September, Team Effort, Travis d'Arnaud In light of recent staff-depleting events, I’ve found myself thinking of two names embedded in my baseball consciousness as very specific avatars relevant to our current situation: Marty Bystrom and John Candelaria. Candelaria you might recognize as a veteran pitcher who was acquired by the Mets under stressful circumstances. It was the middle of September […] 24 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1987 Mets, Grizzled Veterans, John Candelaria, Marty Bystrom, Robert Gsellman, September, Unheralded Rookies I can’t take me anywhere. I can, but I can’t depend on me to respond as social norms suggest I should. I took myself to Citi Field Tuesday night at the invitation of a friend. The ostensible lure was the manifestation of that old Wilponian chestnut, Meaningful Games In September, MGIS for short (mishegas for our […] 41 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2004 Mets, Cleon Jones, Dee Gordon, Fred Wilpon, Marv Throneberry, September, Tom Koehler, Tom Seaver, Uniforms The team that was a surefire bet to cruise to another division title got off to a rocky start. But then they began to right the ship, they had their pitching lined up, and once September rolled around, they took dead aim at first place, inching closer and closer day by day until they were […] 47 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carlos Torres, Dario Alvarez, David Wright, Erik Goeddel, Hansel Robles, Jeurys Familia, Jon Niese, Michael Stanley Band, Rich Sauveur, September, Yoenis Cespedes Over the past three games, the sub-.500 Mets have scored 20 runs and allowed 20 runs against the sub-.500 teams directly adjacent to them in the standings. It’s been like a sporadically entertaining round-robin of mediocrity. But they’ve won two of these three games, which is good news for those still keeping track of the Mets’ […] 16 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | David Wright, Individual Goals, Jacob deGrom, Juan Lagares, Lucas Duda, Metropolitan Hospitality, September, U.S. Open |
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