Teams in freefall have a certain stink to them — a weird funk of despair and anger, disbelief and anxiety. The relievers will self-destruct, the bats will fail, the defense will falter, the umps and/or fate will intervene. Players and fans alike carry themselves as if they know it and are just waiting for the […]
 
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. |
 5 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Amed Rosario, Brandon Nimmo, Jason Vargas, Nick Markakis, Scott Copeland, Tim Peterson The 2018 Mets season took place in miniature in the northern suburbs of Atlanta on Tuesday. It takes place in miniature most days wherever the Mets happen to be. Somebody was injured. Then […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bad Relief Pitching, Gerson Bautista, Injuries, Microcosm, Noah Syndergaard, Steven Matz, Walkoff Losses In the ninth inning of Monday’s nightcap, which if memory serves ended about an hour ago if it’s not in fact still going on, Braves pinch-hitter Dustin Peterson tried to take first base on ball three. The various onlookers laughed; so did I. It had been a long, often ridiculous day and night that by […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Ramos, Braves, Doubleheaders, Hansel Robles, Jacob deGrom, Jose Reyes, Luis Guillorme, Rain Delays I don’t consider myself particularly prescient, but I did have three recent thoughts that perhaps indicate I have a knack for sniffing out certain strands of Met debacle before they unspool. 1) “Miller Park is a stealth Mets disaster zone,” […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Asdrubal Cabrera, Debacle, Disaster Zone, Jerry Blevins, Miller Park, Paul Sewald, Prescience, Rob Drake, Robert Gsellman, Sausage Race, Zack Wheeler Saturday’s Mets game was one for the ages. I know I aged significantly during the three hours and thirty-six minutes it took for the Mets to lose the hell out of it. When the game and I were comparatively wide-eyed […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | AJ Ramos, Blowouts, Brewers, Chris Flexen, Jacob Rhame, Jason Vargas Did ya see that thing? That thing with the Brew Crew? It didn’t end pretty. Not that it was all bad, though. Joey Bats came through from outta nowhere, which is to say Canada by way of Georgia. We were […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | AJ Ramos, Brewers, Goodfellas, Jose Bautista, Luis Guillorme, Whacked The Mets who needed to hit hit Thursday night in Milwaukee. Every position player hit, actually, which is what the Mets needed most. The starting pitcher, Steven Matz, didn’t hit, but wasn’t hit. Steven went six innings, allowed no runs and handed the proceedings over to Paul Sewald […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Amed Rosario, Brandon Nimmo, Michael Conforto, Youth of America Gary Cohen called Wednesday night’s 2-1 loss “stunning” the moment after it happened. Gary Cohen makes mostly accurate statements. This wasn’t among them. The Mets had led the Marlins, 1-0, since the fifth inning. Brandon Nimmo had put us on the board […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Anxieties, Blown Saves, Brandon Nimmo, Expectations, Jacob deGrom, Jeurys Familia, Mickey Callaway, Not Stunning, One Run The deal came together with startling speed – in far less time than even one of today’s foot-on-the-accelerator news cycles, Jose Bautista went from possible New York Mets target to likely signee to announced acquisition to standing on the field wearing No. 11. No day or two to get his affairs in order, no needing to […] 23 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Caleb Smith, Jose Bautista, Jose Reyes, Recidivist Mets, Zack Wheeler I noticed an SNY banner displayed by the bourbon-branded club on the Promenade level, which I found odd (the banner, not the bourbon) until I remembered Gary Cohen mentioned something Sunday about broadcasting Monday night’s game alfresco. Our announcers were out of doors, and so were Stephanie […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | AJ Ramos, Drawings, Jason Vargas, Marlins, Monday Night Baseball |
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