That it was inevitable didn’t make it any less irresistible. The number 5 could have been retired as soon as David Wright took off his jersey in 2018. Many of us mentally reserved a spot for it at Citi Field before Citi Field was announced as the successor facility to Shea Stadium at the outset […]
 
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. |
 2 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  5, An Appreciation, Ceremony, David Wright, Mets Hall of Fame, Retired Numbers, The Captain Twenty-one years ago tomorrow, the surprisingly contending Mets did not look ready for what was hitting them at Shea Stadium, giving up six runs in the first inning. They’d do plenty of hitting themselves before the game was over, and Armando Benitez would come on to get the save, but the Mets didn’t do enough […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2004 Mets, David Wright, Promise, Retired Numbers It’s a Tuesday night in July of 1970. It is the twelfth inning of a 4-4 contest. Pete Rose is on second. Jim Hickman singles into center field. Rose motors around third base. Amos Otis fires to the plate. Rose keeps coming home, regardless that Ray Fosse is blocking his path. The on-deck batter Dick […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | All-Star Game, All-Stars, Billy Wagner, Bud Harrelson, David Peterson, David Wright, Dino Ebel, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Lindor, Gil Hodges, Kyle Schwarber, National League Loyalty, Pete Alonso, Pete Rose, Ray Fosse, Slow Realization, Swing-off, Tom Seaver, Trevor Hoffman, Truist Park And on the last day of the first half,* the Mets presented us with a fan’s oldest philosophical conundrum: Is it better to come back and lose, or not to come back at all? The philosophy lesson came at the very end: Before that, the Mets followed one of their more frustrating 2025 scripts, in which […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Annual Loss Before the Break, Carlos Estevez, Clay Holmes, Futile Comebacks, Jared Young, Jeff McNeil, Kyle Isbel, Nick Loftin, Noah Cameron, Ronny Mauricio, Royals, Sean Manaea, Tyler Tolbert The Mets are a half-game in first place as the final action before the All-Star break approaches. That seems appropriate, given that so much of the Mets’ good fortune seems to depend on opposing baserunners being the equivalent of no more than a half-step off a base while a Met fielder’s tag is touching him. […] 1 comment - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bobby Witt Jr., Close Plays, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Lindor, Harrison Friedland, Luis Torrens, Video Review Surely you’ve been told at some point in your life, “Get some rest and you’ll feel better.” I felt fine in the bottom of the sixth Friday night, though I’d felt better before the Royals tied the Mets at one apiece. The part of the rain-delayed game in which Kodai Senga pitched four scoreless innings […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Chris Devenski, Clocks, Francisco Lindor, Gary Apple, Juan Soto, Kodai Senga, Mark Vientos, Michael Wacha, Pete Alonso, Royals, Stirring to Consciousness I would like the Mets to be loaded with nothing but stars who win every game by lots of runs, pitched daily and/or nightly to victory solely by stalwarts of the starting rotation. Sounds ideal enough. Now for reality. The Mets don’t win every game. Nor does anybody else, but the Mets have gotten out of the […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2025 Mets, All-Stars, Brandon Waddell, Brett Baty, David Peterson, Dicky Lovelady, Justin Hagenman, Rico Garcia, Ryne Stanek, Shrinking Middle Class, Two-Run Losses, Tyrone Taylor, Unplanned Starters So you want to be a big-league pitcher? Baltimore’s Brandon Young entered the game sporting an ERA north of seven — hmm, come to think of it that’s less “sporting” than “lugging” or “enduring.” But there’s a reason they actually play the games: Young looked terrific against the Mets, allowing just a pair of hits in […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alex Carrillo, Baseball Cards, Brandon Nimmo, Brandon Young, Brett Baty, Bryan Baker, Clay Holmes, Comebacks, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Lindor, Huascar Brazoban, Jackson Holliday, Orioles, Pete Alonso, Reed Garrett, Ronny Mauricio, The Holy Books, Yennier Cano Let us not move into this final week before the All-Star break without acknowledging we have three All-Stars. Congratulations to Pete Alonso, Edwin Diaz and, most of all, Francisco Lindor. We extend most-of-allness to Francisco because this is his first time he’ll go to an All-Star Game as a New York Met — as the […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | All-Stars, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Lindor, Longest Waits, Pete Alonso, Team History, Todd Hundley, Tug McGraw Funny what a week can do. Last Monday, we were all grateful the Mets didn’t have to play baseball following a long weekend’s disaster in Pittsburgh — and not terribly distressed when Tuesday was also a washout. Now, it feels a little irritating to not be tuning in to watch them. On Sunday the Mets battled […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aaron Judge, Brett Baty, Bullpen Use, Clay Bellinger, Hayden Senger, Juan Soto, Perspective, Questionable Managerial Decisions, Subway Series, Yankees, Zach Pop |
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