 
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. |
Unfortunate news from Cincinnati, as Jonah Tong had to be recalled from Cooperstown and will have go through the formality of an actual career before his Hall of Fame induction. Tong surrendered three homers (including the first big-league shot for fellow rookie Sal Stewart) and walked four, though oddly, he gave up no other variety of […]  5 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1984 Mets, 1985 Mets, 1986 Mets, 1987 Mets, 1988 Mets, 1989 Mets, 1990 Mets, Davey Johnson, Horrendous Uniforms, Jonah Tong, Nick Davis, Once Upon a Time in Queens, Reds, Ryne Stanek, Sal Stewart, Wild Card Hey, why don’t they make the whole pitching staff out of Nolan McLean? Statistically, McLean’s start Tuesday night against the Tigers was the least of the four he’s made so far in his very young career. But it might have been the most impressive for all that. McLean reported for duty having trouble landing his curveball […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bobby Higginson, Chris Paddack, Juan Soto, Justin Verlander, Kevin Herget, Luis Torrens, Max Scherzer, Nolan McLean, Pete Alonso, Ryne Stanek, Sawyer Gipson-Long, Tigers Before the Labor Day matinee against the Tigers, a friend asked me an alarming question: Who are the Mets’ starters for a playoff series? Kodai Senga? He’s been awful since returning from injury and Carlos Mendoza didn’t exactly offer a ringing, unambiguous vote of confidence about him remaining in the rotation. David Peterson? Bad start has […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brooks Raley, Comerica Park, Edwin Diaz, Gregory Soto, Juan Soto, Ryan Helsley, Ryne Stanek, Sean Manaea, Starting Pitching, Surviving Our Bullpen, Tigers On the day Jonah Tong was born — Thursday, June 19, 2003 — the Mets lost 5-1 to the Marlins at Soilmaster Stadium. Mike Bacsik gave up an early three-run homer to Mike Lowell, things got worse in the fifth, and a dreary game eventually expired. I’m sure I was watching and also glad I […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2003 Mets, Brandon Nimmo, Debuts, Eury Perez, Jason Phillips, Javier Sanoja, Joey Wiemer, Jonah Tong, Juan Soto, Luis Torrens, Marlins, Mike Glavine, Mike Pelfrey, Pete Alonso, Position Players Pitching, Ryan Helsley, Ryne Stanek, Tim Lincecum, Tyler Zuber, Unicorn Scores, Vance Wilson “My Girl” you know about — the singalong that accompanies Francisco Lindor‘s ABs is a new tradition that’s all the sweeter for its organic origins and the Mets having sense enough to stay out of the way. But the crowd at Citi Field wasn’t satisfied with augmenting the Temptations. They did the honors on “Take Me […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, Bryce Harper, Jeff McNeil, Juan Soto, Kyle Schwarber, Mark Vientos, Nolan McLean, Pete Alonso, Phillies, Sweeps, Taijuan Walker, Tanner Banks, Trea Turner “Show a little faith! There’s magic in the night!” That’s one of Bruce Springsteen’s best-known exhortations, a commandment for wavering lovers, teetering dreamers and yes, fans of oddly underwhelming baseball fans. But until Tuesday night, it had largely fallen flat where the 2025 Mets were concerned. Until Tuesday night, but not forever. Game two of the seven-game, two-city […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alec Bohm, Brandon Nimmo, Brett Baty, Bryce Harper, Carlos Mendoza, Edwin Diaz, Gregory Soto, Harrison Bader, Huascar Brazoban, Jesus Luzardo, Jhoan Duran, Luis Torrens, Mark Vientos, Nick Castellanos, Orion Kerkering, Parabolic Microphones, Pete Alonso, Phillies, Ryan Helsley, Sean Manaea, Starling Marte, Tyler Rogers, Willie Traynor It’s a basic rule that you cannot, in fact, win ’em all. It’s also a common error as a baseball fan to forget this bedrock truth. It sure felt like the Mets would win ’em all, or at least this next quantum in the set, when Mark Vientos blasted an early two-run homer off Bryce Elder to […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Braves, Cedric Mullins, David Peterson, Gregory Soto, Jurickson Profar, Mark Vientos, Tyrone Taylor A day after a near-perfect game, the Mets looked once again lacking in all too familiar ways: Kodai Senga was mediocre, and the offense’s comeback stalled when Cedric Mullins couldn’t hit a medium-depth fly ball, beginning a maddening streak of futility against the Nationals’ terrible bullpen. (Before we move on, though, let’s note Brett Baty‘s majestic […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Ewing, Ahbram Liendo, Allan Castro, Binghamton Rumble Ponies, Brett Baty, Cedric Mullins, Jacob Reimer, Kodai Senga, Nationals, Nick Morabito, Portland Sea Dogs, R.J. Gordon OK, not that kind of perfect game. You probably would have heard about it by now. But the Mets — because, if there even is a “because,” baseball season is about ebbs and flows, and the sport is essentially and elementally maddening and perverse — played a game Tuesday night that was pretty much near perfect, […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, Brett Baty, David Peterson, Francisco Alvarez, Francisco Lindor, Injuries, Jake Irvin, James Wood, Jeff McNeil, Juan Soto, Luis Torrens, Mark Vientos, Nationals, Pete Alonso I remembered that the Mets had taken part in the Little League Classic before, though in my recollection they’d been walloped by the Phillies, which is further evidence that this woeful baseball summer has been bad for my mental health: In fact, back in 2018 it was the Mets who did the walloping. Maybe it was […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Clay Holmes, Francisco Alvarez, Little League Classic, Mariners, Mark Vientos, Ryan Helsley, Tyler Rogers |
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