Something I do when making real-world decisions is ask, “what’s the worst thing that could happen?” and then adjusting my plans as needed. (“I could get hit by a car that I won’t know is coming around that corner” = maybe don’t do that, while “the weather means the flight’s canceled and I get there […]
 
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. |
 34 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Braves, Chris Bassitt, Dansby Swanson, Disappointment, Matt Olson, Travis d'Arnaud, Wild Card It’s a measure of how spoiled we’ve been: Jacob deGrom looks mortal (and for a second start in a row, no less) and we’re all scratching our heads as if God has repealed physics and things are falling up and sticking to ceilings. DeGrom was better than he was in his confoundingly disastrous Oakland start, and […] 17 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Austin Riley, Braves, Brooklyn Cyclones, Dansby Swanson, Debuts, Francisco Alvarez, Jacob deGrom, Kenley Jansen, Matt Olson, Max Fried, Max Scherzer, Pennant Race, Starling Marte Carlos Carrasco was bad, inexplicable Mets punching bag Pablo Lopez was good, the Marlins were pesky even by their loathsome standards and the Mets lost a game that had a queasy, out-of-sorts feeling to it from the get-go. And yes, down in D.C. the Braves smacked the crap out of the Nats, and so now […] 19 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Braves, Carlos Carrasco, Frustration, Jacob Stallings, James McCann, Jerry Blevins, JJ Bleday, Marlins, Mr. Met, Pablo Lopez, Pete Alonso, Richard Bleier, Ties, Trevor Williams, Weather To get us rolling, a sample of my strongly held opinions that make people either smile politely until I shut up or quietly back away from me when they think I’m not noticing: The American League is a jumped-up beer league, the National League should never have agreed to treat it as an equal, and John […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1973 World Series, A's, American League, Ballparks, Braves, Chris Bassitt, Gambling, John McGraw, Las Vegas, Laughers, Magic Numbers, Mark Canha, MLB, Onslaught of Gambling Commercials, SNY, Stephen Vogt, Whitey Herzog, Yogi Berra The Mets said all the right things after taking apart the Brewers Monday night — how they’d picked each other up all year, how it was a great bunch of guys, how this was just a first step, how they had other goals. All the stuff a team that’s clinched October plans but nothing more specific […] 17 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2022 Postseason, Brewers, Max Scherzer, Pete Alonso Saturday night’s Mets win over the Pirates had a certain family resemblance to Friday night’s win: smothering starting pitching, enough offense to secure the victory, not enough offense to feel secure about said victory. The margin was more comfortable, to be sure, but once again the Mets proved curiously allergic to the tack-on hit that would […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Chris Bassitt, Eduardo Escobar, Pete Alonso, Pirates On Friday night the Mets played one of those OBJECTS IN MIRROR ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR games: They seemed to have the Pittsburgh Pirates well in hand for a second straight night, starting with Taijuan Walker not giving up a hit until the fourth. The Mets repeatedly looked on the verge of knocking the […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Edwin Diaz, Farewells, John Stearns, Luis Guillorme, Oneil Cruz, Pirates, Taijuan Walker Not by the Mets — I was at least a reasonably well-behaved guest up in section 339 with my work colleagues, a long way from home plate and the pitches David Peterson didn’t throw in sufficient proximity to it. Rather, I’ve been banned by my kid on suspicion of being a jinx. I’m 0-for-4 in outings […] 17 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Braves, Citi Field, Cubs, David Peterson, Frustration, Losing Streaks, Starling Marte, Superstition, Sweeps To review, these days the Mets play two kinds of games, which for simplicity’s sake we’ll tally up in separate columns. In Column A, we record games like these, to quote some dumbass blogger: “ones in which they lose seemingly winnable affairs in horribly frustrating ways”. Column B is the home for games like these: “ones in […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, Chris Bassitt, Cubs, Darin Ruf, Frustration, Javier Assad, Mark Canha, Tyler Naquin The Mets, of late, play two kinds of games: ones in which they lose seemingly winnable affairs in horribly frustrating ways and ones in which they beat the absolute tar out of their opponents without breaking too much of a sweat. We’re a third of the way through September, and I’m not sure I can […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andrew Nardi, Braves, Carlos Carrasco, Eduardo Escobar, Francisco Lindor, Mark Canha, Mark Vientos, Marlins, Pablo Lopez, Pennant Race |
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