 
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. |
Different night, same three-legged stool of suck. Kodai Senga worked into the sixth, which is the Mets starting pitcher equivalent of a complete game these days. Into the sixth, but not out of it — let’s not go crazy, folks. Was that better than Senga has been? Yes. Was that better than Mets starters in general […]  9 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Accountability, Braves, Kodai Senga, Raisel Iglesias, Ryan Helsley, Tyler Rogers Perhaps the only good thing about Wednesday night’s belated loss to the Braves was that I found it hard to take it personally. I imagine it isn’t fun to watch from the root cellar as a tornado reduces the house to kindling. But I also imagine one doesn’t feel singled out to be in the path […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Braves, Carlos Carrasco, Collapses, David Peterson, Francisco Lindor, Jeff McNeil, Juan Soto, Justin Hagenman, Marcell Ozuna, Paul Blackburn, Pete Alonso, Reed Garrett, Starling Marte The Mets were playing the Brewers Saturday night. I had recap. I went to see “Superman” with my family — a movie I’d already seen. I did that because I’d reached the point where I can’t stand this team, which right now combines a deep-rooted cruddiness with a magnetic attraction to disaster. Knowing they’ll find a way to […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brewers, Eric Chavez, Francisco Lindor, Jeremy Barnes, Pete Alonso, Ronny Mauricio, Ryan Helsley, Ryne Stanek, Steve Cohen, William Contreras The Mets have sunk from amazing to confounding to unwatchable. Tuesday night’s one-run loss to the Guardians showcased everything about this team right now that no one sensible would put in a showcase: one bad inning from a starting pitcher who (once again) didn’t give his team much length, a bit of ill-timed bad luck, and […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bad Luck, Clay Holmes, Dismay, Guardians, Jeremy Hefner, No Offense, Tyler Rogers I suppose I could take care of Sunday’s game by writing Saturday’s post backwards: The Mets zoomed from amazing back to confounding, the offense was crummy, they wound up way behind before the merciful conclusion, and a few hours later the Phillies kicked them out of first place. And all this against the Giants, who […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Austin Warren, Bob Murphy, Brandon Sproat, Carlos Mendoza, David Stearns, Francisco Alvarez, Francisco Lindor, Frankie Montas, Giants, Howie Rose, Luis Torrens, Mark Vientos, Nolan McLean, Ryne Stanek Emily and I spent Saturday getting to the summer house in Maine and starting to return it to a vague state of habitability, so the Mets and their adventures were less the centerpiece of Saturday’s doings and more of an accent, followed in spurts and snatches as other things transpired. Those brief looks, however, revealed the […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, Brooks Raley, Bullpen Use, Darryl Strawberry, David Stearns, Francisco Lindor, Giants, Gregory Soto, Juan Soto, Kodai Senga, Pete Alonso, Reed Garrett, Rico Garcia, Trade Deadline, Tristan Beck, Tyler Rogers Back in March, I picked up a “flex book” for the Brooklyn Cyclones — vouchers for 10 discounted tickets, to be used for whatever games I wanted, tickets distributed among them as I saw fit. It was a good idea and thinking about baseball made me happy, so why not? Then life got in the way: […] The Mets fell behind in the fifth inning Sunday night, as Matt Chapman launched a second home run off Kodai Senga. That made the score 3-2 Giants with 12 outs left for making up the deficit. Funny what a six-game winning streak will do for you. “We’ll get ’em,” I assured my mother, and to my […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brooks Raley, Edwin Diaz, Giants, Gregory Soto, Juan Soto, Kodai Senga, Matt Chapman, Randy Rodriguez, Reed Garrett, Ronny Mauricio, Trade Deadline, Willy Adames On the surface, Pete Alonso and Rafael Devers aren’t that different: Huge dudes who can hit the ball a country mile and whose huge dude-ism means they aren’t particularly mobile. As has been the case since time immemorial, that means they play first base — which is where the similarities start to break down. Alonso isn’t […] 1 comment - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brett Baty, David Peterson, Defense, Edwin Diaz, First Base, Francisco Lindor, Giants, Good Luck, Great Escapes, Joey Lucchesi, Jung Hoo Lee, Mark Vientos, Mike Yastrzemski, Patrick Bailey, Pete Alonso, Rafael Devers, Reed Garrett, Robbie Ray, Ryne Stanek I decided it was time to reintroduce myself to my baseball team. The Mets entered the All-Star break by losing an annoying game to the Royals, which isn’t exactly a new occurrence in 2025. I didn’t bother with the ASG beyond shrugging at the swing-off, and was relieved to have a few days’ break from this […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Angels, Brandon Nimmo, Brett Baty, Francisco Alvarez, Francisco Lindor, Frankie Montas, Kyle Hendricks, Mike Trout, Nolan Schanuel, Pete Alonso, Reed Garrett, Rico Garcia, Ronny Mauricio, Ryne Stanek |
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