Saturday night’s penultimate Mets game of 2021 had a little moment near the end that will swiftly be forgotten, given the meaninglessness of the contest. Which is only natural. But if things had been different — if, say, the Mets had avoided their August swan dive and been playing for a postseason berth — that […]
 
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. |
 4 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Braves, Carlos Carrasco, Francisco Lindor, Jacob Webb, Jonathan Villar, Michael Conforto, Pete Alonso The Atlanta Braves are going to the playoffs, which meant on Friday night the Mets faced a lineup that featured a handful of Atlanta’s young frontline players but not its older ones — a sop to hangover recovery times, perhaps. That made the game meaningless multiple times over, with no chance for the Mets to […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, Braves, Garbage Time, Pete Alonso, Tylor Megill I finally got to the point I wish I could hurry along to in bad Mets seasons: the moment where the disappointment and anger drain away, I’m just sad things didn’t go better, and I remember that I should try to enjoy what little season is left. On Wednesday night Emily and I used the last […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2021 Mets, Farewells, Marlins, Michael Conforto, Taijuan Walker On Sunday, a day after being eliminated from a chance at a playoff berth, the Mets were eliminated from a chance of being mathematically average. They have lost 82 games, meaning the best possible outcome for their season is a record of 80-82, and anyone who thinks they can manage that should please report to […] In the top of the first against the playoff-bound Brewers Friday night, the Mets saw 39 pitches from Eric Lauer, were at bat for 20 minutes … and somehow scored one run. There’s a microcosm of their season: inefficient, unlucky, infuriating even when they manage to do something positive. In the bottom of the first against […] Once again, it’s sand in the hourglass time — the last few grains, the regret about what could have been, the wanting it to just be over, and the reminding yourself that as soon as it is you’ll want a little more. The Mets have become the old joke about the food being terrible and […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brad Hand, Eduardo Rodriguez, Gary DiSarcina, Marcus Stroman, Pete Alonso, Red Sox On Sunday night Edwin Diaz — he of the electric arsenal and its sometimes self-electrocuting results — stood on the mound and stared in at Bryce Harper, probably the league’s MVP and a longtime thorn in the Mets’ side who seemed about the dimensions of a redwood just then. Two outs in the ninth, 3-2 […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aaron Loup, Bryce Harper, Dom Smith, Edwin Diaz, Jeff McNeil, Kyle Gibson, Phillies, Rich Hill The New York Mets are worth your time. They’ve got a rich history, by turns tragic and comic and occasionally even triumphant, that’s fun to be a part of. And one year, maybe even a year pretty soon, they’ll add something to the triumphant part of that history. And that’ll definitely be worth your time. But […] Hope springs eternal if you’re a Mets fan, but even springs can lose their sproing. Come Tuesday evening, I have to admit I wasn’t particularly feeling it — if you’d shown me a flash card that said METS, I most likely would have responded by having a tantrum about Edwin Diaz and demanding to know […] 16 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A Fucking Piece of Toast or Something, Carlos Carrasco, Hopelessness, Jeff McNeil, Pete Alonso, Soilmaster Stadium, Stupid Marlins Even by the Mets’ standard of absurdity, the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader was something: A stately chug out to a 9-0 lead, unbelievably blowing that 9-0 lead, then somehow winning anyway. (Followed by the seemingly inevitable hangover loss.) For me the game was a blogger’s version of the tortoise and the hare: A couple of minutes […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andrew Stevenson, Blown Leads, Brandon Nimmo, Francisco Lindor, Injuries, Josh Rogers, Nationals, Seth Lugo |
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