If I hadn’t long ago disabled the feature, I wouldn’t be surprised if the smiling MS Word paper clip popped up on my screen ASAP and started asking me, “Do you mean to type ‘lose’ in place of ‘win’?” and “Would you like to use the word […]
 
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. |
 7 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2018 Mets, Baseball Norms, Craig Swan, Frank Howard, Leo Durocher, Lousy Half-Seasons, Marlins, Steven Matz If the Mets were a sitcom — and who is to say they aren’t? — the presence of Mickey Callaway would be explained away in the third act. RICCO: I gotta tell ya, Mickey…you’re not a very good manager. 24 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Anthony Swarzak, Applicable Sitcom Tropes, Blown Leads, Jeurys Familia, John Ricco, Mickey Callaway, Miscast Managers, Slack, Starter Who Deserved Better, The Simpsons, Tim Peterson, Zack Wheeler What is it Olive Garden says? “When you’re here, you’re family.” Learning that Sandy Alderson has to step away from his general manager responsibilities because he needs to devote his attention to cancer treatment and recovery was like finding out somebody in the family has taken ill. Having dealt […] Where it says the Dodgers beat the Mets, 8-7, replace with the Pirates beat the Mets, 6-4. Where it says sixth consecutive loss, replace with seventh. Where it says 25th loss in 32 games, […] Dom Smith pinch-hit for brand new major league pitcher Drew Smith in the ninth inning of Saturday night’s Mets loss to the Dodgers, which seemed appropriate given that you can pretty much replace one Mets game with another and not even the names changing makes a tangible difference, so why even […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1978 Mets, Caleb Ferguson, Clayton Kershaw, Craig Swan, Dom Smith, Drew Smith, Jacob deGrom, Jason Vargas, Jerry Blevins, John Franco, Matt Franco, Matt Kemp, More of the Same Nonsense, Seat Cushion Night, Willie Montanez Let us celebrate our team’s most recent spate of accomplishments! On Thursday afternoon, the Mets gave up six runs instead of ten. They scored four runs instead of none. They grounded into five double plays rather than nine. They avoided hitting into triple plays altogether. They generally […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Coors Field, Double Plays, Jimmy the Greek, Micheal Ray Richardson, Mickey Callaway, Nolan Arenado, Perspective, Steven Matz You don’t bring a Jason Vargas to a slugfest if you wish to prevail in the slugfest. Then again, you might not have a full-fledged slugfest without Jason Vargas, for as offensive a bent as Coors Field possesses, it takes a Vargas to ensure at least one side’s scoring […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1997 Mets, Alex Ochoa, Art Donovan, Asdrubal Cabrera, Butch Huskey, Carlos Mendoza, Chris Beck, Coors Field, Dom Smith, Don Joyce, Hansel Robles, Injuries, Jason Vargas, Jay Bruce, Rockies, Team History, Tim Peterson, Young Outfields “Dinner’s waiting, hon’.”
“You don’t know how to ease my pain…” The Mets lost 7-3 to the Diamondbacks on Friday night, one night after losing to the Diamondbacks, 6-3. Three runs scored on each of two consecutive nights might very well be taken […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1963 Mets, 2006 Mets, Chris Beck, Diamondbacks, Dom Smith, Godley & Creme, Imaginary Sandy Alderson, Jose Reyes, Kevin Plawecki, M*A*S*H, Mickey Callaway, Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Seth Lugo, Stream of Consciousness, The West Wing, Wilmer Flores, Zack Godley Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. An ace walks onto a pitcher’s mound. Throws a great game for like seven innings. Gets almost everybody out, gives up maybe one run. Somehow, by the eighth, he’s on the losing end of a one-nothing score. His team […] 21 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | .500, Disturbing Trends, Internal Affairs, Jacob deGrom, Madonna, The Knack |
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