The Mets are an ordinary ballclub. They’re definitely not very good, they’re probably not very bad, even if five losses on a six-game road trip leaves you believing they couldn’t be much worse. They could be. They could also be better. It’s a long season. Teams 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. |
 13 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2019 Mets, Amed Rosario, Brodie Van Wagenen, Getaway Games, Hunter Renfroe, Jeff McNeil, Manuel Margot, Matt Strahm, Ordinary Baseball Team, Padres, Robert Gsellman, Todd Frazier, Tomas Nido, Tyler Bashlor, Wilmer Font Pete Alonso was National League Rookie of the Month for April and National League Rookie of the Night on Tuesday. He is a veteran in kid’s clothing any time you hear him speak. He is a franchise player exploding all around us.
With the possible exception of Angel Hernandez, moral failings are undetectable after the fourteenth inning. They don’t call it “free baseball” only because conductors don’t come around to collect a step-up fare (though I can’t imagine Rob Manfred hasn’t contemplated implementing such a revenue-generating opportunity and labeling […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adeiny Hechavarria, Angel Hernandez, Chris Flexen, Extra Innings, Jeff McNeil, Late Night Rationalizations, Miller Park, Robert Gsellman, Ryan Braun, Seth Lugo, Zack Wheeler To start a game, you want to see your leadoff batter, Jeff McNeil, get on base. McNeil, we can all agree, is the greatest hitter extant. He was batting .352 as Friday night began, which is all the proof our Mets fan hearts require to declare supremacy on […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adeiny Hechavarria, Baseball Porn, Brandon Nimmo, Brandon Woodruff, Brewers, Dominic Smith, Jeff McNeil, Josh Hader, Lorenzo Cain, Michael Conforto, Offensive Ineptitude, Pete Alonso, Questionable Roster Moves, Robinson Cano, Ryan Braun, Steven Matz, Wilson Ramos Zachary Wheeler gets his pitch count risin’ Jason Vargas sees the order twice ‘n’ Jake deGrom is a Cy Young winner 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1-0 wins, Buzz Capra, Don Cardwell, Jerry Koosman, Jesse Winker, Maude, Nino Espinosa, Noah Syndergaard, Pitchers Hitting, Ray Sadecki, Singular Feats, Team History, Tyler Mahle, Zack Wheeler “Oh, what’s this? I wasn’t expecting anything!” 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Blown Saves, Creative Managing, Drew Gagnon, Extra Innings, J.D. Davis, Jason Vargas, Jeff McNeil, Jeurys Familia, Michael Conforto, Mickey Callaway, Pete Alonso, Polite Responses, Robert Gsellman, Todd Frazier Travis d’Arnaud once said something for de facto public consumption maybe only I caught. Perhaps Travis would appreciate my use of the past tense of catch in the previous sentence. He’d probably appreciate more “will catch” in the sentence that begins the next paragraph of his career, wherever […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2014 Mets, 2015 Mets, An Appreciation, Catchers, Injuries, Mets Catchers, Travis d'Arnaud The Mets lost to the Brewers at Citi Field on Saturday night, 8-6, in an ugly game made briefly attractive before it reverted to hideous. Noah Syndergaard pitched badly, Travis d’Arnaud caught badly and Jeurys Familia thought badly. In between, Pete Alonso provided a powerful antidote to the mounting blahs, but nothing anybody did well could overcome […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | .500, 1969 Mets, 2019 Mets, Brewers, Internal Affairs, Jeurys Familia, Noah Syndergaard, Pete Alonso, Team History, Travis d'Arnaud Zack Wheeler struck out eleven Phillies in the course of throwing seven shutout innings Tuesday night at Citi Field, which was extremely nice and fairly necessary. Wheeler’s a pitcher, and it’s his job to pitch very well. Replicating his trajectory of 2018, except sooner, he’s gone from shaky […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bartolo Colon, Jacob deGrom, Jacob Rhame, Jeremy Hefner, Johan Santana, Matt Harvey, Mets of the 2010s, Noah Syndergaard, Pitchers Hitting, Seth Lugo, Steven Matz, Team History, Todd Frazier, Zack Wheeler Fine with me if you dug into a basketful of chocolate bunnies, creme eggs and jelly beans on Sunday. Or macaroons, mandel cuts and leftover sponge cake. Whatever kind of peep you fancy yourself, I do hope you didn’t confine yourself to only sweets and treats. No […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alex Ochoa, Carl Everett, Curtis Granderson, Dakota Hudson, Dexter Fowler, Easter, Frank Thomas, Futility, Marv Throneberry, Michael Conforto, Noah Syndergaard, Passover, Pete Alonso, Pitchers Hitting, Rene Rivera, Robinson Cano, Solo Home Runs, Team History, Todd Hundley, Umpiring, Wilmer Flores |
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