Wrigley Field’s fun. I had a blast when I finally got to go three years ago, and had hoped to return this month with my wife as part of a Midwest swing to take some more ballparks off my list. It didn’t happen; I’ll end 2017 with 23 current big-league parks visited, down from 24 […]
 
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. |
We’ve rooted for good Mets teams in Septembers when they’ve lost ballgames badly. When every game matters in pursuit of the playoffs, every loss stings deeply. One loss can be all it takes to end the chase for which we as fans live, so of course we’re gonna take it hard when it lands on […]  20 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Dominic Smith, Hansel Robles, Jacob deGrom, Jose Reyes, Mad Men, Paul Sewald, Reds, Replay Review, Sal Romano, Scott Schebler, Sundays, Travis d'Arnaud Hope is a self-healing thing. The Mets have won four in a row. I’d say “somehow,” except they’ve been playing the Phillies and the Reds, two teams that (like the Mets) are quantitatively and officially lousy. Still, they all count and during this modest but thoroughly welcome winning streak the Mets haven’t looked half-bad. Which is all […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Dominic Smith, Hope, Kevin Plawecki, Phillip Evans, Rafael Montero The Mets posted a message on their videoboards prior to Friday night’s game at Citi Field: WELCOME 2017 GROUPS. Judging from the clusters of onlookers scattered throughout the stands, it could have as accurately said WELCOME 2,017 PEOPLE. Demand for tickets doesn’t spike when the home team doesn’t readily supply a steady stream of wins. Eventually, […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Attendance, Groups, Jeopardy, Jimmy Rollins, Jose Reyes, Phillip Evans, Seth Lugo, Sports Management, Tommy Milone, Travis Taijeron, Tsuyoshi Shinjo, Youth of America We’ll begin with the bringdown portion of today’s recap. Matt Harvey lasted five innings, threw his fastball around 93, and got a grand total (if I’m remembering the broadcast correctly) of one swinging strike from a position player. 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, Juan Lagares, Kevin Plawecki, Matt Harvey, Thoracic Outlet Surgery, Travis d'Arnaud Now there’s the ticket. The Mets played six innings against the Phillies Wednesday night, which meant no disastrous fourth time through the order, no bullpen implosion, no horrifying defensive gaffe, no bats gone home early. Robert Gsellman looked aggressive and strong for five innings, less good for one inning, but then he was done. And the […] Emily and I spent yesterday getting Joshua settled in at boarding school, which was emotionally fraught, as expected, and also a lot of work. That second part was less expected — there were meetings and receptions, and I wound up assembling shelves and bookcases in a third-floor room in 88-degree heat. I hadn’t bargained on that, […] On Monday, the Mets scored many runs, gave up a few less, won a baseball game, and announced several of their players would be going in for surgery. It’s indicative of how 2017 has unraveled that the win seemed like the most surprising development of the bunch. The 2017 Mets have carved out a fistful of […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | David Wright, Injuries, Josh Edgin, Michael Conforto, Phillies, Surgeries, T.J. Rivera To paraphrase the scintilla of a solo I had in my portrayal of Senator Jack S. Phogbound in our high school’s production of Li’l Abner, of all the very ordinary, most unloved, unnecessary ballclubs on this earth, the Mets are…well, extraordinarily ordinary. That’s the problem with this team that’s been losing in copious amounts for more […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Amed Rosario, Chris Flexen, Injuries, Juan Lagares, Nori Aoki, Ordinariness, September Saturday night, I was informed relatively late in the evening, would have been Marv Throneberry’s 84th birthday. If I had known earlier, I’d have baked a cake in his honor and then dropped a piece in his memory. Instead, I watched the Mets drop the back end of a day-night doubleheader to the Astros after […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1962 Mets, Cake, Casey Stengel, Dick Stuart, Gary Cohen, Houston, Injuries, Keith Hernandez, Marv Throneberry, Nori Aoki, Quotability, Seth Lugo, Wilmer Flores |
Piazza: Catcher, Slugger, Icon, Star by Greg Prince is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers. 
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