 
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. |
Sometimes you find yourself a defender of the conventional wisdom. Here’s Brian Mangan on the Mets signing Curtis Granderson. His take is smart, and it ain’t pretty. But I’m still happy. The baseball stuff I’ll deal with quickly: I take heart from the fact that Granderson’s nightmarish 2013 was driven by not one but two bone-breaking HBPs, […]  16 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Bernard Madoff, Chris Young, Curtis Granderson, Despair, Fans, Justin Turner, Sandy Alderson, Wilpons The Mets are signing somebody! Cue the applause! I’m clapping, and not just politely, to my mild surprise. I’m all for the Mets securing the services of better players, and I’m fairly certain Curtis Granderson is better than what they had before they got him. Perhaps because I didn’t expect the Mets to actually get him […] 16 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2014 Mets, Cliff Floyd, Curtis Granderson, Jason Bay, Johan Santana, Marlon Byrd, Mike Piazza, Money, Pedro Martinez, Vladimir Guerrero, Willie Montanez Five Mets who were never the shiniest available objects glistening in the display case of a given free agent market stopped being Mets altogether this week. Non-tendered as possible prelude to a purposeful pursuit of Curtis Granderson — or whoever can be lured for a lesser price and/or fewer years — were Justin Turner, Jeremy […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1974 Mets, 1994 Mets, 2001 Mets, 2007 Mets, Ambiorix Burgos, Bob Scheffing, Brian Bannister, Bubba Trammell, Buzz Capra, Curtis Granderson, Dallas Green, Donne Wall, Jeremy Hefner, Joe McIlvaine, Jordany Valdespin, Justin Turner, Momentary Lapse of Season Mets, Nontendered Players, Omar Minaya, Omar Quintanilla, Pete Schourek, Scott Atchison, Steve Phillips, Team History I clearly remember Bob Murphy opening the broadcast of September 27, 1998, from Atlanta by expressing his conviction that “there are days in your life…and this is one of them.” Made all the sense in the world to me. Too bad the Mets didn’t receive his message. They went out on that most urgent of […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Harvey Day, Harvey's Better, Harveysteria, Matt Harvey, Nikon Camera Mets Player of the Year ’Twas four weeks before Christmas That was it for a spell The fans became restless The club sent out e-mails Eyes […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2014 Mets, Chris Young, Ruben Tejada, Sandy Alderson, Thanksgiving First off: There’s nothing wrong with Chris Young. Heck, it’s even a potentially shrewd move. Going into the offseason, Dave Cameron of Fangraphs had Young as one of his potential free-agent bargains. Yeah, he only hit .200 last year and is never going to be great at hitting righties. But he’s 30 years old, a plus […] 27 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Chris Young, Disappointment, Fans, Jeff Wilpon Is there any better promotion for Mets baseball than the news that the Mets have invited Brandon Allen to Spring Training? Sorry, too easy. I’ll try to maintain a clean slate for Brandon Allen, the Quadruple-A first baseman brought into supplement the Mets’ existing “glut” at that position. Once upon a time it was easy to […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1994 Mets, Anthony Seratelli, Brandon Allen, Joel Carreno, Lou DePaoli, Mets Promotions, Miguel Soclovich, Nolan Ryan, Shea Stadium No matter whom his high-profile agent seeks out as a dining companion on any given evening, Robinson Cano won’t be a Met in 2014, 2015 or ever, at least until his career is nearing its end and his options are limited to Spring Training feelers (which is traditionally the moment the Mets prefer to pounce). […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Casey Stengel, Jay-Z, Lindsey Nelson, Mistaken Identity, Robinson Cano, Rod Kanehl When a bargain ceases to be a bargain, then it’s just business. LaTroy Hawkins was a baseball bargain in 2013, getting paid a paltry (in the business where “paltry” is a highly relative term) million bucks for his Metropolitan services. He proved so valuable, he earned himself a nice raise. Too nice to remain a bargain […] 17 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Jose Valentin, LaTroy Hawkins, Marlon Byrd, Relief Pitching Sure, you could’ve sent Tom Seaver a birthday card today — or at least written “Happy Birthday, Tom” on a Post-It note and stuck it to the cork atop a bottle of GTS Cabernet Sauvignon en route to toasting the Franchise — but there’s a better way to greet the day the Met who gave […] |
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