For America’s 250th birthday, the New York Mets have presented us with a pair of slightly misshapen bookends they’ve been crafting for over a year. The club begs our indulgence regarding the way they don’t quite match. While the Mets realize the Semiquincentennial is an occasion worthy of the bookends’ unveiling, they ask if we […]
 
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. |
 5 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1776, 1966 Mets, 1976 Mets, 1986 Mets, 1996 Mets, 2006 Mets, 2016 Mets, 2026 Mets, Alex Ochoa, Bookends, Braves, Buddy Harrelson, Christian Scott, Cycles, Foul Balls, Home Runs, Immaculate Grid, Juan Soto, Moises Alou, Ray Knight, Semiquincentennial, Team History, The Third of July, Tom House, Tommy Hunter, Willie Stargell, Wilmer Flores On Canada Day 2026, let us remember that since 1962, our neighbors to the north have given (or at least loaned) the New York Mets a dozen of their countrymen, sending them south from their home and native land to play baseball for the likes of us. Therefore, we salute: Ray Daviault — who pitched in […] Six solid innings from Nolan McLean, followed by a criticism-free inning each from Brooks Raley, Luke Weaver and Devin Williams. Home runs from Francisco Alvarez and Luis Torrens — the rare Double Catcher Dinger Combo — with a bit of late insurance from Brett Baty. Sound defense, with a succession of nifty plays from homecoming kid Bo […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Blue Jays, Bo Bichette, Brett Baty, Brooks Raley, Devin Williams, Francisco Alvarez, Luke Weaver, Mark Vientos, Nolan McLean So let’s see. The Mets… …turned Sean Manaea‘s sixth pitch of the game into a 1-0 deficit, as Juan Soto let what should have been a George Springer single bounce over his head, after which it also eluded A.J. Ewing, allowing Springer to dash pell mell around the bases and score. …hit about eight zillion balls on […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Blue Jays, Bo Bichette, Francisco Alvarez, Francisco Lindor, George Springer, Joey Gerber, Juan Soto, Louis Varland, Ronny Mauricio, Sean Manaea, Tyler Rogers Depending on where you’re sitting and who’s surrounding you, the least conducive place for intently focusing on a ballgame can be at the ballpark. I sat most of very warm and very sunny Sunday afternoon in Citi Field’s Big Apple Reserved section, those uncovered seats in center far from home plate. Never was I happier […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Concession Credits, Fruit Cup, Group Outings, Tyrone Taylor’s Name as Chant, Very Futile, Very Sunny, Very Warm It generally happens this way: A team that can’t get out of its own way finally gets out of its own way, and in the aftermath you’re left blinking in surprise and wondering, “What was so hard about that?” Not that the Mets made it easy from the jump on Saturday. Bryce Harper connected for a […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Ewing, Alan Rangel, Bo Bichette, Bryce Harper, Christian Scott, Devin Williams, Francisco Lindor, Jared Young, Juan Soto, Luke Weaver, Mark Vientos, Phillies A lot of signals emerge from a season that’s cratered, and as a veteran Mets fan, I have enough experience with craters to have grown familiar with them. Last night’s 2-1 loss to the Phillies, the maiden voyage of the SS Andy Green, brought another jolt of recognition: Ah yes, it’s the loss that somehow […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andy Green, Brandon Marsh, Brandon Nimmo, Carlos Mendoza, David Stearns, Derek Hill, Devin Williams, Edwin Diaz, Huascar Brazoban, Jared Young, Jorge Polanco, Kodai Senga, Marcus Semien, Mark Vientos, Pete Alonso, Phillies, Steve Cohen, Zach Thornton, Zack Wheeler By the general acclaim of those who interacted with him on a regular basis, Carlos Mendoza was a mensch. It didn’t matter. Consensus rarely pinned on him the bulk of the Mets’ on-field woes that stretched back more than 365 days in the course of the year-plus his ballclub circled the drain. It didn’t matter. […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andy Green, Carlos Mendoza, Menschiness, Mets Managers Eric Wagaman was fun, mostly because my friend Ken and I, sitting out in right field, decided in advance of Eric’s pinch-hit home run Thursday night to think of the most random of 2026 Mets as The Waga-Man. After bemoaning that so much of the Met roster has been defined by randomness, we were willing […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Cubs, Eric Wagaman, Halfway Point, Hebrew National, Jared Young, Sparkless Wednesday started, more or less, with Michael Conforto robbing A.J. Ewing of a potential extra-base hit. Conforto was playing right field for the Cubs eleven years after he began playing left field for the Mets. He was the hope of outfield future in the summer of 2015, a first-round draft pick whose elevation to Citi […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1962 Mets, 27th Man, A.J. Ewing, Absurd Infield Defense, Bo Bichette, Cole Mathis, Cubs, Dansby Swanson, David Clayton-Thomas, David Peterson, Day-Night Doubleheaders, Francisco Lindor, Jonathan Pintaro, Marcus Semien, Mark Vientos, Michael Conforto, Moment of Silence, Nolan McLean, Norwegians, Soap Opera Names, Soccer, Sweeps, The Dean, Victor Newman |
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