Saturday afternoon…we were never in that. Mike Pelfrey briefly masqueraded as Washington managerial superhero Wriggle Man, wriggling in and out of trouble until he could wriggle no longer. Jose Reyes grimaced while fielding a grounder in the hole and became, in that instant, a non-playing All-Star. Tim Hudson threw a river of unhittable pitches. Jason […]
 
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. |
 16 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Aaron Heilman, Agita, Anthony Young, Armando Benitez, Billy Wagner, Bobby Parnell, Braden Looper, Frankie Rodriguez, Grant Roberts, Homegrown Mets, Ideal Saves, Jason Isringhausen, Jeff Innis, John Franco, Mike Pelfrey, Pedro Feliciano, Randy Myers, Raul Valdes, Relief Pitching, Team History So the Mets lost a tight one to the Atlanta Braves tonight … and you’d assume it’s time for us all to jump off a bridge. Four games out and the Phillies came off the gurney to beat the Reds and Cliff Lee’s a Yankee Ranger and ohgod ohgod ohgod ohgod ohgod. Except I can’t seem […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bobby Cox, Braves, Chipper Jones, Ike Davis, Jason Bay, Jose Reyes, Josh Thole, Michael Tucker, R.A. Dickey, Rivalries, Team History, Yunel Escobar Welcome to Flashback Friday: Take Me Out to 34 Ballparks, a celebration, critique and countdown of every major league ballpark one baseball fan has been fortunate enough to visit in a lifetime of going to ballgames. BALLPARK: Miller Park There was nothing I didn’t […] With Bobby Valentine’s non-hiring as manager of the Florida Marlins proving once again his predecessor’s 1973 utterance about it not being over until is over oh so true, one wonders if the key credential on his managerial résumé is the item that quietly did him in. Bobby V won a pennant for the Mets, yet […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Art Howe, Bobby Valentine, Bud Harrelson, Casey Stengel, Dallas Green, Davey Johnson, Frank Howard, Fred Wilpon, George Bamberger, Gil Hodges, Grudges, Jeff Torborg, Jeff Wilpon, Jeffrey Loria, Jerry Manuel, Joe Frazier, Joe Torre, Managing, Marlins, Mets Managers, Mike Cubbage, Ownership, Roy McMillan, Salty Parker, Team History, Wes Westrum, Willie Randolph, Yogi Berra Believe it or not, some baseball games aren’t hell-for-leather affairs won by furious rallies, lost by closer meltdowns or somehow turning on a dread manifestation of Willie Harris. Sometimes a game walks along a tightrope for a while and finally tips one way or the other because of some little thing. And eventually you come […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Phillips, Chris Heisey, Jason Bay, Jon Niese I’m sure I’ve been wrong more than twice recently, but two instances in particular call for a public correction of the record. Eleven days ago, I worried aloud about whether Johan Santana was definitively on the downside of his career. A pair of sterling efforts later, it appears he is not. I’m perfectly happy to admit […] 17 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Blue Point Toasted Lager, Frankie Rodriguez, Jerry Manuel, Johan Santana, Managing, Marv Throneberry, Pitchers Hitting, PItching, Ron Swoboda, Winning Streak NEW YORK (FAFIF) — Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig has announced the implementation of several statistical changes in pitching categories, effective for all Major League Baseball games immediately following the 2010 All-Star break. • “Wins” will cease to exist as an individual statistic. Starting pitchers will now be credited with Nice Job if they, in fact, […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bud Selig, Fondest Wishes, Jerry Manuel, PItching, Statistics A day after playing a stultifying, graceless mess of a game that they won, the Mets played a bizarre, quietly fascinating game that they lost. After you’ve watched enough baseball games, you find yourself wondering if the baseball cliché about seeing something you’ve never seen before should be retired. Because, really, how can that be? I’m […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Arthur Rhodes, Dusty Baker, Fernando Nieve, Jerry Meals, Joey Votto, Mike Pelfrey, Replay, Scott Rolen, Strange Events, Umpires Just when you were dreading being without Mets baseball for three long nights next week comes the event that will make the All-Star break not just tolerable but terrific. It’s AMAZIN’ ALL-STAR MONDAY at Two Boots Grand Central, Monday night, July 12, at 7 PM. Our regular reading and rallying series moves to a special day […] Admit it: When Cristian Guzman came to the plate to start the bottom of the ninth, you thought, “Oh crap, here we go again.” When Guzman then wound up on first, you thought, “You have got to be kidding me.” When Ryan Zimmerman singled, making it a save opportunity, you weren’t the least bit surprised to see […] |
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