“The moon belongs to everyone,” a wise man once informed a hallucinating man, though the subject could have been the playoffs, and that would have been wise, too. They’re here for all of us every October that isn’t October 1994, even if the best things in life include the Mets playing in them, and that’s […]
 
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. |
 17 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2023 Postseason, Braves, Bryce Harper, Hated Foes, Mad Men, Orlando Arcia, Phillies, Travis d'Arnaud, Zack Wheeler The scouting report I have cobbled together regarding Joe Christopher’s New York Mets career of 1962 through 1965 is he could run pretty well; he could hit pretty well; fielding was optional; and none of it much mattered, because to those who fell hard for the early Mets, Joe’s most outstanding tool was personality. Anecdotal […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1962 Mets, 1964 Mets, Joe Christopher, Moment of Silence Did we have a Billy Eppler Era? Not quite two years since becoming GM; can’t say they weren’t eventful. Lots of high-profile free agents, which had a lot to do with the owner’s wherewithal to spend, but somebody had to do the hands-on negotiating. Handful of trades that didn’t pan out, then a slew of […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Billy Eppler, Daniel Vogelbach, General Manager, Graceful if Mysterious Exits, Injured List, Investigations For all you completists in the crowd, it’s our privilege to report a final final score: Mets 1 Marlins 0 in eight rain-shortened innings last Thursday, ensuring the Mets were 75-87 in 2023, rather than whatever it appeared they were when the tarp went on; no resumption was attempted; and nobody from MLB told us […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2023 Postseason, Closing Day and Then Some, Extreme Rain Delay, Marlins, Rewards for the Patient In a few weeks, David Stearns, Billy Eppler and perhaps Steve Cohen will gather in the Shannon Forde Press Conference Room at Citi Field to introduce the 25th manager in the history of the New York Mets, a day to which I look forward, ’cause ya gotta have a manager. We had a manager until […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | David Stearns, Ed Coleman, Offseason Introductory Press Conference Overload Syndrome Everybody had a hard year When I left for Citi Field early Sunday afternoon, Buck Showalter was the manager of the New York Mets. Before I arrived at Citi Field a little later Sunday afternoon, Buck Showalter let it be […] 38 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bobby Darin, Buck Showalter, Closing Day, Frayed Ends, Institutionalized Biennial Managerial Search, Jose Butto It finally didn’t rain and the Mets finally got to play, and so for your recapper’s final go-round of the season our heroes presented one game that turned into a nail-biter, one Calvinball farce that was pretty entertaining for all its sloppy meaninglessness, a doubleheader sweep that didn’t matter, a depressing thought, and a happy […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, Bad Relief Pitching, Elbow Soreness, Francisco Alvarez, Injuries, Jeff Passan, Phil Bickford, Phillies, Ron Darling, Steve Gelbs, Tylor Megill I’ve never felt more like Jack Buck after returning home from a ballgame, for “I don’t believe that I don’t know what I just saw!” Did I see the Mets play the Marlins? Pretty sure I did. That was important to me, as, entering Thursday, I had not seen the Mets play the Marlins in person […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Astounding Lack of Resolution, David Peterson, Marlins, Rafael Ortega, Rain Delays, Suspended Games, The Log It wasn’t raining Tuesday night. The problem was one of tenses — not what was happening weather-wise but what had happened. It wasn’t raining, but it had rained. Considerably. Considerably as in “enough that they give the concentration of rain a proper name and track it over the ocean like it’s an invasion fleet.” An amount […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, Brett Baty, Doubleheaders, Errors, Francisco Lindor, Fuckery, Jake Burger, Jorge Soler, Marlins, Pennant Race, Pete Alonso, Phil Bickford, Rainouts, Ramon De Jesus, Yuli Gurriel • The Mets lost, 5-2, at Citizens Bank Park on Sunday night, completing a weekend in which there was a definitive milestone of futility planted every step along the way. Sunday’s wasn’t as momentous as clinching a losing record (Thursday), being mathematically eliminated from postseason contention (Friday) or assuring the 2023 Mets would drop further […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Anthony Kay, Cristopher Sanchez, Elimination Day, Jose Butto, Orion Kerkering, Peyton Battenfield, Phillies, Ronny Mauricio, Sheadenfreude, Sweeps, USF Bulls, Yankees |
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