What do you suppose those 11 Mets and 13 Dodgers who were left on base Saturday did to amuse themselves while a baseball game was proceeding to nifty conclusion without them? Given what a beautiful day it appeared to be in Chavez Ravine, my guess is they broke out the wicker baskets and treated themselves […]
 
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. |
 2 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2024 Mets, Adonis Medina, Baseball Porn, Dodgers, Francisco Alvarez, Francisco Lindor, Injuries, Jose Butto, LOBs, Michael Tonkin, Moment of Silence, Pete Alonso, Recidivist Mets, Reed Garrett, Starling Marte, Tension, Tomas Nido, Whitey Herzog The Mets won Sunday’s game by three if you’re counting high-leverage relievers rested. Brooks Raley? Rested. Yup, that’s three. Each pitcher pitched some on Saturday, and one of them (Raley) pitched on Friday, and you know what they say about relievers’ arms falling off should you try to use them a second or […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, Adonis Medina, Arles Carrasco, Billy Eppler, Brett Baty, Brooks Raley, Buck Showalter, David Robertson, Dominic Leone, Grant Hartwig, Jeff Brigham, Josh Walker, Network, Options, Relief Pitching, Saturday Night Live, Vinny Nittoli Spring is here … oh wait it totally isn’t, it’s cold and barren and horrible out there. But spring will be here soon enough, believe it or not. Which means we’d better welcome 2022’s matriculating Mets, now proud members of The Holy Books! (Background: I have three binders, long ago dubbed The Holy Books by Greg, […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2022 Mets, Adam Ottavino, Adonis Medina, Alex Claudio, Baseball Cards, Brett Baty, Bryce Montes de Oca, Chris Bassitt, Colin Holderman, Connor Grey, Daniel Vogelbach, Darin Ruf, Deven Marrero, Eduardo Escobar, Ender Inciarte, Francisco Alvarez, Ghosts, Gosuke Katoh, Joely Rodriguez, Jose Butto, Kramer Robertson, Mark Canha, Mark Vientos, Max Scherzer, Michael Perez, Mychal Givens, Nate Fisher, Nick Plummer, R.J. Alvarez, Rob Zastryzny, Sam Clay, Starling Marte, Terrance Gore, The Holy Books, Travis Jankowski, Tyler Naquin, Yoan Lopez, Yolmer Sanchez With one out in the top of the ninth in Cincinnati Wednesday night, a baseball team and its adherents desperately needed therapy. Mark Canha had just started the inning by fouling out against Hunter Strickland, conspicuously useless as a 2020 COVID Met and now somehow the Reds’ closer. The Mets had managed two runs against Cincinnati, […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam MacKay, Adam Ottavino, Adonis Medina, Angel Hernandez, Brandon Drury, Brandon Nimmo, Colin Holderman, Dauri Moreta, David Peterson, Dom Smith, Eduardo Escobar, Edwin Diaz, Frustration, Hunter Strickland, James McCann, Paul Clemons, Reds, Starling Marte, Umpiring, Victory! Why shouldn’t Adonis Medina have been depended upon in the clutchest of spots to deliver for the 2022 Mets? For the same reason the likes of Patrick Mazeika, Nick Plummer and Colin Holderman, to name three previously little-known quantities, shouldn’t have — no reason whatsoever. You may have noticed no Bench Mob sobriquets or t-shirts have […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adonis Medina, Dodgers, Freddie Freeman, J.D. Davis, Mookie Betts, Tension, Tomas Nido, Trea Turner, Trevor Williams Unlike those Let’s Make a Deal-type distractions they run between innings on CitiVision, a day/night doubleheader is not a “double or nothing” proposition. The Mets didn’t risk their Saturday afternoon prize by opting to play again a few hours later. Hence, they get to keep their 5-1 win despite being saddled with the 11-3 loss […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adonis Medina, Chasen Shreve, Short Memory, Splits On Saturday night in Phoenix, we learned the Mets’ starting pitching depth only goes so far. Because of injuries, we had seen our No. 1A through No. 7 starters acquit themselves brilliantly this season. We haven’t seen No. 1 — Jacob deGrom — but we can vouch for his brilliance. Everybody else, from Max Scherzer […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adonis Medina, Depth, Strikeouts, Trevor Williams |
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