He who has led baseball in every meaningful way for generations has been reported to have passed away. If these reports prove accurate, protocol therefore demands the flag be lowered to half-staff, then ball must be played like it’s been played only once before — from 1948 to 1973. Play it like it was played […]
 
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. |
 12 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  An Appreciation, Moment of Silence, New York Giants, Timing, Willie Mays The alchemy of desperation works in mysterious ways. The Mets… say their murky goodbye to Jorge Lopez; have an accountability meeting; decide they can do better for part-time catching and hitting with Luis Torrens than they any longer will with Omar Narváez; opt to provide regular reps for Christian Scott at Syracuse rather than let the rookie’s momentum stall […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alchemy, An Appreciation, Darryl Strawberry, Diamondbacks, Francisco Lindor, J.D. Martinez, Jose Iglesias, Luis Torrens, Mark Vientos, Retired Numbers, Starling Marte The Mets ain’t too bad when they wear either their classic home pinstriped uniforms (10-7) or their road grays (9-8). They’re godawful when they wear anything else. Four losses with no wins in the City Connects. Two losses with no wins in the fade-to-blacks. And now, with the belated arrival of the white pants that […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aaron Nola, An Appreciation, Black Jerseys, Blue Jerseys, City Connects, New York, New York Metropolitan Area, Paul Lukas, Uni Watch, Uniforms I don’t know how much I will miss Luis Guillorme in practice. His production declined precipitously last season and his defense wasn’t the revelation it once was. Yet Luis’s definitive departure from the only team we have ever known him as a part of — the former Met has signed with the Braves, making him, […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2022 Mets, An Appreciation, Harrison Bader, Luis Guillorme, Sean Manaea, Utility Infielders The primary bus scene in Bull Durham, the one in which wise, older Crash Davis informs young, wild Nuke LaLoosh that nobody gets woolly, rushed across the strike zone of the mind Friday morning, specifically the line, “You could be one of those guys.” One of the realest-life Nuke LaLooshes to have toed a rubber […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2013 Mets, 2015 Mets, An Appreciation, Bull Durham, Harvey Day, Kodai Senga, Matt Harvey, Retirements Juan Soto, now of the San Diego Padres, has been hailed as a generational talent, the type who comes along alone approximately once per metaphorical blue moon. His numbers, expressed by slashes and birthdays, support that assertion. Juan Soto is a .291/.427/.538 slasher through nearly 2,500 plate appearances and he’s not even 24 years old. […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | An Appreciation, Moment of Silence, Vin Scully 1. The Mets ran this ticket special in the 1980s that was incredibly successful. For the price of one admission, you could see the most fearsome competitor in the game, a peerless clutch hitter and first base play that was as revolutionary as it was nonpareil. They were also willing into throw in for that […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | An Appreciation, Keith Hernandez, Ralph Kiner, Retired Numbers, Seinfeld, Team History There’s a Met Yeah this Met The metrics say Standard numerical milestone acknowledgements aside, the proper anniversary to fondly recall Gary Carter would have been the 8th. Gary Carter wore 8 and, presumably because he wore 8, cherished 8. Marty Noble told a story about visiting Gary Carter’s house during Spring Training and encountering a keypad in order to enter the property. Noble either […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1985 Mets, 1989 Mets, An Appreciation, Gary Carter On November 8, the Monday before last, Edgardo Alfonzo turned 48. On November 16, this past Tuesday, Dwight Gooden turned 57. On November 17, today, Tom Seaver would have turned 77. Being a diehard fan means knowing when your favorite players — Tom, Doc and Fonzie are my Top Three — began to live. Being […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | An Appreciation, Arnold Hano, Excellent Addition to Your Baseball Library, Fandom, Gil Hodges, Moment of Silence, Nassau County, New York Giants, November, Polo Grounds, Queens Baseball Convention, Ron Hunt, Shannon Forde, Steve Somers, Tom Seaver's Birthday, WFAN, Willie Mays |
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