 
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. |
1. Bartolo Colon sucked. 2. Wilmer Flores made another error. 3. The bats did zero against a guy who came in with an ERA north of 7. 4. Dilson Herrera, one of the only players worth watching in this disaster, broke his fingertip and is headed for the DL. 5. Herrera will be replaced on the roster not by […] Any baseball game is a good one, of course, but the Mets played a fun one against the Phils on Sunday — you had some exciting home runs and other big hits, good starting pitching, some nifty plays in the field, and drama. Though not too much drama. You also had contributions from people you […]  4 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Alex Torres, Angel Hernandez, Bartolo Colon, Johnny Monell, Ruben Tejada, Ryan Howard What the hell’s so funny about Bartolo Colon? After a year and a month of watching him practically every fifth day, I have to admit I don’t get the joke. He’s older than everybody. He’s rounder than everybody. He says less than anybody. He swings through almost everything. His batting helmet flies off with little provocation. Yeah? […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | An Appreciation, Bartolo Colon, Eddie Murray, Juan Lagares, Orioles, Sandy Koufax, Steve Carlton Are you supposed to know when you’ve been born again? Because I’m pretty sure I have been, fanwise. Somewhere between Thursday night, when I expected everything to go wrong but it didn’t, and Friday night, when it never occurred to me anything would go wrong and it didn’t, I underwent some kind of transformation. Perhaps Bartolo Colon […] 34 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bartolo Colon, Danny Muno, Juan Lagares, Reborn Mets Fan In case you don’t remember, baseball is back. A week ago at this time, you could barely sit still in anticipation of its annual arrival. Now it’s part of the woodwork. I like the woodwork this way. I like baseball this way. I like when it keeps us company this way, embedded so smoothly into the […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bartolo Colon, Michael Cuddyer, Nicknames, Reaction Shots, Unhealthy Obsession with Mike Hessman, Wilmer Flores I’m getting old. It happens to everybody, to their astonishment. I’ll be 46 in a month — which isn’t ancient if you’re 56 or 66 or north of there but unfathomable at 16 or 26. A funny thing about age, as I lean into it: Your frame of reference for time changes so thoroughly that you […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bartolo Colon, Baseball Cards, Fans, Lucas Duda, Opening Day I’ve been a baseball fan a very long time, but once a year, depending on the circumstances, I’m talked to like I’ve just discovered the game. Ironically, it didn’t happen when I was relatively new to baseball. When I was a kid, the issue at hand was helpfully childlike in its simplicity. It went something like […] 24 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Al Jackson, Al Leiter, Bartolo Colon, Bobby Jones, Bobby Ojeda, Craig Swan, Dillon Gee, Don Cardwell, Dwight Gooden, Jack Fisher, Jacob deGrom, Jerry Koosman, Johan Santana, Jon Niese, Matt Harvey, Mike Hampton, Mike Pelfrey, Mike Scott, Mike Torrez, Opening Day, Opening Day Starters, Pat Zachry, Pedro Martinez, Pete Harnisch, Randy Jones, Roger Craig, T#m Gl@v!ne, Team History, Tom Seaver When they opened it in 2009, the Mets of Fred and Jeff Wilpon dedicated themselves to convincing potential patrons that Citi Field would present a premium ballpark experience because it would grant those with the right kind of ticket access to exclusive clubs. That first year, very specific castes were established in terms of who […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2001 Mets, Bartolo Colon, Brad Penny, Bud Selig, Citi Field, Eerily Quiet, Milestones, Promenade, Timo Perez, Todd Zeile, Wilmer Flores Some days you gotta take Randy Newman’s advice: Roll down the window The Dodgers blast “I Love L.A.” after every victory at Dodger Stadium. I’ve grown familiar with the custom over the past couple of seasons while the Mets were reliably providing the cue to […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bartolo Colon, Beach Boys, Dodgers, Fun, Lucas Duda, Randy Newman, Triple Plays, Yasiel Puig The following account is issued as a public service as well as for cheap jokes. If you are over 50 years of age, please consult your physician. Bartolo Colon was supposed to start Monday afternoon’s Mets game, but was called away due to a family health emergency. I was supposed to have a colonoscopy during Monday afternoon’s […] |
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