 
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. |
The Mets and Yankees spent Saturday afternoon wailing away at each other like concussed prizefighters, as balls were flying out of Citi Field and pitchers took the mound looking like they were bracing for impact. The Mets struck first, with Brandon Nimmo connecting for a grand slam off Carlos Rodon in the bottom of the first. […]  6 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Anthony Volpe, Austin Wells, Brandon Nimmo, Bullpen Use, Carlos Mendoza, Carlos Rodon, Edwin Diaz, Frankie Montas, Home Runs, Jayvien Sandridge, Jazz Chisholm Jr., Juan Soto, Pete Alonso, Richard Lovelady, Ryne Stanek, Subway Series, Yankees You know it’s bad when you’re relieved your team isn’t playing. After getting curb-stomped by the 100-loss Pirates, the Mets didn’t play baseball Monday and that felt like a respite. Then they got rained out Tuesday and that felt like a gift. One could be forgiven for thinking, “Maybe they’ll be rained out for the rest […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Blade Tidwell, Brandon Nimmo, Brewers, Day-Night Doubleheaders, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Lindor, Jacob Misiorowski, Jake Bauers, Joey Ortiz, Pete Alonso, Reed Garrett Honestly the rain delay was the best part. The Mets led 1-0 in the top of the second on Saturday and were at least mildly threatening to lead by more, with Mark Vientos at the plate against the Pirates’ Bailey Falter, two outs and runners on first and second. Then the skies opened up. It would be […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Baseball Cards, Brandon Nimmo, Brandon Waddell, Colin Poche, Disappointment, Foul Balls, Huascar Brazoban, Jose Butto, Paul Blackburn, Pirates, PNC Park, Rain Delays, Team Meetings, The Holy Books All wins are created equal in the standings. Some wins are a little less equal emotionally. Some wins take a back seat to other events surrounding a given game. It doesn’t happen often, but it happens. Mets fire a manager but win as a going-away present to their suddenly erstwhile skipper? The win doesn’t resonate. Mets raise […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Back Seat Wins, Brandon Nimmo, Hamstrings, Injuries, Jeff McNeil, Kodai Senga, Luisangel Acuna, Tyrone Taylor In the early days of Citi Field, there was an attempt to start a first-inning Yankee Stadium-style roll call. Thankfully wisdom prevailed and the attempt got shelved — that tradition belongs in the Bronx, just like “Sweet Caroline” belongs in Fenway. But there’s no rule that we can’t do it here. Juan Soto: I heard Soto’s […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, Carlos Mendoza, Complete Games, David Peterson, Defense, John DeMarsico, Juan Soto, Luis Torrens, Mets Fans, Nationals, Replay Review, Ron Darling, Shutouts, Tom Seaver, Tyrone Taylor There’s a lot one could say about Ronny Mauricio‘s third-inning home run in Denver Saturday night, starting with the fact that it went 456 feet and came down in the third deck. That’s … a long way. The third deck is a place where fans sit contentedly expecting not to be involved in the proceedings way […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, Clay Holmes, Dick Monfort, Francisco Lindor, German Marquez, Home Runs, Jared Young, Jeff McNeil, Julian Merryweather, Justin Garza, Luis Torrens, Rockies, Ronny Mauricio Be glad that the first-place Mets compete on the same elite level as the first-place Dodgers. Be glad that the Mets play close, compelling games versus the defending world champions. Be glad the Mets can show up at Dodger Stadium and grab a quick 1-0 lead off future Hall of Famer Clayton Kershaw. Be glad Tylor Megill can […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, Brandon Waddell, Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers, Freddie Freeman, Horrible, Huascar Brazoban, Juan Soto, Luis Torrens, Max Muncy, Painful, Pete Alonso, Reed Garrett, Ronny Mauricio, Tylor Megill It didn’t exactly strike me as the best idea for the Mets to play the Rockies at home, fly across the country and then go toe to toe with the Dodgers the next night, but MLB has an unbroken record of not asking me what I think. That’s what the Mets did, and at least for […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andy Pages, Brandon Nimmo, Dave Roberts, Dodger Stadium, Dodgers, Dustin May, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Alvarez, Francisco Lindor, Freddie Freeman, Huascar Brazoban, Jose Butto, Jose Castillo, Max Kranick, Max Muncy, Michael Conforto, Paul Blackburn, Ryne Stanek, Shohei Ohtani, Tanner Scott, Teoscar Hernandez, Tommy Edman, Tyrone Taylor Saturday’s game against the Rockies, the last tilt of May, was observed by your chronicler via a kaleidoscope of information sources from way out here in Tacoma, Wash.: looking down at MLB.tv on my phone during one of the Pacific Northwest’s never-quite-remitting rainstorms, via MLB Audio when the bandwidth pipe was a little too narrow […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adonis Medina, Antonio Senzatela, Brandon Nimmo, Brett Baty, City Connects, Dick Monfort, J.D. Davis, Jeff McNeil, Jesus Alou, Jonahs, Juan Soto, Kodai Senga, Minor Leagues, Ownership, Rhylan Thomas, Rockies, Ron Herbel, Salt Lake City Bees, Shintaro Fujinami, Tacoma Rainiers, Trevor Gott, Tyrone Taylor, Yolmer Sanchez Savor this. That’s always the warning when your baseball team is playing taut, crackling ball at a pinch me level. It seems inconceivable, but the good times will end. The hits will stop falling in, balls will start just eluding gloves, relievers will enter jams and emerge scathed. Baseball’s karmic wheel will turn and somehow joy […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bad Luck, Brandon Nimmo, Clay Holmes, Disappointment, Fenway Park, Losing Streaks, Red Sox, Walker Buehler |
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