The trumpeter who scores the postgame scurry to the 7 on Mets Plaza made an interesting musical choice in the minutes following the fresh 5-1 loss the Marlins had inflicted upon the Mets inside Citi Field. He played “Auld Lang Syne,” a number usually reserved for December 31 rather than August 31. I wondered if […]
 
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 comment - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2024 Mets, 2025 Mets, August, Auld Lang Syne, Brandon Waddell, Kodai Senga, Mark Simon, Mets Trivia, Quizzing Satchels, Sandy Alcantara, September, Spunky Upstarts, Towed Juggernauts I would like the Mets to be loaded with nothing but stars who win every game by lots of runs, pitched daily and/or nightly to victory solely by stalwarts of the starting rotation. Sounds ideal enough. Now for reality. The Mets don’t win every game. Nor does anybody else, but the Mets have gotten out of the […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2025 Mets, All-Stars, Brandon Waddell, Brett Baty, David Peterson, Dicky Lovelady, Justin Hagenman, Rico Garcia, Ryne Stanek, Shrinking Middle Class, Two-Run Losses, Tyrone Taylor, Unplanned Starters 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 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 Big league ballplayers aren’t usually told to keep their day jobs, because they tend to work nights. Wednesday, the Mets were told to forget about their night jobs — fellas, you’re working the day shift. The change in their schedule, necessitated by a rainy forecast, didn’t appear to sit well with them. The White Sox, adhering […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Waddell, Mike Vasil, Pitchers on the Periphery, The Flintstones As a coping mechanism, I sometimes imagine there’s a series of Anti-Mets Classics — games so variously painful, frustrating and provoking that you’d only watch them again if forced to. In a CIA black site, perhaps. Or maybe in actual Hell. That’s actually not an unconvincing vision of the afterlife for those of us who won’t […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Anti-Mets Classics, Brandon Waddell, Chris Devenski, Corbin Burnes, Danny Young, Diamondbacks, Francisco Alvarez, Juan Soto, Ryne Stanek, The Other Ryan Thompson, Vexing Losses For those keeping adjustable score of very recent, relatively quiet Met offseason acquisitions at home, you can pencil in the following: Righthanded pitcher Yuhi Sako. A southpaw counterpart named Brandon Waddell. Jared Young, who plays first. Catcher Chris Williams. Righty Griffin Canning, who maddeningly contained Met bats one day last summer, so I can say, “Him I’ve heard of.” If you […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2024 Mets, 2025 Mets, Alex Reyes, Brandon Waddell, Carlos Beltran, Chris Williams, Culture, Dave Winfield, David Stearns, Gary Carter, Griffin Canning, Howie Rose, Jared Young, Juan Soto, Mike Hampton, Mike Piazza, Offseason Bookkeeping, Perceptions, Pete Alonso, Randy Keisler, Steve Cohen, Team History, Terry Collins, Yuhi Sako |
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