 
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. |
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 So you want to be a big-league pitcher? Baltimore’s Brandon Young entered the game sporting an ERA north of seven — hmm, come to think of it that’s less “sporting” than “lugging” or “enduring.” But there’s a reason they actually play the games: Young looked terrific against the Mets, allowing just a pair of hits in […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alex Carrillo, Baseball Cards, Brandon Nimmo, Brandon Young, Brett Baty, Bryan Baker, Clay Holmes, Comebacks, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Lindor, Huascar Brazoban, Jackson Holliday, Orioles, Pete Alonso, Reed Garrett, Ronny Mauricio, The Holy Books, Yennier Cano Funny what a week can do. Last Monday, we were all grateful the Mets didn’t have to play baseball following a long weekend’s disaster in Pittsburgh — and not terribly distressed when Tuesday was also a washout. Now, it feels a little irritating to not be tuning in to watch them. On Sunday the Mets battled […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aaron Judge, Brett Baty, Bullpen Use, Clay Bellinger, Hayden Senger, Juan Soto, Perspective, Questionable Managerial Decisions, Subway Series, Yankees, Zach Pop Friday’s late-afternoon sun bathed Jeff McNeil’s chin in enough of a glow to make the touch of gray in his beard quite noticeable to me. Live long enough, and that kid who had torn up Binghamton and Las Vegas so much that he forced a callup and a trade of the veteran in front of […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Austin Warren, Brett Baty, Graybeards, Huascar Brazoban, Jeff McNeil, Juan Soto, Justin Hagenman, Longevity, Marcus Stroman, Reed Garrett, Subway Series, Versatility The Mets played a strange game against the Greater Denver Daiquiri Machine Operators Local nine, who were sure spiffy in uniforms designed to look like the libations they serve so cheerfully. Oh wait, those were the Colorado Rockies, who inexplicably retired the best City Connects in the program and now look like human slushies. Their […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brett Baty, Chris Conroy, City Connects, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Lindor, Jake Bird, Kodai Senga, Mickey Moniak, Pete Alonso, Rockies, Ryan McMahon, Ryne Stanek, Strike Zones, Umpiring, Zach Agnos Sure, it was horrible and painful like it was horrible and painful some 66 hours before, but at least it didn’t happen at one in the morning. So we had that going for us. Otherwise, Thursday’s West Coast matinee beamed east with something approximating the atrocious ending that marred Tuesday’s late-night implosion. The revised edition encompassed […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adonis Medina, Brett Baty, Dodgers, Horrible, Jose Urena, Michael Conforto, Painful, Season Series Victories, Starling Marte 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 All hail David Peterson, who lasted seven-and-two-thirds innings in the game that directly followed the Mets playing thirteen. On its face, that scans as a highly commendable effort, especially since the Mets won Peterson’s Saturday night start over the Dodgers, 5-2, but consider the context and ramp up your commendations. The face of contemporary baseball […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Antidote for a Weary Bullpen, Brett Baty, David Peterson, Fravesties, Jared Young, Joe “Iron Man” McGinnity, Juan Soto, Postseason Grudges “Thank you for sharing, Baltimore O, and thank you for offering Baltimore O your empathy, Pittsburgh P. Having to replace a manager so early in the season is always difficult. Remember, at Losing Baseball Teams Anonymous, we’re here to help one another without rendering judgment. Do you have anything you wish to add, Chicago WS?” “Hi, […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brett Baty, Francisco Lindor, Huascar Brazoban, Kvetching, Perspective, Stopping Losing, Tylor Megill The 1986 Mets were so good that they couldn’t be stopped by a ball landing in a glove; the ball staying in the glove; and the glove and the ball being tossed as one to record a putout against them. All of that happened when Keith Hernandez grounded a ball back to Giants pitcher Terry […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brett Baty, Gloves, Mark Vientos, Mets Third Basemen, Webbing |
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