 
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. |
What is it with the Mets, the Marlins and Game 161s? (Games 161? Anyway.) I’m generally allergic to tidy narratives, but this one was undeniable: John Maine in 2007, Johan Santana in 2008 … and now Clay Holmes in 2025. No, Holmes didn’t go all the way. But that’s nitpicking — he’s a converted reliever who’s way […]  11 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Brewers, Clay Holmes, Edwin Diaz, Eury Perez, Jeff McNeil, Johan Santana, John Maine, Marlins, Oliver Perez, Pete Alonso, Reds, Shea Stadium, Soilmaster Stadium, Tom Glavine, Wild Card The Mets were playing the Brewers Saturday night. I had recap. I went to see “Superman” with my family — a movie I’d already seen. I did that because I’d reached the point where I can’t stand this team, which right now combines a deep-rooted cruddiness with a magnetic attraction to disaster. Knowing they’ll find a way to […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brewers, Eric Chavez, Francisco Lindor, Jeremy Barnes, Pete Alonso, Ronny Mauricio, Ryan Helsley, Ryne Stanek, Steve Cohen, William Contreras Starling Marte got a good lead off second, had a good jump as soon as Jeff McNeil singled into center, took a good route around third, sped home at a good rate, and made a good slide toward the plate. He did everything well on the two-out play intended to tie the Mets-Brewers game in […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brewers, Edged in Every Way, Goofy Lineup Suggestion, Jeff McNeil, Kodai Senga, Losing Streak, Starling Marte Two out of three from Milwaukee…where have we heard that one before? If it wasn’t quite October 2024 at American Family Field in July 2025 at Citi Field Thursday night, at least it wasn’t any more of the second half of this June seeping into this July. Maybe this July will tell a different story […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brewers, David Peterson, Injuries, Jose Quintana, Paul Blackburn, Replay Review, Warm Bodies, Wee Willie Keeler, Zach Pop 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 More than once this year, I’ve thought to myself that Pete Alonso would probably be more of a hitter if he were less of a teammate. But Alonso isn’t capable of that. He cares about his teammates, about the only organization he’s ever known, and yes, about us lunatics in the stands. He wants to come […] 39 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, Brewers, Brice Turang, Class, David Peterson, Devin Williams, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Lindor, Howie Rose, Jake Bauers, Jesse Winker, Jose Butto, Jose Quintana, Pete Alonso, Sal Frelick, Starling Marte, Thrills, Tobias Myers, Wild Card I had the feeling I was seeing something I hadn’t witnessed before, so I ran through it in my head to confirm. Eleven postseasons. Twenty postseason rounds. Ninety-four postseason games. It took until the respective eleventh, twentieth and ninety-fourth of the above for the New York Mets to do something they’d never done before. Never […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1973 Mets, 2015 Mets, 2024 Postseason, Brewers, Helpful Precedent, Oof, Pete Alonso, Phil Maton, Sean Manaea, Team History It was the ninth inning against the Phillies, 10 days ago, and ESPN’s little win probability thing (a sop to gamblers, but that’s another post) was making me insane. It said the Phillies had an 8% chance of coming back to beat the Mets, which was obviously wrong. Obviously and deliberately and nefariously wrong. I didn’t […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aaron Ashby, Brewers, Brice Turang, ESPN, Freddy Peralta, J.D. Martinez, Jackson Chourio, Jesse Winker, Joel Payamps, Jose Butto, Jose Iglesias, Luis Severino, Mark Vientos, Ryne Stanek, Starling Marte, Tyrone Taylor, Willie Adames C’mon, Francisco. C’mon, Jose. C’mon, Mark. C’mon, the whole bunch of you, one through nine. It was no use. I called to them through the TV with encouragement by first name or nickname and, save for a single in the first and a double in the fifth, the personal touch was of no use. Nor […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2024 Mets, Brewers, Damn Yankees, Sniff ‘n’ the Tears, Uncertainty Yes, Ramon De Jesus’s umpire scorecard is going to be a thing to behold. (It’ll show up here if you want to torture yourself.) The most egregious missed call was, rather obviously, the ball four on Francisco Alvarez that was called strike three, turning a bases-loaded situation for the Mets into the end of an […] 21 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adrian Johnson, Alex Young, Anxiety, Brewers, Bryce Turang, Danny Young, Francisco Alvarez, Francisco Lindor, Injuries, Ramon De Jesus, Rhys Hoskins, Sean Manaea, Umpiring, Wild Card |
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