 
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. |
After some games, all you can do is shrug. Even when they come when every game left feels precious. Even when they come against the Yankees, with all the associated pomp and bother. Christian Scott was awfully good, giving up solo shots to Ben Rice and Austin Wells. Wells’s drive was even long enough to have been a […] Sunday afternoon unfolding as it did at Citi Field indicated patience can be a baseball virtue. Christian Scott had to wait eight days for his next start. Tobias Myers had to wait nearly two months for his next major league appearance. Brett Baty had to wait until the eighth inning to enter Sunday’s game. Mets […]  4 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1987 Mets, 2017 Mets, Bo Bichette, Brett Baty, Christian Scott, David Cone, Dwight Gooden, Giants, Intentional Walks, Jacob deGrom, Jonah Tong, Longevity, Patience, Projection, Rick Aguilera, Seth Lugo, Shawn Colvin, Sid Fernandez, Steven Matz, Team History, Tobias Myers, Zack Wheeler On Saturday afternoon, Nolan McLean was pretty darn beautiful, with an array of hitters and fielders supporting him in his attractiveness. Nolan went seven, giving up just a first-inning run. Juan Soto returned with a big RBI single. Jared Young — the Jonathan Pintaro or perhaps Daniel Duarte of the starting lineup — quietly chipped […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 3-1 Losses, Anthony Young, Astros, Billy Wagner, Bob Aspromonte, Christian Scott, Colt .45s, Cumulative Franchise Record, Danny Heep, Dave Mlicki, Interleague Play, Jake Marisnick, Jonathan Villar, Juan Soto, Mike Hampton, Mike Scott, Nolan McLean, Octavio Dotel, Rusty Staub, Sid Fernandez, Team History The letters from Uncle Andy’s Baseball Camp have taken a gloomy turn. Christian Scott looked terrific dueling Hunter Brown — at least until the sixth, when Scott ran out of gas without the warning light coming on, losing the strike zone with head-snapping speed and, as it would turn out, losing the game. Scott’s year has […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Ewing, Astros, Bo Bichette, Christian Scott, Daulton Varsho, Dedniel Nunez, Hunter Brown, Nate Lavender I wasn’t wishing any ill will toward Huascar Brazobán when he came into Saturday night’s game to face his former team, beyond hoping his former team would rough him up gently. It was the seventh inning of a game the Mets were leading, 7-5, an evening pervaded by the sense that this game could be going […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carson Benge, Christian Scott, Family Feud, Huascar Brazoban, Luis Robert Jr., Luis Torrens, Mimosas, Old Friends, The Carpenters, The DH Scam, Vienna Beef The 2025 Mets were lousy, basically without interruption, from June until they expired in Miami, with the date on the carton confirming that sour-milk taste you’d been trying to convince yourself wasn’t there really had been. It’s hard to single out games that stuck in the craw when pretty much all of them did, but […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Ewing, Abimelec Ortiz, Andy Green, Bob Murphy, Brett Baty, Carson Benge, Christian Scott, Closers, Howie Rose, Jake Irvin, Jared Young, Jorge Polanco, Keibert Ruiz, Keith Raad, Kodai Senga, Luis Robert Jr., Luis Torrens, Managers, Nationals, Nolan McLean, Pat McCarthy, Radio, Zac Thornton We had guests up here at the house in Maine, so when I got to belatedly check on the Mets I did a double take. NYM 5, ATL 2? Really? Really. A little sleuthing revealed that Brett Baty had ambushed Bryce Elder with his first career grand slam, following an oh so modern bit of confusion […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Ewing, ABS, Andy Green, Bo Bichette, Braves, Brent Suter, Brett Baty, Bryce Elder, Carson Benge, Challenges, Christian Scott, Closers, Cristian Pache, Daniel Duarte, Devin Williams, Francisco Lindor, Jared Young, Kodai Senga, Nate Lavender, Ronald Acuna Jr. When the Mets edged the Braves in the afternoon portion of Wednesday’s day-night “doubleheader” at Citi Field (if they scan for tickets twice, then it’s really just two wholly separate games played on the same day), it was both satisfying and mystifying. The satisfaction came mainly from the Mets having extended a winning streak to […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 14-3 Symmetry, Carson Benge, Chris Sale, Christian Scott, Cionel Perez, Daniel Duarte, Day-Night Doubleheaders, Mystery, Satisfaction, Sean Manaea, Spite, Splendiferous Catches, The Two-Thirds Mark, Trade Deadline Someday, the Mets will do that thing you want them to do. They’ll figure out a place for Brett Baty, whether on the field or in another town. They’ll let a pitcher go as deep as his arm will allow him. They’ll hit a ball past a Brewer with runners on base. They’ll take less […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brett Baty, Brewers, Christian Scott, Records, Red Sox, Timing, Winning Streaks, Wishes Major League Baseball imposing an extended intermission upon its schedule proved absolutely restorative where our parochial interests were concerned. All the Mets needed was a break. A little break. A break a little less long or at least more disjointed than any other team besides the Phillies. We came back from not playing for three […] |
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