The Mets have used a franchise record-tying 64 players thus far this year. The proliferation of personnel has won them 63 games, or approximately one win per player. This ratio doesn’t exactly scream efficient allocation of resources, but that panoply of participants can sure make things exciting. Granted, the churn has backfired 77 times, but […]
 
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. |
 2 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1982 Mets, Brett Baty, Chris Devenski, Daniel Duarte, Dedniel Nunez, Games We Name, Gary Rajsich, Jared Young, Jonathan Pintaro, Juan Soto, Justin Hagenman, Marcus Semien, Mark Vientos, Nate Lavender, Nick Morabito, Pinch-Running, Rays, Roster Turnover, Tampa Bay Geography, The Kid from Left Field, Youth I’ll grant you that we’re grading the post-deadline 2026 Mets on the curve, but still: Aside from the ending, that was a fine way to spend an afternoon. You had Nolan McLean, with the movement on his pitches baffling the White Sox and sometimes McLean himself. I’m pretty sure what he did to Andrew Benintendi with […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Ewing, Andrew Benintendi, Carson Benge, Daniel Duarte, Dedniel Nunez, Grant Taylor, Hagen Smith, Kodai Senga, Luis Robert Jr., Miguel Vargas, Nolan McLean, Tristan Peters, Walkoff Losses, White Sox Let’s go live to the internal dialogue I’ve developed in the wake of the august Mets play of August 2026, right up through their 4-2 victory over the Padres at Citi Field on Wednesday afternoon. The Mets are winning some baseball games lately. 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2013 Mets, A.J. Ewing, Austin Warren, Baseball Scores, Bo Bichette, Carson Benge, Christopher Morel, Daniel Duarte, Francisco Lindor, Gabriel Arias, Jared Young, Jonathan Pintaro, Jorge Polanco, Kodai Senga, Nate Lavender, Robert Stock, Small Sample Sizes, The Replacements 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. “You remind me of Tug McGraw,” Gil Hodges told Ron Santo, regarding Santo’s heel-clicking routine that rubbed opponents the wrong way in 1969. “When he was young and immature and nervous, he used to jump up and down, too. He doesn’t do it anymore.” I’ve always loved that anecdote, recounted in The Year the Mets […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1969 Mets, Angel Genao, Bo Bichette, Cade Smith, Chayce McDermott, Cristian Pache, Daniel Duarte, Gil Hodges, Jared Young, Jefry Yan, Joie de Vivre, Jorge Polanco, Joy, Jumping, Kate Smith, Larry Sanders, Leaping, Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom, Nate Lavender, Ron Santo, Tug McGraw Sean Manaea pitched … well, OKish in that he walked a ton of Guardians and gave up hits to more Guardians but somehow emerged from it only mildly scathed. Daniel Duarte, newly shot up the bullpen pecking order by vacancies, pitched well and so did Nate Lavender, finally getting to make his big-league debut. Kodai […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bo Bichette, Bryce Conley, Carson Benge, Daniel Duarte, Guardians, Kodai Senga, Luis Torrens, Nate Lavender, Sean Manaea 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 It was the bottom of the second in Tuesday night’s game, with two out and nobody on. The Mets led 5-0 and a laugher seemed to be on tap, with good feelings aplenty. Bo Bichette had escaped the back of the milk carton with home runs in the first two innings, Steve Gelbs had conducted […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Ewing, Bo Bichette, Carson Benge, Daniel Duarte, Debacles, Debuts, Inside The Park Home Run, James Wood, Luis Torrens, Marcus Semien, Nationals, Nick Morabito, Nolan McLean, Richard Lovelady, Tyrone Taylor |
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