 
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. |
You know the old baseball saying: The team that has the sixth-best record in the league, assuming it’s at least the third-best non-first place record in that same league, is a lock to go to the postseason. And if it’s not an old saying, let’s repeat it enough so it becomes one. Congratulations to our ceaselessly […]  19 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2024 Mets, Adam Ottavino, Admirability, Brandon Nimmo, David Peterson, Grit, Jeff McNeil, Phil Maton, Rick White, Wild Card I stopped attending Subway Series games years ago because they’re like Thanksgiving dinners where every single uncle and cousin you dislike RSVPs that they’ll show up drunk and eager to talk politics. No thanks — I’ll catch these from my couch, where any woofing mookdom can be addressed as an internal affair. That part’s predictable; the […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aaron Judge, Adam Ottavino, Brandon Nimmo, Bullpen, Carlos Mendoza, Danny Young, David Peterson, Dedniel Nunez, Francisco Alvarez, Gerrit Cole, Harrison Bader, J.D. Davis, Mark Vientos, Reed Garrett, Subway Series, Yankee, Yankees I didn’t expect a giddy stretch related to the 2024 Mets, and yet here we are. I was playing mini-golf and eating ice cream, meaning I was late to my assigned duties (sorry not sorry) and yet was only mildly surprised to find it was Forces of Good 7, Defending But Currently Not So Hot World […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andrew Knizner, Brandon Nimmo, David Peterson, DJ Stewart, Francisco Alvarez, Francisco Lindor, Grimace, Jon Gray, Laughers, Mark Vientos, Max Scherzer, Pete Alonso, Rangers, Steve Gelbs, Winning Streaks It’s gonna get away, you tell yourself when an early 2-0 lead becomes a 2-2 tie. When the lead is rebuilt to 5-2, you figure maybe — maybe — the scenario developing won’t be worst-case. Then instead of remaining 5-2, the lead shrinks to 5-4, and you can sense where this is going. Yet when […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | David Peterson, Dedniel Nunez, Francisco Lindor, Harrison Bader, Lineups, Relaxation, Starling Marte, Todd Zeile, Tyrone Taylor, Zeile of Approval A relatively stress-free win in which the Mets executed most facets of the sport at a higher level than their opponent for nine innings…was that too much to ask for? It was not. The Mets defeated an amorphous blob of unrefined talent better known as the Washington National Tuesday night, 6-3. They didn’t have to accidentally stumble […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Competence, David Peterson, Dedniel Nunez, DJ Herz, Harrison Bader, Mark Vientos, Pete Alonso, Reed Garrett, Starling Marte, Trevor Williams I’ve never felt more like Jack Buck after returning home from a ballgame, for “I don’t believe that I don’t know what I just saw!” Did I see the Mets play the Marlins? Pretty sure I did. That was important to me, as, entering Thursday, I had not seen the Mets play the Marlins in person […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Astounding Lack of Resolution, David Peterson, Marlins, Rafael Ortega, Rain Delays, Suspended Games, The Log A habit I’m trying to break as a baseball fan is the assigning of blame. If the Mets don’t win – even a stripped-down, playing-out-the-string version of the Mets – it can’t be that the other team won or something went wrong or an unlucky event occurred. No, it has to be someone’s fault. For instance: […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alexis Diaz, David Peterson, Edwin Diaz, Grant Hartwig, Hunter Greene, Jonathan India, Pete Alonso, Reds, Relief Pitching All games have their highlights, even the Mets’ Saturday afternoon 8-4 loss to the Twins in Minneapolis — if you watched or listened to it, choose YOUR favorite highlight! • David Peterson delivered the very definition of a quality start! 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, David Peterson, DJ Stewart, Excessive Use of Exclamation Points, Highlights, Not Drew Smith, Pete Alonso As one who doesn’t subscribe to Peacock, I couldn’t tell you what Sunday’s Mets-Angels game looked like, but from the sound of it over WCBS-AM, it was quite the staring contest. The Mets stared at the Angels. The Angels stared at the Mets. It was 0-0, 1-1 and 2-2. Two teams used to staring into […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1973 Mets, Aaron Harang, Angels, Austin Jackson, Casey Kasem, Cory Sullivan, David Peterson, Dead End Achievers, Eduardo Escobar, Francisco Alvarez, Interlopers Among Us, Kevin Bass, Nori Aoki, Old Friends, Pete Alonso, Radio, Rafael Ortega, Ron Swoboda, Semi-Pro, Shohei Ohtani, Team History, Walkoffs, Wilson Delgado Let’s put a big asterisk on this one right away: There’s no such thing as revenge when one team is a cool 23 games ahead in the standings. The Braves losing a game to the Mets is like getting a mosquito bite on your way to the car after a bug-free picnic: You’ll scowl and […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Allan Winans, Brandon Nimmo, Braves, David Peterson, DJ Stewart, Francisco Lindor, Kevin Pillar, Michael Harris II, Rafael Ortega |
Piazza: Catcher, Slugger, Icon, Star by Greg Prince is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers. 
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