Five Sundays prior to the most recent Sunday, I went to Citi Field. It was the last game before the All-Star break. The Mets weren’t going anywhere, so when they continued to go nowhere, it made me no never mind. Zack Wheeler gave up four runs in the first; Aaron Nola flirted with a no-hitter; […]
 
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. |
 20 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Asdrubal Cabrera, Brad Brach, Edwin Diaz, Gut-Wrenching Baseball, Jacob deGrom, Jeurys Familia, Joe Panik, Juan Soto, Kurt Suzuki, Nationals, Stomachs Tied in Knots, Sundays, Winning Streaks Halted “At 10:13 P.M., it became officially official. The Cubs had lost, 6-2. Even if the Mets lost the second game, they would still be first. Millennium, we are here. But the Mets were no longer in a mood to lose anything.” 24 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | .500, 1969 Mets, Amed Rosario, Cramps, Curtis Granderson, Doubleheader Sweeps, Ed Kranepool, Edwin Diaz, J.D. Davis, Jacob deGrom, Jeff Brigham, Jeff McNeil, Jeurys Familia, Michael Conforto, Over .500, Pete Alonso, Radio and TV Not in Sync, Robert Dugger, Robert Gsellman, Seth Lugo, Solo Home Runs, The West Wing, Tom Seaver, Walker Lockett Saturday night found me in Tampa, Fla. Having finished a long day selling books at a convention, I headed out to meet writer friends for dinner. But I had other companions with me: the confounding, vexing, entertaining, and above all else unpredictable 2019 New York Mets. I was early and the restaurant had Wi-Fi, so I […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Edwin Diaz, Marcus Stroman, Mickey Callaway, MLB At Bat, Wilson Ramos So in the end, after all the Sturming and Dranging, the Mets did nothing else. Noah Syndergaard stayed (and celebrated with a fairly hilarious bit of guerrilla Twitter video). Zack Wheeler stayed. Edwin Diaz stayed. Even Todd Frazier stayed. Prospects of whatever pedigree did not arrive. Cash considerations were not considered. Former college roommates of […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Angel Hernandez, Edwin Diaz, J.D. Davis, Jacob deGrom, Justin Wilson, Michael Conforto, Robinson Cano, Todd Frazier, Trade Deadline, Umpires, Weirdness, White Sox You could look at how Noah Syndergaard pitched Tuesday night’s game against the White Sox — brilliantly — and infer that this was Noah’s way of telling the Mets how much being one of them means to him. You could look at how the Mets played in support of Noah as he pitched brilliantly — maddeningly […] 19 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Edwin Diaz, Ervin Santana, Jason Vargas, Marcus Stroman, Noah Syndergaard, Tomato Cans, Trade Deadline, Trade Rumors, White Sox, Zack Wheeler I’ll give the Mets this much: They do keep you interested. I started Sunday in the park with Emily and Joshua, securing visors and nice tickets in section 101, another one of those sections that didn’t exist at Shea and so are irresistible to me. The best thing about our seats? This time, they were in […] 28 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brodie Van Wagenen, Chris Archer, Edwin Diaz, Jason Vargas, Jung Ho Kang, Marcus Stroman, Media, Noah Syndergaard, Ownership, Pirates, Robinson Cano, Trade Rumors, Trades, Tyler Bashlor, Wilpons, Zack Wheeler A cliche of whodunits is the dog that didn’t bark — the detective’s first indication that something odd is afoot, not because something happened but because it failed to happen. A detective would have taken a definite interest in Tuesday night’s tilt with the Twins, the start of a two-game, 20-hour whirlwind tour through Minnesota. Because […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Edwin Diaz, Michael Conforto, Nelson Cruz, Twins Usually Brodie Van Wagenen throws the chair of unfettered frustration. Following the successful resolution of baseball activities Saturday night in Miami, we can close our eyes (or keep them wide open if we’re over on the West Side) and imagine instead Brodie threw the chair of temporary redemption. Throwing chairs still seems like unseemly behavior […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brodie Van Wagenen, Edwin Diaz, Literal Power Outages, Midnight Cowboy, Paper Towel Commercials, Robinson Cano, That Trade Hey Brodie, whatcha doin’? Awesome! Hey Brodie, why ya throwin’ a chair? Cool! Hey Mickey, whatcha doin’? Outta sight! Hey Todd, whatcha doin’? 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adeiny Hechavarria, Brodie Van Wagenen, Chairs, Dominic Smith, Edwin Diaz, Ejections, Jake Arrieta, Jeff McNeil, Justin Wilson, Mickey Callaway, Mysterious Ways, Noah Syndergaard, Robert Gsellman, Seth Lugo, Steven Matz, Todd Frazier, Tomas Nido Repeatedly as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Mets, I get slightly irked. Not by the celebration or the feat celebrated but by a tiny detail that is continually reported inaccurately. Those Mets, it keep getting said, fell ten games behind the Cubs in the National League East in mid-August before turning their […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1969 Mets, 2017 Mets, Edwin Diaz, Half-Games, Jacob deGrom, Jay Bruce, Jerry Seinfeld, Jeurys Familia, Ken Johnson, Replay Review, Rocky III, Spiritually Eliminated, Statistical Obsessions |
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