As long as Rob Manfred is announcing that extreme shifting will be a thing of the past in 2023, let’s retroactively get rid of double plays. In the spirit of the pitch clock that will redefine the imposition of time within the confines of the once-timeless game of baseball, let’s turn the overall clock back […]
 
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. |
 11 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Double Plays, Francisco Rodriguez, Hurd, Joely Rodriguez, Mark Vientos, Mike Vail, Rob Manfred, Rules, The Doors, Walls, Wild Card Welcome to the seventh chapter of Faith and Fear’s historical countdown of the The Top 100 Mets of the 2000s. A full introduction to what we’re doing is available here. These are the more or less best Mets we rooted for as Mets fans during the decade FAFIF came to be. In honor of the […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aaron Heilman, Derek Bell, Francisco Rodriguez, John Maine, Mets of the 2000s, Mike Cameron, Oliver Perez, Orlando Hernandez, Todd Pratt, Tsuyoshi Shinjo, Xavier Nady Welcome to the sixth chapter of Faith and Fear’s countdown of The Top 100 Mets of the 2010s. An introduction to the series is available here; you can read the most recent installment here. These are the more or less best Mets we rooted for as Mets fans these past ten years. Since a decade […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Francisco Rodriguez, Frankie Rodriguez, Josh Thole, Juan Uribe, Kelly Johnson, Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Mets of the 2010s, Mike Baxter, Pedro Feliciano, Robert Gsellman, Todd Frazier The little black cloud narrative of Mets fandom has been overdone in recent years — our team was one good swing away from the World Series in 2006 and played highly meaningful games on the last day of the season in 2007 and 2008, which the good people of Pittsburgh and Kansas City would take […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | David Wright, Disappointment, Fans, Francisco Rodriguez, Jason Isringhausen, Jonathon Niese, Jose Reyes, Sandy Alderson At least Jerry played the kids. There really isn’t a lot else to say about this one — Johan Santana spotted the Astros a three-spot while searching for his changeup in an ugly first inning, ripped a double past the third baseman instead of bunting, David Wright hit a home run, and Ike Davis started a […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Francisco Rodriguez, Garbage Time, Jerry Manuel, Omar Minaya, Ownership, R.A. Dickey, Wally Backman Checking in on the Mets from afar — There was only hit, and it was by Hamels? K-Rod did what? — while bouncing around between Florida and Rhode Island and various airports, I didn’t quite realize how mad I was at them. Until I sat down to watch an otherwise anonymous, playing-out-the-string game in Houston […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Anger, Disappointment, Francisco Rodriguez, Garbage Time, Jerry Manuel, Jon Niese, Matt Harvey, Omar Minaya ’Twas a victory of and for the Damned. Damned Castillo. Damned Francoeur. Damned Rodriguez. Damned Mets and their perpetually damning fans. We won the damn thing! Y’know what, I’m not even gonna give ya the spiel about it’s just one game. Of course it’s just one game. That’s what a baseball season is: 162 episodes of just […] 17 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Chris Carter, Francisco Rodriguez, Jeff Francouer, Jerry Reed, John Mellencamp, Luis Castillo, Manny Acosta, R.A. Dickey The good thing about 5-0 leads, besides the obvious Us > Them factor, is that it lets you screw up a fair amount and not have it be fatal. Which Jerry Manuel and Frankie Rodriguez promptly did, with a little help from Elmer Dessens. Elmer has somehow been fairly reliable, certainly reliable enough to be […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bad Fans, Fear, Francisco Rodriguez, Jerry Manuel, Luis Castillo, R.A. Dickey, Roger Bernadina, Ruben Tejada, Stupidity The Roberto Alomar trade aside, is there anything about the Cleveland Indians to stir the blood of Mets fans? Has an Indians diehard ever gotten up in arms about what’s transpiring at Shea Stadium or Citi Field? When Mets-Indians actually compares favorably to such epic tilts as Mariners-Cardinals, Blue Jays-Padres and … ZZZZZ, oh, I’m sorry, […] 19 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Francisco Rodriguez, Ike Davis, Indians, Interleague Play, Jason Donald, Manny Acta At the risk of antagonizing tedious radio hosts, I’m proud of Mike Pelfrey too. Perhaps that’s OK with Mike Francesa, since I’m 15 years older than Big Pelf. (Not that I give a shit.) I’m proud of Pelf for the same reasons I suspect Matt Cerrone was: Pelf has spent his entire professional career as a […] |
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