 
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. |
Your recapper will begin by confessing something usually kept discreetly behind the Faith & Fear curtain: his direct experience of tonight’s game was limited to the bottom of the ninth, watched while scowling/frowning at a phone in a friend’s living room north of Boston. Well, fuck. That bottom of the ninth was brief. Mercifully, one […]  14 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Akeel Morris, Fans, Garrett Olson, Gerson Bautista, Hansel Robles, Hope, Jay Bruce, Lino Urdaneta, Mac Scarce, Matt Harvey, Steven Matz Previously on The Mets… “Eleven in a row! This is the year, baby!” “Oh no. Who’s hurt now?” “Sure, the pitching’s great, but they can’t score to save their lives.” “They’re never gonna win another game, are they?” “We’re making a roster move and adjusting our rotation accordingly.” “We don’t need another pitcher. We need a bat.” “He’s from around here, you […] 33 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Dick Rusteck, Garrett Olson, Lucas Duda Growth Chart, Pitchers Hitting, Steve Miller Band, Steven Matz, Suspended Games I’ve always been fascinated by one-and-done Mets. Like Joe Hietpas and his one ninth-inning appearance behind the plate on the last day of the 2004 season. Like Mike Hessman and his one Mets home run across two months of 2010 despite his being billed in advance as the minor league home run king of minor […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Greenberg, Brett Hinchliffe, Cubs, Garrett Olson, Joe Hietpas, Mike Glavine, Mike Hessman, One At Bat, Ray Searage There are several numerical ways to flesh out the state of the Mets after Wednesday night’s rerun of Tuesday night, which was a carbon copy of Monday night (assuming that creepy dude from W.B. Mason still sells carbon paper), which wasn’t materially different from Sunday afternoon’s defeat, if you can remember back that far in […] 21 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2012 Mets, August, Awfulness, Garrett Olson, Johan Santana, Matt Harvey, Sandy Alderson, Terry Collins, The Last Hurrah |
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