Emily and I watched the first couple of innings of Tuesday night’s Mets-Nats tilt somewhat distractedly. First we were down in Dumbo at L&B Spumoni Gardens, a satellite of the classic ur-Brooklyn Sicilian-pizza joint that’s finally open after a long permitting saga. Then we were walking up the hill for home. We’d peeked at SNY, […]
 
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. |
 6 comments | |  Print This Post |  CJ Abrams, Cole Henry, Confidence, Edwin Diaz, Griffin Canning, Jeff McNeil, Jose Butto, Jose Castillo, Jose Ferrer, Juan Soto, Justin Garza, Kyle Finnegan, Luisangel Acuna, Mackenzie Gore, Nathaniel Lowe, Nationals, Pete Alonso, Reed Garrett, Starling Marte, Steve Gelbs We all love a dramatic game, but there’s nothing whatsoever wrong with winning 6-1 — particularly when that margin of victory comes the night after a gut-punch loss. Wednesday night’s game was the Griffin Canning and Pete Alonso show, what with Canning’s near-flawless pitching (six innings, three skinny singles allowed) and the Polar Bear homering twice […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Dalton Rushing, Dodgers, Freddie Freeman, Griffin Canning, Jose Castillo, Kike Hernandez, Michael Conforto, Mookie Betts, Pete Alonso, Ryan Loutos, Shohei Ohtani, Tony Gonsolin Friday night’s game … goodness, where do you even start? Let’s start with the weather. It wasn’t supposed to rain in New York, or at least not seriously enough to matter, but it’s done nothing but rain in New York all May, so if it isn’t doing that you check and see if it just did […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Dodgers, Edwin Diaz, Extra Innings, Gho, Griffin Canning, Jeff McNeil, Luis Torrens, Luisangel Acuna, Max Muncy, Michael Conforto, Rain Delays, Reed Garrett, Starling Marte, Tanner Scott, Teoscar Hernandez, Tyrone Taylor Who could or would be happy that the Mets beat the Yankees in the Bronx on Saturday? Us, obviously. The Mets beating the Yankees is a thing for us. We’re Mets fans. We like when the Mets beat anybody. We especially like the Mets beating the Yankees. We like Griffin Canning, he of the 2.47 ERA, […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carlos May, Edwin Diaz, Griffin Canning, Huascar Brazoban, Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Jacob deGrom, Jim Gosger, Jim Marshall, Juan Soto, Luis Torrens, Luisangel Acuna, Mike Lecolant, Moment of Silence, Ralph Kiner, Reed Garrett, Rich Hill, Ron Swoboda, Subway Series, Tom Seaver I burrowed inside my television early Sunday afternoon, and there it was: Roku, right where I left it. I hadn’t watched it much since last summer when I installed it so I could take in a desultory Mets-Marlins affair because MLB told me it was the only way I could see it. Streaming a game […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2024 Mets, 2025 Mets, Brandon Nimmo, Confidence, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Lindor, Gary Cohen, Griffin Canning, John DeMarsico, Jose Azocar, Luis Torrens, Mark Vientos, Pete Crow-Armstrong, Roku, Steady High, Wometco Home Theater Thanks, Gare. Like you said, it’s midnight in Manhattan, and this is no time to get cute, yet as we know, every first Monday night of May marks the return of the Met Gala to Manhattan, and whenever the Mets are playing at midnight Eastern Time on that same night, the game is stopped, wherever […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bruce Springsteen, Carlos Mendoza, Dedniel Nunez, Diamondbacks, Edwin Diaz, Fashion, Francisco Alvarez, Francisco Lindor, Griffin Canning, Huascar Brazoban, Met Gala, Milestones, Molly Shannon, Pete Alonso, Steve Gelbs, The Pajama Game, Tyrone Taylor Some years ago, I improved my baseball life considerably by swearing off April games. Yes, I know April baseball can be lovely — Greg and I once spent a snoozy but idyllic March 31 at Shea in 80 degree weather, watching the Mets and Phillies do nothing in particular until Alberto Castillo, of all people, won […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Citi Field, Cristopher Sanchez, Fans, Griffin Canning, Jose Butto, Juan Soto, Kyle Schwarber, Luis Torrens, Nick Castellanos, Pete Alonso, Phillies, Ryne Stanek The Mets’ current formula for being 12-7 … well, it’s working while not seeming like a particularly good idea. They pitch impeccably, which you don’t need to be a lifetime baseball fan to know isn’t sustainable, and they hit … hmm, how to describe this part? Minimally? Sporadically? Just enoughally? Thursday night’s game followed this odd, not particularly […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andre Pallante, Brett Baty, Cardinals, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Lindor, Griffin Canning, Mark Vientos, Tyrone Taylor Mets 3, A’s 1, game called after four and a half innings because your recapper was weary and collapsed into his bed. Wait, they don’t do things that way? Apologies — I figured maybe they did, what with everything else that was strange about watching the Mets and the A’s play in a ballpark that looks […] 1 comment - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A's, Billionaires We Don't Like, Dallas Braden, Edwin Diaz, Griffin Canning, John Fisher, Las Vegas, Lawrence Butler, Mark Vientos, Paul Blackburn, Pete Alonso, Ron Darling, Sacramento, Sleep, SNY, Sutter Health Park The City Connects were the perfect uniform for Saturday night’s Mets game, played in murky gray conditions with an inescapable wet chill, cascades of mist wafting through the air, and any ball that touched outfield grass leaving a spray of droplets to mark its progress. A surprisingly big crowd showed up despite the obvious attractions of […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Blue Jays, Brendon Little, Chris Bassitt, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Lindor, George Springer, Griffin Canning, Huascar Brazoban, Jeff Hoffman, Jesse Winker, Jose Butto, Jose Siri, Nick Sandlin, Starling Marte, Yimi Garcia |
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