 
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. |
“Just brushed my elbow up against the baserunner, Ray. I think I’ll be OK.” “My wrist and the guy’s bat made contact, Ray. No biggie.” “Something with my knee, Ray. Feels a little off, but […]  33 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  David Wright, Injuries, Juan Lagares, Kelvim Escobar, Lucas Duda, Noah Syndergaard, Ray Ramirez, Seth Lugo, Steven Matz, Travis d'Arnaud, Wilmer Flores, Yoenis Cespedes Friday there was a reason to pay attention to what was going on in Florida. Zack Wheeler was pitching. There was no TV or radio transmitting back to us how Zack looked live, which was too bad, because for a team whose likely composition is largely known, Wheeler’s 2017 isn’t a projection we can reflexively […] Shortly after the Mets wrapped up their third straight win over the Marlins Wednesday night, I had an odd vision: Alejandro De Aza hits the home run that proves to be the difference in Game 7 of the 2016 World Series. He’s mobbed by 24 Mets, all of them emergency call-ups from the minors. Shortly […] 36 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alejandro De Aza, Bartolo Colon, Delusion, Hope, Injuries, Kelly Johnson, Neil Walker, Wilmer Flores Like the names of Yoenis Cespedes and Neil Walker, this won’t show up in Sunday’s box score, but the Mets’ 5-1 loss to the Phillies was my thousandth game in a row. Not playing, but witnessing. I’ve watched, heard or attended at least some, usually all, of every regular-season Mets game dating back to July […] 45 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Commitment, Fans, Home Run Cycle, Injuries, Out of Town Scoreboard, Robert Gsellman, Streaks When Jim Henderson entered Tuesday night’s game at St. Louis — one on, one out, Yadier Molina coming up, Mets leading by two in the seventh — it occurred to me that this was potentially a pivotal moment in Henderson’s Met legacy. If Henderson surrendered a two-run homer to Molina, which wasn’t out of the […] 19 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2008 Mets, Asdrubal Cabrera, Cardinals, Debuts, Injuries, Jim Henderson, Johan Santana, Jon Niese, Jose Reyes, Pennant Race, Robert Gsellman, Wilmer Flores, Yadier Molina, Yoenis Cespedes The best thing to do — the sane thing, the kind thing, the self-preserving thing — would be to focus solely on what happened in Sunday night’s Mets-Giants game. It was taut, tight and well-played, but ultimately a tale of two pitchers: Jeff Samardzija and Noah Syndergaard. Samardzija rode his plus-plus fastball, a resurrected curve and a […] 44 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Injuries, Jeff Samardzija, Jeff Wilpon, Noah Syndergaard, Rene Rivera, Yoenis Cespedes If you were looking for four hours that would renew your faith in the Mets, well, boy did you pick the wrong night. First the Mets played a thoroughly inept game against the Yankees, one in which a) they were atrocious once more with runners in scoring position; b) Steven Matz underpitched Chad Green to put them in an inescapably […] 52 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Hansel Robles, Injuries, Mark Teixeira, Steven Matz, Yoenis Cespedes Well, the Mets finally got that big hit. Neil Walker, looking like April’s Neil Walker, crashed a three-run homer into the seats in the seventh inning Sunday, saving the Mets from a four-game losing streak, a season sweep at the hands of the Rockies, and an extra topping of misery and angst ahead of the Subway […] 23 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Asdrubal Cabrera, Injuries, Jay Bruce, Michael Conforto, Neil Walker, Trades, Wilmer Flores You probably didn’t need this reminder, but here it is anyway: baseball will make you look dumb. Like maybe in the afterglow of Thursday night’s thrilling comeback against the Nats (deliciously complete with hirsute heel Jayson Werth shooting his own team in the collective foot) you found yourself thinking that it was really too bad the Mets […] 35 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Injuries, Jose Reyes, Matt Harvey, Noah Syndergaard, Yoenis Cespedes The Mets entered their series against the Nationals with a clear shot at the top spot in their division and exited it scrambling for positioning in the Wild Card race. They scored four runs in the first three innings on Monday, two in the last inning on Wednesday and none in the intervening twenty-three. One […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Attrition, Bone Spurs, Daniel Murphy, Dion, Faith, Injuries, Offensive Futility, Turnover, Unfamiliarity |
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