One out from another inning on this, the eve of the Summer Olympics. The Mets had handed out pickleball paddles to lucky ticketholders when the night began, though I don’t think pickleball is an Olympics sport. I don’t think baseball is an Olympic sport this year, either, but that’s OK. We’re not going for the […]
 
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. |
Plan A, in all likelihood, was not to have Jake Diekman face Juan Soto and Aaron Judge with the Mets clinging to a smidge of a one-run lead. You could hear that judgment in Gary Cohen’s voice as WPIX went to the break before the bottom of the ninth at Yankee Stadium. You probably heard […]  12 comments | |  Print This Post |  Aaron Judge, Adam Ottavino, Alex Young, Ben Rice, Christian Scott, Dedniel Nunez, Francisco Lindor, Harrison Bader, J.D. Davis, Jake Diekman, Jeff McNeil, Jose Quintana, Luis Gil, Luis Severino, Luke Weaver, Michael Tonkin, Phil Maton, Relief Pitching, Subway Series, Yankees Monday night’s game against the always delightful Marlins in always delightful New Soilmaster Stadium unfolded as your recapper and family made their way from coastal Maine to an ancient inn outside of Boston, and the game kept morphing and changing shape along with our situation and surroundings. While we were bombing down 95 south of Portland […] Prior to the All-Star break, it was most every Met except Jeff McNeilpowering the Mets into playoff contention. Directly after the midsummer pause, it was mostly Jeff McNeil attempting to restart the Mets’ engine. Things work better with more than one player revving us up, apparently. We can certainly celebrate indications that Jeff McNeil’s ability to hit […] You know the old baseball saying: The team that has the sixth-best record in the league, assuming it’s at least the third-best non-first place record in that same league, is a lock to go to the postseason. And if it’s not an old saying, let’s repeat it enough so it becomes one. Congratulations to our ceaselessly […] 19 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2024 Mets, Adam Ottavino, Admirability, Brandon Nimmo, David Peterson, Grit, Jeff McNeil, Phil Maton, Rick White, Wild Card I loved watching the great victory today, a shutout for our side, with New York coming through toward the end. I am referring, of course, to my annual viewing of 1776, a film I still find worth watching every Fourth of July, my custom since 1991 and something I hope to do as long as […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1-0 losses, 1776, Adrian Houser, Jake Irvin, Jeff McNeil, Jesse Winker, Jose Quintana This recap’s headline is a term we’ve heard a lot in the sabermetric age, as front offices search for previously overlooked and/or undervalued traits in players. The last two nights, I’ve found a new market inefficiency as a fan: You don’t need to watch the part of the game that doesn’t matter. I don’t recommend this […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, Dedniel Nunez, Extra Innings, Francisco Alvarez, Jeff McNeil, Jose Iglesias, Mark Vientos, Nationals, Pete Alonso, Rob Manfred, Robert Garcia, Soapboxes I won’t claim it’s high on my lengthy list of Selig/Manfred era outrages, but it annoys me that the Astros are in the American League. They’re our expansion siblings, after all, arriving along with us in 1962 as the Colt .45s. We began as a novelty act to salve the still-fresh wounds of Dodgers and Giants […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Astros, Fans, Grimace, Jeff McNeil, Joe Sheehan, Jose Altuve, Jose Iglesias, Jose Quintana, OMG, Ronel Blanco, Tyrone Taylor When the Mets are behind, Keith Raad likes to convey the score to those of us listening on the radio or some radio-adjacent audio product by informing us that they’re chasing whatever the deficit is. It’s a perfectly fine way to go about one’s business, and Raad has been a good addition to the narrator ranks. […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adrian Houser, Brandon Nimmo, Carlos Carrasco, David Fry, Emmanuel Clase, Guardians, J.D. Martinez, Jake Diekman, Jeff McNeil, Jose Ramirez, Josh Naylor, Keith Raad, Mark Vientos, Nick Sandlin, Pete Alonso, Starling Marte, Xzavion Curry Believe it or not, the Mets did some good things on Saturday afternoon before decidedly not good things started happening. Mark Vientos collected a pair of hits, drove in a run and played the kind of defense I didn’t think he could play. J.D. Martinez once again looked like he’s shedding the rust of his late […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | City Connects, Disasters, Edwin Diaz, J.D. Martinez, Jeff McNeil, Mark Vientos, Marlins, Rod Kanehl, Starling Marte, Tomas Nido |
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