It was a confounding, frustrating season even before we learned it would be a fracture in the Mets’ timeline, with stalwarts we’d grown used to shipped off or allowed to depart and their replacements still yet to take shape. One day it will all seem like a logical story; for now it’s just baffling. But […]
 
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. |
 7 comments | |  Print This Post |  2025 Mets, A.J. Minter, Alex Carrillo, Baseball Cards, Brandon Sproat, Brandon Waddell, Cedric Mullins, Chris Devenski, Clay Holmes, Colin Poche, Dom Hamel, Dylan Ross, Frankie Montas, Ghosts, Gregory Soto, Griffin Canning, Hayden Senger, Jared Young, Jonah Tong, Jonathan Pintaro, Jose Azocar, Jose Castillo, Jose Siri, Jose Urena, Juan Soto, Justin Garza, Justin Hagenman, Kevin Herget, Max Kranick, Nolan McLean, Richard Lovelady, Rico Garcia, Ryan Helsley, The Holy Books, Tyler Rogers, Tyler Zuber, Wander Suero, Zach Pop “It’s great to be young and a New York Giant,” second baseman Larry Doyle declared to Damon Runyon in 1911, the year Doyle turned 25, the season the Giants won the first of three consecutive National League pennants. More than a century later, you could hear an echo of Laughing Larry in the earnest sentiments […] 17 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Basketball, Birthdays, Brandon Sproat, Clay Holmes, Football, Generation MST3K, Jerry Maguire, Jonah Tong, Larry Doyle, Mike Torrez, New York Giants, Nolan McLean, Youth of America There was a midweek day game peeking out at me from behind a corner. That’s usually how I peek in at midweek day games. The TV in my office isn’t something I can watch full-on directly from my desk; thanks to the modern-enough set’s placement inside an ancient, undersized “entertainment center,” I can only be […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, Commuting, Jonah Tong, Midweek Afternoon Games, Pete Alonso, Trains Jacob deGrom versus Jonah Tong. The Jonah Tong of the past versus the Jacob DeGrom of the future. The Met pitching prospect who excelled amid a glittering class of his promising peers versus the Met pitching prospect at the outset of a journey he’s pursuing alongside those possessing arms full of potential like his. It was […] Unfortunate news from Cincinnati, as Jonah Tong had to be recalled from Cooperstown and will have go through the formality of an actual career before his Hall of Fame induction. Tong surrendered three homers (including the first big-league shot for fellow rookie Sal Stewart) and walked four, though oddly, he gave up no other variety of […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1984 Mets, 1985 Mets, 1986 Mets, 1987 Mets, 1988 Mets, 1989 Mets, 1990 Mets, Davey Johnson, Horrendous Uniforms, Jonah Tong, Nick Davis, Once Upon a Time in Queens, Reds, Ryne Stanek, Sal Stewart, Wild Card On the day Jonah Tong was born — Thursday, June 19, 2003 — the Mets lost 5-1 to the Marlins at Soilmaster Stadium. Mike Bacsik gave up an early three-run homer to Mike Lowell, things got worse in the fifth, and a dreary game eventually expired. I’m sure I was watching and also glad I […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2003 Mets, Brandon Nimmo, Debuts, Eury Perez, Jason Phillips, Javier Sanoja, Joey Wiemer, Jonah Tong, Juan Soto, Luis Torrens, Marlins, Mike Glavine, Mike Pelfrey, Pete Alonso, Position Players Pitching, Ryan Helsley, Ryne Stanek, Tim Lincecum, Tyler Zuber, Unicorn Scores, Vance Wilson |
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