 
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. |
I’d like to put 6:10 pm start times on the list of things that I thought would be good, or at least novel, and turned out to be terrible. First off, I completely forgot. I was doing something non-baseball-related, noted it was around 6:35 pm, and reflexively went back to what I was doing, because 6:35 […]  6 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Ben Lively, Brett Baty, Guardians, J.D. Martinez, Josh Walker, Manny Gonzalez, Nick Sandlin, Starling Marte, Tomas Nido, Tylor Megill Adrian Houser seems like a decent sort. And he pitched cromulently enough for the Brewers last year: eight wins, a 4.12 ERA, a 3.99 FIP that suggested he’d earned his more conventional numbers. Yet he’s the first 2024 Met I can’t stand. Houser’s been horrible, which he admitted after the latest debacle on Saturday, calling his pitching […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adrian Houser, Cardinals, City Connect, Feckless Nibblers, Francisco Lindor, Josh Walker, Pete Alonso, Pitchers, Prayers for Deliverance, Rays, Ryan Helsley, Tylor Megill Horrible weather, horrible offseason, horrible everything. You know what might put some pep in our collective step? Looking back at guys who made their Mets debuts during the horrible 2023 season! Some of these guys have already vanished from memory; others we merely wish we could unremember. Like I said, horrible. But they matriculated in […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2023 Mets, Abraham Almonte, Adam Kolarek, Anthony Kay, Baseball Cards, Brooks Raley, Danny Mendick, David Robertson, Dennis Santana, Denyi Reyes, DJ Stewart, Dominic Leone, Edwin Uceta, Gary Sanchez, Grant Hartwig, Jeff Brigham, Jimmy Yacabonis, John Curtiss, Jonathan Arauz, Jose Quintana, Josh Walker, Justin Verlander, Kodai Senga, Omar Narvaez, Phil Bickford, Rafael Ortega, Reed Garrett, Ronny Mauricio, Sam Coonrod, T.J. McFarland, The Holy Books, Tim Locastro, Tommy Pham, Trevor Gott, Tyson Miller, Vinny Nittoli, Zach Muckenhirn James McCann destroyed the team that sent him away, going 3 for 3 with 5 RBIs and even stealing a base. That’s the headline, but the punchline comes courtesy of our Metsmerized buddy Mike Mayer: Only two catchers have ever had at least 3 hits, 5 RBIs, a walk and a steal in a game against […] 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brett Baty, David Peterson, Francisco Alvarez, James McCann, Josh Walker, Mark Vientos, Orioles, Starling Marte Every season includes mathematical milestones that take me by surprise when I look up and notice them. Has this much of the season already flown by? It usually starts at the 16-game mark. We’re barely two weeks removed from Opening Day and, bam, 10% of the season has disappeared. We do this only fifteen more […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carlos Carrasco, Danny Mendick, Fountains, Interleague Play, Jonathan Arauz, Josh Walker, Position Players Pitching, Royals, Spiritual Forfeits Some days can’t possibly be summed up by one post. So consider this one just the start of a conversation that kicks off tonight but will go on in some form for years. The Mets traded pretty much everybody. Justin Verlander went back to the Astros, where — as I semi-seriously predicted — he’ll now face […] 26 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Billy Eppler, Dominic Leone, Embarrassment, Francisco Alvarez, Josh Walker, Justin Verlander, Max Scherzer, Rafael Ortega, Royals, Steve Cohen, Tommy Pham, Trade Deadline, Trades The Mets won Sunday’s game by three if you’re counting high-leverage relievers rested. Brooks Raley? Rested. Yup, that’s three. Each pitcher pitched some on Saturday, and one of them (Raley) pitched on Friday, and you know what they say about relievers’ arms falling off should you try to use them a second or […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, Adonis Medina, Arles Carrasco, Billy Eppler, Brett Baty, Brooks Raley, Buck Showalter, David Robertson, Dominic Leone, Grant Hartwig, Jeff Brigham, Josh Walker, Network, Options, Relief Pitching, Saturday Night Live, Vinny Nittoli In April, it didn’t merit our attention. In April, the Mets were the Mets who were going to make a habit of it. In April, the Mets beat the Padres one game, the A’s the next; the A’s one game, the Dodgers the next; and the Dodgers one game, the Giants the next. In April, […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brett Baty, Cardinals, Daniel Vogelbach, Dominic Leone, Fatalism, Francisco Lindor, Josh Walker, Successive Wins Versus Different Opponents, Tommy Pham, Tylor Megill The starter can’t hold a four-run lead in the fourth inning. Two relievers can’t maintain a tie in the sixth inning, and a third reliever is barred from the mound because of sticky hands in the seventh inning. The center fielder can’t catch a ball lined essentially in front of his glove. The five-hole hitter strikes out with […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Accountability, Brandon Nimmo, Buck Showalter, Daniel Vogelbach, Dominic Leone, Drew Smith, Five-Tool Losing, Francisco Lindor, Jeff Brigham, John Curtiss, Josh Walker, Luis Guillorme, Mark Vientos, Matt Franco, Max Scherzer, Raging Passion, Simmering Passion, Starling Marte, Sticky Hands, Subway Series, The Matt Franco Game It’s a nice enough Sunday, the Mets game from Pittsburgh is on, I’m happy to be tuned in even if I’m only sort of paying attention to the Mets trailing the Pirates. I see Luis Guillorme called out on strikes because he was a second or so late in facing the pitcher with the count […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1982 Mets, Attention, DVD Rental, Josh Walker, Losing Streak Aftermath, Luis Guillorme, Mark Canha, Pirates, Pitch Clock, Tommy Pham |
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