 
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. |
We once had a Squirrel, or should I say, last night he had us. I’ll cop to a touch of Jeff McNeil nostalgia after our longtime second baseman/first-rate handyman returned to Citi Field from the wilds of West Sacramento to take a bite out of his former workplace associates on Friday, getting hot at the plate […] You probably know by now, but if not, here’s a bedrock principle: Baseball makes no sense. If you were going to draw up a blueprint for success, odds are you wouldn’t opt for, “Let’s play terrible baseball and then excise Juan Soto from the lineup.” But that blueprint worked pretty well on Saturday night, as the […]  2 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Christian Koss, Clay Holmes, Giants, Juan Soto, Laughers, Mark Vientos, Matt Chapman, Tyrone Taylor Met victories were so plentiful Friday night in San Francisco — for the club as a whole, for Nolan McLean, for power hitting, for clutch hitting, for remaining awake — that one is tempted to relegate to footnote status the little matter of Juan Soto exiting the game early with tightness in his right calf […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bo Bichette, Calf Injuries, Francisco Alvarez, Juan Soto, Late Night West Coast Games, Marcus Semien, Mark Vientos, Nolan McLean, Perfect Game Bids, Superstition When the Mets aren’t winning every day, everything they are doing badly glares, while everything they are doing well hardly matters to us. The Mets aren’t winning every day. Everything, therefore, feels terrible. The starting pitchers are doing well, doing the most you could reasonably ask for, at any rate. None of them hasn’t lasted less […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Basic Arithmetic, Freddy Peralta, Juan Soto, Runners Left in Scoring Position, Seasons That Start Too Soon Opening Day brought balmy temperatures, runs a-plenty and good vibes. Most of Game 2, which arrived separated from Game 1 by the usual “rainouts happen” off-day, was the opposite: It was freezing, big hits were conspicuous in their absence, and the vibes were meh with a side of muttery. David Peterson was very David Peterson: mostly […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bo Bichette, Bryan Reynolds, David Peterson, Francisco Lindor, Gregory Soto, Henry Davis, Hunter Barco, Jake Mangum, Jared Young, Jorge Polanco, Juan Soto, Justin Lawrence, Luis Garcia, Luis Robert Jr., Marcell Ozuna, Mitch Keller, Pirates, Richard Lovelady, Walkoffs “Say, the new baseball season is coming.” 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2026 Mets, Abbott and Costello, Answers, Bo Bichette, Brett Baty, Carson Benge, First Base, Jorge Polanco, Juan Soto, Left Field, Magnetic Schedules, Mark Vientos, Mets Promotions, Pocket Schedules, Questions, Right Field, Snow, Spring Training, Third Base, Tickets, Versatility 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 […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | 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 The first week without Mets was predictably bumpy. The first week usually is, because life’s essential rhythm has been massively disrupted. There goes early evening’s certainty. There goes first pitch at 7:10. This year, there went the playoffs. Playoff time is already disruptive vis-à-vis established rhythms, because games start whenever TV says they start, and […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2025 Postseason, Coping, Juan Soto, One Soda, Pulp Fiction As a connoisseur of postgame media scrums, I recognize a no-win question when I hear it. No-win questions are asked after brutal losses that carry almost definitive consequences. It almost doesn’t matter how the question is answered. The question just has to be asked. The no-win question that was asked of Carlos Mendoza following the Mets’ […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brad “The Animal” Lesley, Brandon Sproat, Brett Baty, Carlos Mendoza, Dylan Ross, Francisco Lindor, Gregory Soto, Juan Soto, Mark Vientos, Marlins, Media Scrums, Mistakes, No-Win Questions, Pete Alonso, Ronny Mauricio, Sandy Alcantara, The Odd Couple, Tyler Phillips In the bottom of the fourth, the Cubs tacked on a run when Pete Alonso couldn’t get properly set to take a Jeff McNeil throw from second. The error properly belonged to Pete but went on McNeil’s ledger, becoming his second miscue in as many plays. More importantly, it made the score 6-1 Cubs, with what […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, Caleb Thielbar, Comebacks, Cubs, Dansby Swanson, David Peterson, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Alvarez, Francisco Lindor, Jeff McNeil, Juan Soto, Pete Alonso, Seiya Suzuki, Taylor Rogers, Tyler Rogers, Wild Card |
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