 
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. |
The email came from a work colleague: We’re planning our annual Mets outing, please RSVP. My instinctive response: Oh God, do I have to? That’s where this death march of a season has brought us: A free ticket to a Mets game feels like a burden. The Mets have gone from confounding to infuriating and finally to the […]  19 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Craig Counsell, Cubs, Embarrassment, Juan Soto, Kidcaster, Kodai Senga, Pete Crow-Armstrong, Replay Review, SNY In the spirit of Norm Macdonald in 1994 on the subject of Kenny G’s new Christmas album, NBC and the Mets teamed up last evening to say, “Hey, happy Sunday night, baseball fans — hope you like crap!” “In related news, David Peterson will be starting a baseball game tomorrow night on this very […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Anthony Rizzo, Austin Warren, Bryce Harper, Carson Benge, Crap, David Peterson, Going Nowhere, Jason Benetti, John Franco, John Kruk, Juan Soto, Kyle Schwarber, NBC, Norm Macdonald, Sunday Night Baseball, Zack Wheeler Welcome to a sunny Friday without a baseball game, which is so weird that I know that come early evening I’ll be poking at my TV remote in consternation until I remember: “Oh yeah, stupid World Cup.” At least that gives us extra time (see what I did there) to marvel at the Mets’ 6-4 win […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Ewing, Aaron Nola, Alec Bohm, Brandon Marsh, Bryce Harper, Devin Williams, Eric Wagaman, Foul Balls, Gil Hodges, Huascar Brazoban, Jose Alvarado, Juan Soto, Justin Crawford, Kyle Schwarber, Luke Weaver, Marcus Semien, Phillies, Sean Manaea, Wind Welcome back to NBC 4 New York’s continuing coverage of this unforgettable day. We now go live to Bruce Beck, who has word of an unforeseen development, as the massive downtown celebration of the NBA champion Knicks takes an unexpected turn. Natalie, since Lower Broadway was already set up for an UNBELIEVABLE procession, New York City […] 19 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2026 Mets, A.J. Ewing, Bo Bichette, Bruce Beck, Counting Crows, Francisco Alvarez, Juan Soto, Luis Torrens, Nolan McLean, Parades Yet To Be Scheduled, Recidivist Mets, Zack Short A few hours before the Knicks turned New York City into the world’s largest block party, the Mets lost a humdrum game against the Braves by the told-you-it-was-humdrum score of 3-1. To be fair, the biggest positive of the game was actually worth noting: Sean Manaea got the start and turned in six effective innings, a […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Austin Warren, Braves, Droughts, Eli White, Juan Soto, Knicks, Martin Perez, Michael Harris II, Replay Review, Rick Sweet, Sean Manaea, Umpires Like Bob Seger so many summers ago, Bo Bichette woke last night to the sound of thunder. BOOM! before the game. Then he woke the rest of us up. BOOM! in the first inning. BOOM! like crazy in the second. Bo went BOOM! twice in a game that waited for a wicked storm to pass […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bo Bichette, Bob Seger, Braves, Gene Shalit, Grand Central Madison, Grand Slams, Juan Soto, Lightning, LIRR, Masks, Mets Museum’s Inadequacies, Moment of Silence, Nolan McLean, Rain, Thunder Between innings on Wednesday night, after a shared reluctance to shvitz our assorted body parts off on Thursday afternoon had pushed up by eighteen hours Stephanie’s and my vague plan to fulfill our even vaguer ambition to go to a game this week, I stared out at Citi Field’s well-manicured lawn with admiration. It had […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Minter, Bo Bichette, Brooks Raley, Christian Scott, Devin Williams, Grass Growing, Jared Young, Juan Soto, June Humidity, Luke Weaver It’s good to win a baseball game. It’s good to win a baseball game against the Marlins, who are a collective blight on baseball, an affront to the concept of not just team sports but also leisure-time activity, and a rebuttal to the idea that there can be joy and light in a cosmos riven by […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Ewing, Brett Baty, Carson Benge, Josh White, Juan Soto, Luis Torrens, Marcus Semien, Mark Vientos, Marlins, Nolan McLean, Owen Caissie The Mets won … it just feels kind of like they didn’t. Not only did they win, they also did some things pretty impressively. They ground out lengthy ABs. Most everybody pitched well, with Jonah Tong emerging from the scrum of openers and serial relievers with a win and Luke Weaver pantsing Sal Stewart to shut […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Ewing, Almost Blown Saves, Carson Benge, Devin Williams, Eric Wagaman, Ghosts, Horrendous Uniforms, Jonah Tong, Juan Soto, Reds, Sal Stewart “Look for the helpers,” Mr. Rogers implored, and the wishful thinkers in Mets management listened. They didn’t know who was gonna help in Mr. Met’s Neighborhood, but they’d keep looking. As of Tuesday night, the Mets had sought help from 48 players in 55 games. As of Monday afternoon, they had tried only 46 different […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2024 Mets, A.J. Minter, David Peterson, Eric Wagaman, Grim Scene, Jared Young, Juan Soto, Luis Torrens, Mets Third Basemen, Mr. Rogers, Roster Turnover |
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