 
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. |
Unfortunately, bonkers wins count the same as ho-hum ones. The Mets’ 7-6 extra-inning win Monday night in Atlanta was certainly bonkers, even certifiably so. Proof: Juan Soto hit a go-ahead home run into the upper reaches of the Chophouse (rudely interrupting its trajectory to the moon) with two outs in the ninth and there was some […]  5 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Braves, Brooks Raley, Devin Williams, Extra Innings, Francisco Alvarez, Freddy Peralta, Great Escapes, Jared Young, Jim Jarvis, Jose Azocar, Juan Soto, Luis Torrens, Luke Weaver, Matt Olson, Mauricio Dubon, Owen Murphy, Ozzie Albies, Raisel Iglesias, Ronny Mauricio, Splits July 4’s delightful defeat in Atlanta had me drawing up a declaration of independence from the remainder of my team’s 2026 contests, so I didn’t particularly mind when the Mets and Braves started off late because of rain down in Georgia — hell, it can rain out the rest of this dreary year for all […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bo Bichette, Bob Murphy, Braves, Brooks Raley, Carlos Carrasco, Damn Things, Devin Williams, Dom Smith, Drake Baldwin, Guillermo Zuñiga, Howie Rose, Huascar Brazoban, Jared Young, Juan Soto, Keith Raad, Luke Weaver, Martin Perez, Nolan McLean, Tyrone Taylor Before the Mets fell — and I do mean fell — in Atlanta on Saturday night, 14-3 (Pete Gogolak connected for a late field goal, but those two Falcon touchdowns were too much to overcome), Juan Soto was named as a starting outfielder to the National League All-Star team. This might be a fact worthy […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alphabetical Order, Guillermo Zuñiga, Guillo Zuñiga, Joey Gerber, Juan Soto, Luis Torrens, Position Players Pitching, Sean Manaea, Team History, Tyler Zuber For America’s 250th birthday, the New York Mets have presented us with a pair of slightly misshapen bookends they’ve been crafting for over a year. The club begs our indulgence regarding the way they don’t quite match. While the Mets realize the Semiquincentennial is an occasion worthy of the bookends’ unveiling, they ask if we […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1776, 1966 Mets, 1976 Mets, 1986 Mets, 1996 Mets, 2006 Mets, 2016 Mets, 2026 Mets, Alex Ochoa, Bookends, Braves, Buddy Harrelson, Christian Scott, Cycles, Foul Balls, Home Runs, Immaculate Grid, Juan Soto, Moises Alou, Ray Knight, Semiquincentennial, Team History, The Third of July, Tom House, Tommy Hunter, Willie Stargell, Wilmer Flores So let’s see. The Mets… …turned Sean Manaea‘s sixth pitch of the game into a 1-0 deficit, as Juan Soto let what should have been a George Springer single bounce over his head, after which it also eluded A.J. Ewing, allowing Springer to dash pell mell around the bases and score. …hit about eight zillion balls on […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Blue Jays, Bo Bichette, Francisco Alvarez, Francisco Lindor, George Springer, Joey Gerber, Juan Soto, Louis Varland, Ronny Mauricio, Sean Manaea, Tyler Rogers It generally happens this way: A team that can’t get out of its own way finally gets out of its own way, and in the aftermath you’re left blinking in surprise and wondering, “What was so hard about that?” Not that the Mets made it easy from the jump on Saturday. Bryce Harper connected for a […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Ewing, Alan Rangel, Bo Bichette, Bryce Harper, Christian Scott, Devin Williams, Francisco Lindor, Jared Young, Juan Soto, Luke Weaver, Mark Vientos, Phillies 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 |
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