 
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. |
Emily and I spent Saturday getting to the summer house in Maine and starting to return it to a vague state of habitability, so the Mets and their adventures were less the centerpiece of Saturday’s doings and more of an accent, followed in spurts and snatches as other things transpired. Those brief looks, however, revealed the […]  2 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Brandon Nimmo, Brooks Raley, Bullpen Use, Darryl Strawberry, David Stearns, Francisco Lindor, Giants, Gregory Soto, Juan Soto, Kodai Senga, Pete Alonso, Reed Garrett, Rico Garcia, Trade Deadline, Tristan Beck, Tyler Rogers The Mets fell behind in the fifth inning Sunday night, as Matt Chapman launched a second home run off Kodai Senga. That made the score 3-2 Giants with 12 outs left for making up the deficit. Funny what a six-game winning streak will do for you. “We’ll get ’em,” I assured my mother, and to my […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brooks Raley, Edwin Diaz, Giants, Gregory Soto, Juan Soto, Kodai Senga, Matt Chapman, Randy Rodriguez, Reed Garrett, Ronny Mauricio, Trade Deadline, Willy Adames For weeks on end, the Mets have been given lemons and we made sour faces at the way they played, little lemonade in sight. On Monday night, the Mets were given Angels. They and we chowed down on Angel food cake. It wound up being a much sweeter experience. Not at first. The Mets had to […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Angels, Brett Baty, Brooks Raley, Chris Devenski, Comebacks, Francisco Alvarez, Francisco Lindor, Juan Soto, Kevin Herget, Kodai Senga, Recidivist Mets, The Beverly Hillbillies The Reds got off to a Metslike start on Sunday, so I took that as a good sign. We’re usually the team that gets off to a Metslike start, Metslike start having developed into a synonym for immediate unease. Chance for a big inning. Leave with a run or two at most when there coulda […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2025 Mets, Convincing, David Peterson, Edwin Diaz, Juan Soto, Kvetching, Luis Torrens, Luisangel Acuna, Tom Hanks Surely you’ve been told at some point in your life, “Get some rest and you’ll feel better.” I felt fine in the bottom of the sixth Friday night, though I’d felt better before the Royals tied the Mets at one apiece. The part of the rain-delayed game in which Kodai Senga pitched four scoreless innings […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Chris Devenski, Clocks, Francisco Lindor, Gary Apple, Juan Soto, Kodai Senga, Mark Vientos, Michael Wacha, Pete Alonso, Royals, Stirring to Consciousness Funny what a week can do. Last Monday, we were all grateful the Mets didn’t have to play baseball following a long weekend’s disaster in Pittsburgh — and not terribly distressed when Tuesday was also a washout. Now, it feels a little irritating to not be tuning in to watch them. On Sunday the Mets battled […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aaron Judge, Brett Baty, Bullpen Use, Clay Bellinger, Hayden Senger, Juan Soto, Perspective, Questionable Managerial Decisions, Subway Series, Yankees, Zach Pop The Mets and Yankees spent Saturday afternoon wailing away at each other like concussed prizefighters, as balls were flying out of Citi Field and pitchers took the mound looking like they were bracing for impact. The Mets struck first, with Brandon Nimmo connecting for a grand slam off Carlos Rodon in the bottom of the first. […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Anthony Volpe, Austin Wells, Brandon Nimmo, Bullpen Use, Carlos Mendoza, Carlos Rodon, Edwin Diaz, Frankie Montas, Home Runs, Jayvien Sandridge, Jazz Chisholm Jr., Juan Soto, Pete Alonso, Richard Lovelady, Ryne Stanek, Subway Series, Yankees Friday’s late-afternoon sun bathed Jeff McNeil’s chin in enough of a glow to make the touch of gray in his beard quite noticeable to me. Live long enough, and that kid who had torn up Binghamton and Las Vegas so much that he forced a callup and a trade of the veteran in front of […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Austin Warren, Brett Baty, Graybeards, Huascar Brazoban, Jeff McNeil, Juan Soto, Justin Hagenman, Longevity, Marcus Stroman, Reed Garrett, Subway Series, Versatility “Does anyone still wear a hat?” Elaine Stritch was known to ask. If anyone does — and I know it’s done at Citi Field — I hope hats have been held onto tightly, for the Mets won a ballgame in their ballpark Wednesday night. Surprising, I know. The Mets, losers of 10 of their previous 11, […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2021 Mets, Bench Mob, Bill Pulsipher, Clay Holmes, Didier Fuentes, Elaine Stritch, Halfway Point, Jeff McNeil, Jonathan Pintaro, Juan Soto, Ronny Mauricio, Stephen Sondheim, Time’s Flight, Youthful Exploits Does it count as progress if the Mets lose but it’s merely discouraging and not actively humiliating? Monday night’s game was more drab and disheartening baseball. Paul Blackburn was lucky not to get driven from the game down six or seven, as he got help from Braves baserunning mistakes and atom balls that found Met gloves. […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Braves, Dylan Lee, Juan Soto, Paul Blackburn, Raisel Iglesias, Spencer Schwellenbach |
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