“This summer, the Mets suffered so many difficult, late defeats in close games that no one on the team, surely, could have escaped the chilling interior doubt — the doubt that kills — whispering that their courage and brilliance last summer had been an illusion all the time, had been nothing but luck.”
—Roger Angell, in […]
 
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. |
 32 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1970 Mets, 1971 Mets, 2005 Mets, 2025 Mets, 83-79 Records, Adam Rubin, Billy Loes, Closing Day, Dana Carvey, Dashed Hopes, Francisco Lindor, Leonard Koppett, Marlins, Mediocrity, Roger Angell, Team History, The Years After What is it with the Mets, the Marlins and Game 161s? (Games 161? Anyway.) I’m generally allergic to tidy narratives, but this one was undeniable: John Maine in 2007, Johan Santana in 2008 … and now Clay Holmes in 2025. No, Holmes didn’t go all the way. But that’s nitpicking — he’s a converted reliever who’s way […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brewers, Clay Holmes, Edwin Diaz, Eury Perez, Jeff McNeil, Johan Santana, John Maine, Marlins, Oliver Perez, Pete Alonso, Reds, Shea Stadium, Soilmaster Stadium, Tom Glavine, Wild Card 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 On the day Jonah Tong was born — Thursday, June 19, 2003 — the Mets lost 5-1 to the Marlins at Soilmaster Stadium. Mike Bacsik gave up an early three-run homer to Mike Lowell, things got worse in the fifth, and a dreary game eventually expired. I’m sure I was watching and also glad I […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2003 Mets, Brandon Nimmo, Debuts, Eury Perez, Jason Phillips, Javier Sanoja, Joey Wiemer, Jonah Tong, Juan Soto, Luis Torrens, Marlins, Mike Glavine, Mike Pelfrey, Pete Alonso, Position Players Pitching, Ryan Helsley, Ryne Stanek, Tim Lincecum, Tyler Zuber, Unicorn Scores, Vance Wilson The carnival left town and the circus arrived hot on its heels. From fun and festive and knocking down the Phillies to win valuable prizes, to foolish and floundering and getting spritzed by the Marlins, your New York Mets stumbled to a 7-4 loss Thursday night. Three-run defeat? Seemed like more. Three errors committed? Seemed like a […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Anticipation, Errors, Least Greatest Show on Earth, Marlins Oh, right. Winning streaks don’t continue into eternity. I’d almost forgotten. If the Mets had to lose for the first time after doing nothing but winning for six games, the way they went down on a chilly, sunny Wednesday at Citi Field was about as acceptable an aberration applicable to the assignment as could be asked […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brett Baty, Marlins, Rationalization, Tylor Megill, Winning Streaks Halted A day after Monday night’s freeze-fest, the Mets played a game that had been moved to Tuesday daylight hours and yet somehow took place in even less pleasant conditions. (They closed the Promenade, which ought to tell you something.) That verdict was clear pretty much from the jump: Clay Holmes‘ third pitch of the afternoon […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Clay Holmes, Clayton McCullough, Cold, Connor Gillispie, Derek Hill, Farewells, Francisco Lindor, Huascar Brazoban, Marlins, Moment of Silence, Not Conor Gillaspie, Octavio Dotel, Pete Alonso, Starling Marte, Weather, Xavier Edwards If Monday night’s game had happened in late May or June, I think I would have fallen all over myself calling it taut and crisp, maybe with a side of hard-fought and close-run. And I don’t know, maybe you called it those things while on your couch. Or, God forbid, while peering around you at a […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Cold, Danny Young, Francisco Lindor, Jose Butto, Jose Siri, Juan Soto, Kodai Senga, Mark Vientos, Marlins, Ryne Stanek, Schedules, Tyrone Taylor Another sign the new season isn’t quite so new? You find yourself struggling to accentuate the positive when things don’t go well. Things didn’t go well Tuesday night in Miami: Kodai Senga was shaky early, the Mets’ hitting resurgence turned out to be a one-day affair, and Francisco Lindor made not one but two errors at […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Francisco Lindor, Frustration, Graham Pauley, Kodai Senga, Marlins, Max Kranick Take a moment and consider the life of Huascar Brazoban. Not long ago he was stuck on the Marlins, with Jazz Chisholm Jr. offering near-daily examples of being a bad teammate, Skip Schumaker staring out of the dugout like a man who can’t bear to think how long he’ll be on county work release, and the […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Francisco Alvarez, Francisco Lindor, Huascar Brazoban, Jake Cronenworth, Jeff McNeil, Jose Iglesias, Keith Hernandez, Mark Vientos, Marlins, Padres, Pete Alonso, Phil Maton, Reed Garrett, Rene Rivera |
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