I was driving through my hometown
I was just kinda killin’ time
When I seen a face staring out of a black velvet painting
From the window of the five and dime
I couldn’t quite recall the name
But the pose looked familiar to me
So I asked the salesgirl,
“Who was that man […]
 
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. |
 6 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Bruce Springsteen, Matt Harvey, Paul Sewald, Safe Words, Winning Streaks Halted ESPN asked if the Mets and Nationals could come out and play Sunday night. Sure, they were told. But could they come out and play well? That was going to be more difficult on another Arctic evening in early April. Not that ESPN cared. They need product, […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adrian Gonzalez, Asdrubal Cabrera, Daniel Murphy, ESPN, Great Starts, Headaches, Jacob Rhame, Kiss, Matt Harvey, Nationals, Seth Lugo, Sweep, Yoenis Cespedes Somehow Matt Harvey‘s in his seventh season as a New York Met. Which means he’s seen some shit. Some of the troubles that have attached themselves to Harvey like so many barnacles have been typical New York bullshit, ginned up by the profoundly cynical sports-talk industry for which our town is ground zero. But some of them […] Noah Syndergaard‘s back, and it was aggressively pointless. The return was five whole pitches — if the taco line was a little too long (actually possible given there were postgame fireworks), you missed it. The Mets, I’m sure, had counted on a normal inning with 15 to 20 pitches, but for whatever reason they hadn’t planned […] Matt Harvey was bad. The rest of the Mets weren’t much better. Say this for the soon-to-be-extinct 2017 Mets: when things aren’t going to go well they sure don’t tease you about it. Monday’s 13-1 drubbing was the 18th time they’ve given up at least 10 runs this year — and the fourth time in the […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Giancarlo Stanton, Matt Harvey, Thoracic Outlet Surgery The first time Matt Harvey pitched at Wrigley Field was the best time Matt Harvey pitched at Wrigley Field. In some ways, it was the best time Matt Harvey pitched anywhere. Other dates in his dust-covered portfolio of Harvey Days pop a little more in popular memory — this is a guy who flirted with […] 16 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1965 Mets, 1969 Mets, 2013 Mets, All in the Family, Amed Rosario, Matt Harvey, Ron Ziegler, Tomas Nido We’ll begin with the bringdown portion of today’s recap. Matt Harvey lasted five innings, threw his fastball around 93, and got a grand total (if I’m remembering the broadcast correctly) of one swinging strike from a position player. 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, Juan Lagares, Kevin Plawecki, Matt Harvey, Thoracic Outlet Surgery, Travis d'Arnaud First game of the first doubleheader in Minute Maid Park history. First game back in Houston after Hurricane Harvey. First start for Matt Harvey after missing two-and-a-half months. First innings pitched in the major league careers of Jacob Rhame and Jamie Callahan. First game in a Mets uniform for Nori Aoki. First time since 2009 […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Hinch, Astros, Grand Slams, Houston, Jacob Rhame, Jamie Callahan, Matt Harvey, Nori Aoki, Wilmer Flores Gladys Knight wasn’t wrong when she concluded, over radios everywhere as 1973 became 1974, that she really had to use her imagination to keep on keepin’ on. Yet her compadres the Pips couldn’t have been more right when they offered her this message of positive reinforcement: You’re too strong not to keep on keepin’ on. If you’ve […] 25 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Addison Reed, Comebacks, Cubs, Curtis Granderson, Gerry Goffin, Gladys Knight, Injuries, Jerry Blevins, Jose Reyes, Josh Smoker, Juan Lagares, Kyle Schwarber, Lucas Duda, Matt Harvey, Neil Walker, Paul Sewald, Pinch-Hitting, Pitchers Hitting, Rafael Montero, Steven Matz, The Pips What an impressive young man, that Dansby Swanson. The cut of his jib is first-rate, tip-top, simply splendid. Let me show you a few choice selections from his defensive portfolio Friday night… Hmm, I can’t seem to find any of them. Why, that Dansby Swanson seems to have leapt as from out of nowhere and snatched […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Braves, Curtis Granderson, Dansby Swanson, Impressive, Matt Harvey, Michael Conforto, Paul Sewald, Young |
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