A more consistently robust, perhaps less finicky team Hall of Fame — the kind of institution that steps to the forefront with some regularity before mysteriously fading from view between releasing its intermittent puffs of orange and blue smoke — would have already included the three members the Mets recently announced as their 2026 inductees. […]
 
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. |
 10 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Bobby Valentine, Carlos Beltran, Lee Mazzilli, Mets Hall of Fame That it was inevitable didn’t make it any less irresistible. The number 5 could have been retired as soon as David Wright took off his jersey in 2018. Many of us mentally reserved a spot for it at Citi Field before Citi Field was announced as the successor facility to Shea Stadium at the outset […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 5, An Appreciation, Ceremony, David Wright, Mets Hall of Fame, Retired Numbers, The Captain It’s the 242 home runs, it’s the 1,777 base hits, it’s the seven All-Star appearances, it’s the matching pairs of Gold Gloves and Silver Sluggers, it’s the 30-30, it’s the Captaincy, it’s the four RBIs in his first postseason series, it’s the four RBIs in his final postseason series nine years later, it’s the electric […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | David Wright, Mets Hall of Fame, Retired Numbers As noted often in this space, I consider listening to Gary Cohen talking Mets baseball a perk of being a Mets fan. Listening to him on Saturday, both while sitting in the Shannon Forde Press Conference Room as he and his fellow inductees prepared for their big moment on the field, and then from the […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1978 Mets, Citi Field Home Runs, Gary Cohen, John Sullivan, Kodai Senga, LIRR, Mets Hall of Fame, Mike Bruhert, Mike Bruhert’s Brother, Moment of Silence, Pete Alonso, Roger Craig, Solo Home Runs, Starling Marte, Tomas Nido, Tommy Pham, Willie Mays The Mets really could have used another run Saturday. They crossed the plate once in nine innings. Unless their pitchers were crafting a shutout, that wasn’t going to be enough to win their game against the Blue Jays. Collectively, their pitchers held as much fort as they could, giving up only two runs to a […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Al Leiter, Celebrations, Frustration, Gary Cohen, Howard Johnson, Howie Rose, Jay Horwitz, Mets Hall of Fame, One-Run Defeats, Team History It’s an article of faith among people who critique sports media that, ultimately, fans don’t tune into games because of the announcers. That appraisal may track with ratings but it doesn’t reflect enthusiasm. I’ve been tuning into Mets baseball in one form or another with glee in my remote-clicking and button-pushing fingers for more than […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Al Leiter, Gary Cohen, Howard Johnson, Howie Rose, Jay Horwitz, Mets Hall of Fame, Team History David Ortiz is in the Hall of Fame, which is great for David Ortiz and, I believe, splendid for baseball. Big Papi was a big star with big numbers who came through in big situations. That’s a Hall of Famer in my mind. Everybody else on the just-revealed Baseball Writers Association of America ballot isn’t […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 60th Anniversary, Casey Stengel, Frank Thomas, Jay Hook, Joe Christopher, Mets Hall of Fame, Old Timers Day, Roger Craig, Ron Hunt, Team History, Vestibule Jon Matlack believes we know what we’re talking about. I know that’s what he believes because I asked him and that’s what he told me. And who’s not gonna believe Jon Matlack, essential starting pitcher for the 1973 National League Champion New York Mets? At the press conference preceding Saturday night’s Mets Hall of Fame ceremonies, […] 20 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Al Jackson, Brandon Drury, Carlos Baerga, Edgardo Alfonzo, Eugenio Suarez, Javier Baez, Jeremy Hefner, Joey Votto, Jon Matlack, Media, Mets Fans, Mets Hall of Fame, Press Box Decorum, Reds, Rich Hill, Ron Darling Welcome to A Met for All Seasons, a series in which we consider a given Met who played in a given season and…well, we’ll see. I’ve been alive forever Jeurys Familia (2012-2018, 2019- ) won’t still be relieving for the Mets in 2029. Jacob deGrom (2014- ) won’t still be […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1979 Mets, A Met for All Seasons, Barry Manilow, Ed Kranepool, Goodfellas, Mets Hall of Fame Welcome to A Met for All Seasons, a series in which we consider a given Met who played in a given season and…well, we’ll see. Didn’t we almost have it all As it approaches the halfway mark, the year 2020 is not making a case for itself as one […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1981 Mets, A Met for All Seasons, Mets Hall of Fame, Mookie Wilson, Short Seasons |
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