 
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. |
Baseball is almost universally weird, but there’s weird by normal baseball standards and then there’s whatever happened to the Mets on Tuesday night in Miami. Sandy Alcantara reported for duty with his sinker acting as a Mets sleeper agent. That was obvious from the very first pitch of the game, which Francisco Lindor smacked over the […]  3 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Andy Green, Clayton McCullough, Dedniel Nunez, Francisco Lindor, Joe Mack, Jonathan Pintaro, Juan Soto, Kodai Senga, Kyle Stowers, Last Place, Marlins, Nate Lavender, Nationals, Owen Caissie, Perfect Game Bids, Sandy Alcantara, Sean Manaea, Soilmaster Stadium The 2025 Mets were lousy, basically without interruption, from June until they expired in Miami, with the date on the carton confirming that sour-milk taste you’d been trying to convince yourself wasn’t there really had been. It’s hard to single out games that stuck in the craw when pretty much all of them did, but […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Ewing, Abimelec Ortiz, Andy Green, Bob Murphy, Brett Baty, Carson Benge, Christian Scott, Closers, Howie Rose, Jake Irvin, Jared Young, Jorge Polanco, Keibert Ruiz, Keith Raad, Kodai Senga, Luis Robert Jr., Luis Torrens, Managers, Nationals, Nolan McLean, Pat McCarthy, Radio, Zac Thornton Tie it in the eighth, win it in the twelfth. Blow a lead, get it back. Take as long as you need for more runs than them, provided you prevail. Break a deadlock and hold your ground. Romp from jump. As long as nobody gets hurt, there are no bad ways to win a ballgame. But […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carson Benge, Francisco Lindor, Jared Young, Jefry Yan, Jorge Polanco, Nationals, Pinch-Runners, Pinch-Running, Sean Manaea, Walkoffs Against the Nationals on Saturday, Sean Manaea saw the middle innings go awry and Will Dion pitched capably, an indication that he doesn’t belong anywhere near the Washington bullpen. But that was just the pieces being moved into place for the main event, which explored a fascinating (in a small-f way) philosophical inquiry: The Mets’ […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Ewing, Andy Green, Billy Amick, Binghamton Rumble Ponies, Brett Baty, Brian McCann, Bullpen, Carson Benge, City Connects, Clayton Beeter, Corey Collins, Emilien Pitre, Francisco Alvarez, Francisco Lindor, Gabe Davis, Jared Young, Jefferson Rojas, Jefry Yan, Jorge Polanco, Kevin Parada, Nasim Nunez, Nationals, Pinch-Running, Portland Sea Dogs, Postgame Pressers, Questionable Managerial Decisions, Sean Manaea, Will Dion, Will Turner, Yovanny Cruz I was nervous for much of Thursday afternoon’s game, as the Mets refused to expand on a 2-0 lead that quickly got halved to 2-1. That was too close, with the Nats lurking around waiting to do Natty things (which used to be equally offensive Expo things) and the Mets still laboring beneath 2026’s dark […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Ewing, Bo Bichette, Cade Cavalli, David Peterson, Daylen Lile, Devin Williams, Mark Vientos, Nationals, Splits, Wind It was the bottom of the second in Tuesday night’s game, with two out and nobody on. The Mets led 5-0 and a laugher seemed to be on tap, with good feelings aplenty. Bo Bichette had escaped the back of the milk carton with home runs in the first two innings, Steve Gelbs had conducted […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Ewing, Bo Bichette, Carson Benge, Daniel Duarte, Debacles, Debuts, Inside The Park Home Run, James Wood, Luis Torrens, Marcus Semien, Nationals, Nick Morabito, Nolan McLean, Richard Lovelady, Tyrone Taylor David Peterson was bad and then OK and then bad again and then had a chance to give the karmic wheel another shove: Mets down two in the fourth, bases loaded, James Wood at the plate, 0-2 count. The 0-2 part was positive considering Peterson has been mashed by lefties and you could argue he shouldn’t […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Austin Slater, David Peterson, Ludicrously Bad Baseball, Nationals, Rain, Sean Manaea Called strike three. Seven earned runs in a third-of-an-inning. A long fly ball that dies at the track to seal a stadium’s fate. A throw home from the first baseman that sails over the catcher’s head. A scrub pops a three-run homer. An ear shines. Some events that have signaled the end of a season or […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2025 Mets, Bo Bichette, Carson Benge, Clay Holmes, Craig Kimbrel, Daylen Lile, Festering, Headaches, Jacob Young, Jorbit Vivas, Juan Soto, Laughers, Marcus Semien, Nationals, Recriminations, Tobias Myers Defiance isn’t really in our wheelhouse as Mets fans. Hope? Sure. The sunny version sometimes, though generally that’s only seen in the abstract. Stubborn, scared, trampled but still inexhaustible hope? Now we’re talking — whenever Tug McGraw‘s famous YA GOTTA BELIEVE is invoked, I hear not just the hope but also the desperation — the burden […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Booing, Brandon Sproat, Brooks Raley, Chris Devenski, Defensive Runs NOT Saved, Dylan Crews, Huascar Brazoban, Jose Siri, M. Donald Grant, Nationals, Ryan Helsley, Ryne Stanek, Tug McGraw, Tyler Rogers, Tyrone Taylor, Wild Card Midway through Thursday afternoon’s Mets-Nationals game, about the time I suspected Washington’s overcoming of New York’s lead was not going to be reversible, I remembered the Nationals used to be the Expos. It’s not as if I’d wholly forgotten from whence the Nationals moved following the 2004 season, it’s just that the Quebec connection long […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Cedric Mullins, Expos, Lack of Momentum, Nationals, Natspos, Ryne Stanek, Sean Manaea, Solo Home Runs, Tyler Rogers |
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