On a scale of 1 to 10, Tuesday night’s inarguably epic Mets defeat at Washington, in which for the first time in their history they gave up a ninth-inning lead of six runs to lose ASAP, was a Brian Jordan. The second Brian Jordan Game, to be exact, September 29, 2001, Mets leading the Braves, […]
 
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. |
 39 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2001 Mets, A Chorus Line, Armando Benitez, Brian Jordan, Edwin Diaz, George W. Bush, John Franco, Kurt Suzuki, Nationals, Paul Sewald With the Mets in a pennant race again, I’ve been remembering all the little stresses that come with meaningful games in September. Here’s one of them: Getting to within an hour or two of the game and thinking that this could be Execution Day — the day where, if they don’t win, you can pretty much […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, J.D. Davis, Jeff McNeil, Joe Panik, Joe Ross, Nationals, Noah Syndergaard, Rene Rivera Five Sundays prior to the most recent Sunday, I went to Citi Field. It was the last game before the All-Star break. The Mets weren’t going anywhere, so when they continued to go nowhere, it made me no never mind. Zack Wheeler gave up four runs in the first; Aaron Nola flirted with a no-hitter; […] 20 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Asdrubal Cabrera, Brad Brach, Edwin Diaz, Gut-Wrenching Baseball, Jacob deGrom, Jeurys Familia, Joe Panik, Juan Soto, Kurt Suzuki, Nationals, Stomachs Tied in Knots, Sundays, Winning Streaks Halted The rocket ride, amazingly, continues. In front of a packed, delirious house, the Mets kept on playing baseball with verve and swagger and a talent for the impossible whenever it was necessary. From Noah Syndergaard shaking off some early stumbles (though Juan Soto will make even a sure-footed pitcher miss a step or two) to home-run […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Fans, Fathers and Sons, J.D. Davis, Joy, Juan Soto, Luis Guillorme, Nationals, Noah Syndergaard, Seth Lugo, Wilson Ramos Before all the heroics — which we will revel in a couple of paragraphs down, I promise you — the Mets and Nationals played a rather odd baseball game. Max Scherzer pitched six innings, the last of them on fumes, throwing 109 pitches and giving up no runs. Jacob deGrom pitched six innings, the last of them […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Eaton, Adeiny Hechavarria, Bad Relief Pitching, Jacob deGrom, Juan Lagares, Max Scherzer, Met Debuts, Nationals, Rajai Davis, Ryan Blakney, Sean Doolittle, Umpires Sunday was sunny and warm, one of those days where spring tells you that despite recent events, the world will soon be habitable on a more or less regular basis. Emily and I had worked through all manner of errands and items on our separate to-do lists, so we decided that … we could go to […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bullpen, Citi Field, Food, Lack of Food, Luis Avilan, Michael Conforto, Nationals, Pete Alonso, Tim Peterson, Walks, Zack Wheeler “And don’t hold the ball so hard, OK? It’s an egg. Hold it like an egg.” Baseball season is returned to us, praise be. Today, for the first time, we’ll have games on consecutive days. Tomorrow evening in Miami we’ll get the first night game, and a chance to see what the […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | J.D. Davis, Jeff McNeil, Jim Riggleman, Mickey Callaway, Nationals, Noah Syndergaard, Pete Alonso, Season, Seth Lugo Frank Robinson managed among us not so long ago, in 2005 and 2006, skippering the Washington Nationals upon their transfer from Montreal. As Mets fans, we mostly rolled our eyes at or rooted against Robinson when he poked his head out of the RFK or Shea dugout. […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1969 Mets, 2006 Mets, An Appreciation, Frank Robinson, Moment of Silence, Nationals, Orioles On Sunday afternoon the Mets and Nationals played their last game against each other in 2018, and it turned out to be an ordeal: more than four hours of bad baseball played in a continuous rain before irritated Nats fans. The Mets bashed not-ready-for-prime-time Nats pitchers about for eight runs, the Nats did the same […] The Mets played the Nationals Saturday and the Nationals were eliminated from postseason contention. Unfortunately, the two events were completely disconnected from one another. The final blow to Washington’s mathematical prayers was struck in St. Louis by Tyler O’Neill, whose walkoff home run put an end to […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | An Appreciation, Austin Voth, Corey Oswalt, Howie Rose, Josh Lewin, Nationals, Nectarines, Pete McCarthy, Radio, Sominex, the immortal Chris Majkowski, Wayne Randazzo, WCBS, WOR |
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