 
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. |
The Mets got their butts kicked in Baltimore on Tuesday night. Things went just fine at the outset, as Francisco Lindor walked and Pete Alonso hit a line drive into the left-field stands for a quick 2-0 lead. But David Peterson struggled through the first, gave up three in the second and was excused further duties […]  7 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Bruce Zimmermann, David Peterson, Debacles, Maikel Franco, Orioles, Pete Alonso, Robert Gsellman, Young Pitching The Mets have played a fair number of snoozy low-scoring games this year, but on Tuesday they played a fun low-scoring one — a genuine pitchers’ duel, followed by a sequence of unlikely events, capped off by a satisfying cameo for one of the stranger secret weapons they’ve had in a long time. The pitchers’ duel […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Albert Almora Jr., Dom Smith, Freddy Galvis, John Means, Jonathan Villar, Kevin Pillar, Marcus Stroman, Orioles, Patrick Mazeika, Unlikely Events, Walkoffs 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 Why win by one when you can win by eleven? The Mets can win by eleven? The answer to the latter is yes, apparently. The answer to the former is never win by one when you can win by eleven. […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, Deep-Dive Mets Fandom, Jack Reinheimer, Jose Reyes, Kevin Plawecki, Lou Thornton, Mets Third Basemen, Most Mets in One Season, Orioles, Romps, Routs, Team History, Todd Frazier, Zack Wheeler If the Orioles played us every day, they’d be 162-0. Seriously, this is getting to be a bit much. The Orioles need the Hubble telescope to see fourth place, let alone the top of the standings, but they’ve had no problem handling us this year. On Tuesday Jason Vargas pitched decently enough, but I still maintain there’s no […] Little is more ideal than a midweek afternoon game, a pitchers’ duel unfolding in the sun and the whole affair playing out quickly enough to not bog anybody down in the worst of a rush hour commute. Of course baseball’s ideals take a pounding when left in […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1969 Mets, Anthony Swarzak, Interleague Play, Midweek Afternoon Games, Offensive Ineptitude, Orioles, Pitchers' Duels, Weather Education Day, Zack Wheeler Todd Frazier is officially a Met! Which means Mike Moustakas isn’t! News like this demands exclamation points late in an ellipsis kind of winter. Yet I am delighted enough to punctuate with enthusiasm, not so much because Frazier is a name-brand free agent who’s signed for only two years (I generally fall for those, regardless of […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1969 Mets, 1973 Mets, 1986 Mets, 1988 Mets, 1999 Mets, 2000 Mets, 2006 Mets, 2015 Mets, 2015 World Series, 2016 Mets, A's, Adrian Gonzalez, Alejandro Pena, Astros, Austin Jackson, Bob Aspromonte, Braves, Cardinals, Chris Chambliss, Cubs, Davey Johnson, Diamondbacks, Dodgers, Don Baylor, Eric Hosmer, Felix Millan, Fernando Tatis, Frank Cashen, George Bamberger, George Stone, Gerald Williams, Giants, James Loney, Jay Bell, Jesus Alou, Kelly Stinnett, Kevin Bass, Lee Mazzilli, Lenny Harris, Livan Hernandez, Lorenzo Cain, Marlon Anderson, Mike Marshall, Mike Moustakas, Mike Stanton, Orel Hershiser, Orioles, Orlando Hernandez, Postseason Grudges, Ramon Martinez, Red Sox, Reds, Rick Ankiel, Royals, Shawn Estes, T#m Gl@v!ne, Team History, The West Wing, Todd Frazier, Willie Randolph, Yankees The fine folks of Steak ‘n’ Shake, a restaurant chain I’ve been known to patronize with a little too much enthusiasm for my optimal well-being, use as their slogan the phrase, “In Sight It Must Be Right.” Although its backstory has something to do with letting the customers see the meat that’s about to be […] 23 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2008 Mets, Bud Harrelson, Damion Easley, Jeurys Familia, Orioles, Steak 'n' Shake Instead of settling an old score, the Orioles wound up losing by it to the Mets all over again. O’s, say, they could see. The O’s could see the first-place Mets coming. It was more twilight’s last gleaming than dawn’s early light, considering the overcast skies and 46-minute precautionary delay before a single pitch […] 32 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1969 Mets, Curtis Granderson, Francis Scott Key, Jacob deGrom, Orioles What the hell’s so funny about Bartolo Colon? After a year and a month of watching him practically every fifth day, I have to admit I don’t get the joke. He’s older than everybody. He’s rounder than everybody. He says less than anybody. He swings through almost everything. His batting helmet flies off with little provocation. Yeah? […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | An Appreciation, Bartolo Colon, Eddie Murray, Juan Lagares, Orioles, Sandy Koufax, Steve Carlton |
Piazza: Catcher, Slugger, Icon, Star by Greg Prince is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers. 
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