“Did you get everything we need for the party? I don’t think these painfully bland t-shirts we promised are going to excite anybody.”
“Let’s see…I got two new players: Aaron Altherr and Hector Santiago.”
“More like used players, no?”
“Nah, they’re good as new. They work fine.”
“Uh-huh.”
“I also ordered a couple more — […]
 
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. |
 8 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Aaron Altherr, Adeiny Hechavarria, Amed Rosario, Drew Gagnon, Ervin Santana, Hector Santiago, Home Runs, Matt Kemp, Miguel Cabrera, Noah Syndergaard, Pete Alonso, Tigers, Wild Parties, Wilson Ramos One of the benefits of going to a baseball game rather than watching it on television is there’s no seven-second delay. Everything that happens happens and, as the spirit of Walter Cronkite might suggest, you are there. But Tuesday night at Citi Field, which is where I […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Amed Rosario, Backpacks, Citi Field, Citi Pavilion, Friday Night Lights, J.D. Davis, Jeff McNeil, Manufacturers Hanover, Not Backpacks, Pete Alonso, Pocket Schedules, Walter Cronkite, Zack Wheeler For the life of me I can’t figure this Mets team out. They’re built in a slapdash manner, with wildly optimistic Plan As and aw-shucks shrugs for Plan Bs. They can’t field. The hitting, relief and even the vaunted starting pitching are all inconsistent, lighting up and then going dark and making you want to bang […] 16 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adeiny Hechavarria, Jacob deGrom, Jorge Alfaro, Marlins, Pete Alonso The Mets beat the Marlins Saturday night, and while they didn’t score eight in the first — or eight at all — it was a pretty convincing victory. The headline was that Jacob deGrom looked like his old self once again: On Saturday he carved the Marlins up for the first three innings with a […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Jacob deGrom, Marlins, Michael Conforto, Neil Walker, Pete Alonso, Sandy Alcantara Pete Alonso was National League Rookie of the Month for April and National League Rookie of the Night on Tuesday. He is a veteran in kid’s clothing any time you hear him speak. He is a franchise player exploding all around us.
Jacob deGrom was good. Or at least pretty good. But Chris Paddack was 2018 Jacob deGrom good. Which — spoiler! — meant better. Too many of the postgame autopsies focused on Paddack yapping about Pete Alonso being Rookie of the Month for April; too many of the previews of tonight’s game will rev the silliness higher by […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Chris Paddack, Jacob deGrom, Pete Alonso, stars To start a game, you want to see your leadoff batter, Jeff McNeil, get on base. McNeil, we can all agree, is the greatest hitter extant. He was batting .352 as Friday night began, which is all the proof our Mets fan hearts require to declare supremacy on […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adeiny Hechavarria, Baseball Porn, Brandon Nimmo, Brandon Woodruff, Brewers, Dominic Smith, Jeff McNeil, Josh Hader, Lorenzo Cain, Michael Conforto, Offensive Ineptitude, Pete Alonso, Questionable Roster Moves, Robinson Cano, Ryan Braun, Steven Matz, Wilson Ramos “Oh, what’s this? I wasn’t expecting anything!” 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Blown Saves, Creative Managing, Drew Gagnon, Extra Innings, J.D. Davis, Jason Vargas, Jeff McNeil, Jeurys Familia, Michael Conforto, Mickey Callaway, Pete Alonso, Polite Responses, Robert Gsellman, Todd Frazier The Mets lost to the Brewers at Citi Field on Saturday night, 8-6, in an ugly game made briefly attractive before it reverted to hideous. Noah Syndergaard pitched badly, Travis d’Arnaud caught badly and Jeurys Familia thought badly. In between, Pete Alonso provided a powerful antidote to the mounting blahs, but nothing anybody did well could overcome […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | .500, 1969 Mets, 2019 Mets, Brewers, Internal Affairs, Jeurys Familia, Noah Syndergaard, Pete Alonso, Team History, Travis d'Arnaud Fine with me if you dug into a basketful of chocolate bunnies, creme eggs and jelly beans on Sunday. Or macaroons, mandel cuts and leftover sponge cake. Whatever kind of peep you fancy yourself, I do hope you didn’t confine yourself to only sweets and treats. No […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alex Ochoa, Carl Everett, Curtis Granderson, Dakota Hudson, Dexter Fowler, Easter, Frank Thomas, Futility, Marv Throneberry, Michael Conforto, Noah Syndergaard, Passover, Pete Alonso, Pitchers Hitting, Rene Rivera, Robinson Cano, Solo Home Runs, Team History, Todd Hundley, Umpiring, Wilmer Flores |
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