Horrible weather, horrible offseason, horrible everything. You know what might put some pep in our collective step? Looking back at guys who made their Mets debuts during the horrible 2023 season! Some of these guys have already vanished from memory; others we merely wish we could unremember. Like I said, horrible. But they matriculated in […]
 
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. |
 7 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2023 Mets, Abraham Almonte, Adam Kolarek, Anthony Kay, Baseball Cards, Brooks Raley, Danny Mendick, David Robertson, Dennis Santana, Denyi Reyes, DJ Stewart, Dominic Leone, Edwin Uceta, Gary Sanchez, Grant Hartwig, Jeff Brigham, Jimmy Yacabonis, John Curtiss, Jonathan Arauz, Jose Quintana, Josh Walker, Justin Verlander, Kodai Senga, Omar Narvaez, Phil Bickford, Rafael Ortega, Reed Garrett, Ronny Mauricio, Sam Coonrod, T.J. McFarland, The Holy Books, Tim Locastro, Tommy Pham, Trevor Gott, Tyson Miller, Vinny Nittoli, Zach Muckenhirn It finally didn’t rain and the Mets finally got to play, and so for your recapper’s final go-round of the season our heroes presented one game that turned into a nail-biter, one Calvinball farce that was pretty entertaining for all its sloppy meaninglessness, a doubleheader sweep that didn’t matter, a depressing thought, and a happy […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, Bad Relief Pitching, Elbow Soreness, Francisco Alvarez, Injuries, Jeff Passan, Phil Bickford, Phillies, Ron Darling, Steve Gelbs, Tylor Megill It wasn’t raining Tuesday night. The problem was one of tenses — not what was happening weather-wise but what had happened. It wasn’t raining, but it had rained. Considerably. Considerably as in “enough that they give the concentration of rain a proper name and track it over the ocean like it’s an invasion fleet.” An amount […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, Brett Baty, Doubleheaders, Errors, Francisco Lindor, Fuckery, Jake Burger, Jorge Soler, Marlins, Pennant Race, Pete Alonso, Phil Bickford, Rainouts, Ramon De Jesus, Yuli Gurriel Marlins Nation! We need to talk! Because what just happened? We just took it to the Atlanta Braves — the mighty Braves! — by sweeping a three-game series and outscoring Acuna and Strider and Co. by a cool 23 runs. There are less than two weeks to go in the season, and the playoffs are right […] 16 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, Hatred, Jacob Stallings, Jeff McNeil, Jorge Soler, Jose Butto, Marlins, Phil Bickford, Spoilers, Tanner Scott Perhaps the most charming scene in a movie loaded with them is when a nervous Mark “Rat” Ratner first approaches Stacy Hamilton at the counter of Perry’s Pizza in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Armed with Mike Damone’s never-fail “send out this vibe” dating advice, Rat smoothly starts his come-on. “What do you do with the […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Francisco Lindor, Jose Butto, Moneyball, Nationals, Omar Narvaez, Phil Bickford, Stress-Free Aggravation, Trevor Gott Imagine being Sam Coonrod. You go to spring training with a loaded team being talked up as bound for the World Series. You’re being talked up as a prospective member of said team’s bullpen. It’s got to be exciting. But you don’t get out of March before being felled by a strained lat. The team goes north […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Carlos Carrasco, Garbage Time, Jonathan Arauz, Phil Bickford, Pirates, Rafael Ortega, Sam Coonrod, Trevor Gott, Tyson Miller Oh, how quickly things can change. Who’d even heard of Phil Bickford 10 days ago? And yet tonight there I was cheering energetically for Bickford to get out of a straitjacket against the Cubs and give the Mets a win — in a rubber game, no less. I could say I was on the edge of my […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, Booing, Christopher Morel, Cubs, Francisco Alvarez, Ian Happ, Phil Bickford, Rene Rivera The Original Mets were stocked primarily by a legendarily threadbare expansion draft that left the Mets capable of winning one of every four games they’d play in their first year. With a full season’s experience under their collective belt, the Slightly Less Original Mets took the field for their second year and won eleven more […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1963 Mets, 2015 Mets, Anthony Recker, Bill Haas, Claude Raymond, Danny Mendick, Dismal Present, Eric Campbell, George Weiss, Jack Fisher, John Mayberry Jr., Jonathan Arauz, Mark Canha, Phil Bickford, Potentially Brighter Future, Rafael Ortega, Reed Garrett, Royals, Special Draft, Steve Cohen, Team History |
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