 
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. |
What is it with the Mets, the Marlins and Game 161s? (Games 161? Anyway.) I’m generally allergic to tidy narratives, but this one was undeniable: John Maine in 2007, Johan Santana in 2008 … and now Clay Holmes in 2025. No, Holmes didn’t go all the way. But that’s nitpicking — he’s a converted reliever who’s way […]  11 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Brewers, Clay Holmes, Edwin Diaz, Eury Perez, Jeff McNeil, Johan Santana, John Maine, Marlins, Oliver Perez, Pete Alonso, Reds, Shea Stadium, Soilmaster Stadium, Tom Glavine, Wild Card Unfortunate news from Cincinnati, as Jonah Tong had to be recalled from Cooperstown and will have go through the formality of an actual career before his Hall of Fame induction. Tong surrendered three homers (including the first big-league shot for fellow rookie Sal Stewart) and walked four, though oddly, he gave up no other variety of […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1984 Mets, 1985 Mets, 1986 Mets, 1987 Mets, 1988 Mets, 1989 Mets, 1990 Mets, Davey Johnson, Horrendous Uniforms, Jonah Tong, Nick Davis, Once Upon a Time in Queens, Reds, Ryne Stanek, Sal Stewart, Wild Card Sunny Sunday, slight chill, right field corner, Citi Field. It’s September with a lead over our more or less blood rival in the Wild Card race, and I’m just waiting for the Mets to do something. Do something, do anything? No, I’m being vaguely specific in my desires. I’m waiting for the Mets to do […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Ends of All Good Things, Frustration, Luis Severino, Michigan J. Frog, Phil Maton, Reds, Reed Garrett, Starling Marte, The Social Network, Tom Seaver LOOK WHO’S NO. 6 OK, maybe that message isn’t inspiring enough to make a September scoreboard in Queens, but it’s true: At this writing the Mets are a game ahead of the Braves for the third National League wild card, which is a fancy way of saying sixth in a league that now grants playoff spots […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, Bill Spiers, Carson Spiers, Danny Young, Defense, Double Plays, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Lindor, Harrison Bader, J.D. Martinez, Jakob Junis, Jeff McNeil, Jose Iglesias, Jose Quintana, Pete Alonso, Reds, Sam Moll The Mets’ ebullient recent narrative showed a couple of cracks Friday night against the Reds. Francisco Lindor continued his hitting streak and made a nifty play at shortstop, but he didn’t walk off the Reds or solve the Middle East conflict in an idle moment between innings, somewhere between surprising and shocking given how he’s been […] 12 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alexis Diaz, Brett Baty, Edwin Diaz, Elly de la Cruz, Hebrew Tattoos, J.D. Martinez, Jake Fraley, Jose Butto, Jose Iglesias, Justin Wilson, Mark Vientos, Pete Alonso, Reds, Reed Garrett, Sean Manaea, Spencer Steer, TJ Friedl, Walkoffs As soon as you understand that a manager is going to try to “stay away” from using the relievers he relies on most, you also understand you’re going to need either a spit-ton of runs from your lineup or a comparable amount of innings from your starting pitcher. By the middle of the sixth inning […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Jake Diekman, Luis Severino, Moment of Silence, Pat Zachry, Reds, Relief Pitching, Unease, Yohan Ramirez Baseball — perhaps you’ve heard — is a game of contrasts. Take Hunter Greene vs. Jose Quintana, the starters for Friday night’s game in chilly Cincinnati. Greene is young, enormous and all but dripping talent, in possession of a high-90s fastball he can throw past big-league hitters as well as an evil slider tailor-made for embarrassing […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brett Baty, Edwin Diaz, Elly de la Cruz, Francisco Lindor, Hunter Greene, Jake Fraley, Jeff McNeil, Jose Quintana, Pete Alonso, Reds, Spencer Steer Saturday night’s game between the Mets and Reds was one of those close affairs you’re not sure whether to call taut or merely indifferent. The Mets harried Andrew Abbott but couldn’t inflict substantial damage on him; the Reds tormented Tylor Megill but couldn’t put him away either. For the second game in a row, matters […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Andrew Abbott, Christian Encarnacion-Strand, Francisco Alvarez, Reds, Ronny Mauricio, TJ Friedl, Tylor Megill A habit I’m trying to break as a baseball fan is the assigning of blame. If the Mets don’t win – even a stripped-down, playing-out-the-string version of the Mets – it can’t be that the other team won or something went wrong or an unlucky event occurred. No, it has to be someone’s fault. For instance: […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alexis Diaz, David Peterson, Edwin Diaz, Grant Hartwig, Hunter Greene, Jonathan India, Pete Alonso, Reds, Relief Pitching The Mets have been both bad and unwatchable for the better part of two weeks, so Tuesday night counted as progress: They were watchable. Watchable, as they fought back after being put in a deep hole by David Peterson, Stephen Nogosek, and (one could argue) the umpiring crew, which missed a ball headed for Francisco Lindor‘s […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Buck Showalter, David Peterson, Ejections, Francisco Alvarez, Frustration, Losing, Mark Canha, Reds, Stephen Nogosek, Wil Myers |
Piazza: Catcher, Slugger, Icon, Star by Greg Prince is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers. 
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