 
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. |
Some random observations from the Mets’ cudgeling of Patrick Corbin and the Nationals: I’m going to get the complaining out of the way first: Dear God, what did they do to the black uniforms? Eliminating the white drop shadow was a dreadful idea; without it, the tops look murky and muddy, with the orange and blue […]  8 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Black Jerseys, Francisco Lindor, Gary Cohen, Grimace, Hope, Jake Diekman, Jose Butto, Jose Iglesias, Joy, Nationals, Patrick Corbin, Reed Garrett, Summer Nights, Uniform Numbers, Uniforms, Wild Card The basics of Tuesday night’s game all look good in the recapping. The Mets scored seven runs, powered by homers from Brandon Nimmo and Francisco Lindor, All-Stars in our hearts even if they aren’t accorded that status next week. Nimmo’s homer was a summer-night special, an apparent fly ball that got high up into the humid […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, Bad Relief Pitching, Dedniel Nunez, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Lindor, Harrison Bader, Jake Irvin, Jose Quintana, Nationals, Phil Maton, Reed Garrett, Relief Pitching In the early going Saturday, it sure looked like the Mets had reverted to the unholy mess they were throughout May. In the first inning they followed second and third and nobody out with a pop-out and a pair of Ks; in the second they wasted a leadoff single and then a one-out double. In […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Dennis Santana, Derek Shelton, Edwin Diaz, Jack Suwinski, John Tumpane, Luis Torrens, Mark Vientos, Oneil Cruz, Pete Alonso, Pirates, Reed Garrett, Umpiring The Mets and the Nats, sheesh. I guess it proves that for every Nieuwenhuis there’s a Suzuki. And for the critical stretches of Monday night’s mildly bonkers game, it wasn’t clear whether the compass was going to wind up pointing to N or S. And I missed the first five innings! I mean, so sue me […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | CJ Abrams, Dedniel Nunez, Francisco Alvarez, Hunter Harvey, Ildemaro Vargas, J.D. Martinez, Jake Diekman, James Wood, Jose Iglesias, Mackenzie Gore, Nationals, Reed Garrett, Tyler Jay, Tyrone Taylor In this new upbeat era of Mets baseball in which we only grimace ironically, let’s catalogue our positives. Ty Adcock not only made his Met debut, but sparkled in it. Mark Vientos went about as deep as one can to dead center at Citi Field. Before Mark hit his mark, the Mets made the most of […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bullpen Depth, Disappointment, Expectations, Jake Diekman, Reed Garrett, Ty Adcock, Tylor Megill I stopped attending Subway Series games years ago because they’re like Thanksgiving dinners where every single uncle and cousin you dislike RSVPs that they’ll show up drunk and eager to talk politics. No thanks — I’ll catch these from my couch, where any woofing mookdom can be addressed as an internal affair. That part’s predictable; the […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aaron Judge, Adam Ottavino, Brandon Nimmo, Bullpen, Carlos Mendoza, Danny Young, David Peterson, Dedniel Nunez, Francisco Alvarez, Gerrit Cole, Harrison Bader, J.D. Davis, Mark Vientos, Reed Garrett, Subway Series, Yankee, Yankees A relatively stress-free win in which the Mets executed most facets of the sport at a higher level than their opponent for nine innings…was that too much to ask for? It was not. The Mets defeated an amorphous blob of unrefined talent better known as the Washington National Tuesday night, 6-3. They didn’t have to accidentally stumble […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Competence, David Peterson, Dedniel Nunez, DJ Herz, Harrison Bader, Mark Vientos, Pete Alonso, Reed Garrett, Starling Marte, Trevor Williams Reed Garrett and Adam Ottavino were good, but Jake Diekman was not — handed a 4-3 lead in the ninth, he surrendered a pinch-hit double and a home run (Ketel Marte‘s second of the afternoon) to put the Mets in their familiar behind-the-eight-ball position before an out was recorded. How familiar? Since May 1 the […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, Bad Relief Pitching, Diamondbacks, J.D. Martinez, Jake Diekman, Jonahs, Ketel Marte, Paul Sewald, Reed Garrett The recap of Wednesday’s debacle belongs in my blog partner’s already pretty big Hall of Fame, because Greg nailed it: That disaster, from its on-field component to its off-field sequel, might or might not be rock bottom for the 2024 season, but it was unquestionably the end of something. Somehow we all knew it, and I […] 17 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Christian Scott, Diamondbacks, Francisco Lindor, J.D. Martinez, Jorge Lopez, Pete Alonso, Reed Garrett Intrigue lurked here and there among the Mets and Cardinals for seven innings Sunday afternoon. So, frankly, didn’t boredom. As a baseball fan, you don’t want to dismiss a game with little scoring as boring; as a baseball fan, you are conditioned to appreciate tautness and tension, and there was a little much action between […] |
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