By the time 2026 rolled around I had a long-established relationship with spring training: I’d put the first televised game on my calendar, watch the initial 20 minutes with avid interest, watch the next 20 with vague attention, and then either be looking at my phone or asleep. And after that I’d wait for the […]
 
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 |  2026 Mets, Al Lang Stadium, Bo Bichette, Brett Baty, Brooklyn Cyclones, Clover Park, Daulton Varsho, David Stearns, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Alvarez, Francisco Lindor, Freddy Peralta, Grant Rogers, Jorge Polanco, Marcus Semien, Mark Vientos, Pete Alonso, Port St. Lucie, Shea Stadium, Spring Training, St. Lucie Mets, Wally Backman It’s the time of the year meant for looking ahead. To Carson Benge not being Don Bosch. To Vidal Bruján and Mike Tauchman potentially making themselves more useful than Bill Pecota. To Nolan McLean overcoming vertigo-like symptoms so he can pitch in the WBC, then not getting hurt in the WBC (which goes for all […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1979 Mets, Anticipation, Ballpark Revenue, Carlos Beltran, Carly Simon, Charles Payson, Currently Unsigned, Doug Flynn, Five Dollar Tuesdays, Franchise Leaderboard, Frank Cashen, Frank Taveras, Future, Hit By Pitch, J.D. Martinez, Jack Lang, Jackie Robinson, Jeff Kent, Jesse Winker, Joe Adcock, Joe Morgan, Joe Torre, Juan Lagares, Last Met Standing, Longest Ago Met Still Active, Lorinda de Roulet, March, Max Scherzer, Michael Conforto, Moment of Silence, New York Giants, Old Friends, Perceptions, Pickleball, Retirement, Rhys Hoskins, Ruben Gomez, Shea Stadium, Spring Training, Starling Marte, Team History, Tom Boswell, Travis d'Arnaud, Vertigo-Like Symptoms, Wilmer Flores, Winter Leagues, World Baseball Classic, Zack Wheeler “Say, the new baseball season is coming.” 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2026 Mets, Abbott and Costello, Answers, Bo Bichette, Brett Baty, Carson Benge, First Base, Jorge Polanco, Juan Soto, Left Field, Magnetic Schedules, Mark Vientos, Mets Promotions, Pocket Schedules, Questions, Right Field, Snow, Spring Training, Third Base, Tickets, Versatility Ah, the rites of Spring. Two, specifically… 1) The first press availability of the year with players who rate a full-blown sitdown with the assembled St. Lucie media. Francisco Lindor one day, Juan Soto the next, Pete Alonso today. Revelations? They’re thrilled to be back, or here, or back here. Why shouldn’t they be? They’re all […] 1 comment - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Annual Rituals, Frankie Montas, Injuries, Reassuring Happy Talk, Spring Training, Spring Training Injuries What Met tidings do the ides of March bring this spring? I’d like to believe glad, though in the middle a month devoted to merely getting ready for the season ahead, who can tell? Two sentences, two question marks. Only in March? Always in March. Entering the action of March 15, which includes a game matching Met […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Darryl Strawberry, Edwin Diaz, J.D. Davis, J.D. Martinez, Jeff McNeil, Jim McAndrew, Jose Quintana, Kodai Senga, March, Moment of Silence, Spring Training Spring Training was humming along. Players showed up and pledged to maintain or adjust their career arcs, whichever would help the team most. Prospects were going to make an impression. Youth was going to gain experience. Veterans were already setting examples. The previously ailing were feeling never better. Thievable relievers were working on their pickoff […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Injuries, Kodai Senga, No News Is Good News, Spring Training, Spring Training Injuries It’s mid-March. Spring Training is entrenched until it’s not. Games that don’t matter are the norm until they’re not. If a game is accessible on TV, great. If it’s not, well, it’d be cooler if it was, but, really, no biggie. Players of whom you’d barely heard a month ago are your constants until they […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1975 Mets, Jesus Alou, Moment of Silence, Roster Projection Follies, Spring Training PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (FAF) — The mind of veteran blogger Greg Prince reported to New York Mets camp Monday to prepare for its nineteenth season of observation, reflection and regular blogging output. It showed up just in time to meet the deadline for position players to check in at the East Coast complex that […] 10 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Anniversaries, Basketball, Football, Internal Affairs, Spring Training, The Twilight Zone Hi again, Chasen Shreve — and you, too, Matt Reynolds and Johneshwy Fargas. The Mets decided to solve their lefthanded bullpen void by rewinding to 2020 and snatching up the perfectly capable Shreve, who by coming back after a season in Pittsburgh gets the chance to break free of his Silent Generation designation. May the […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Ottavino, Brad Hand, Chasen Shreve, Chris Bassitt, Good Health, Jacob deGrom, Jeurys Familia, Johneshwy Fargas, Jonathan Villar, Matt Reynolds, NL East Four-Timers Club, Pete Alonso, Recidivist Mets, Robert Gsellman, Robinson Cano, Safety, Schedules, Spring Training, Travis Jankowski Counterfactually, the Mets are in West Palm Beach today playing the Nationals. It’s not much of a counterfactual to the reality we live in to conclude the Mets would be busy training their spring away a little south of St. Lucie given that the Mets sent out a preliminary Spring Training schedule last August marking […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Lockout, Rob Manfred, Routine, Shrug, Spring Training |
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