Once the Oscars have finished doing what they do, the curtain goes up on Faith and Fear in Flushing’s salute to the Mets who have left us — in the baseball sense — over the past year. This is the twentieth annual edition of our tribute to those stars, characters, and bit players who have […]
 
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. |
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 You may have noticed the New York Mets played no postseason games in 2025. To compensate for our favorite team’s autumnal shortfall, we are happy to have harvested a bushel of postseason Mets games as a coda to the completion of the most recent World Series…even if none of them is from 2025. Faith and Fear […] 14 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1969 Mets, 1973 Mets, 1986 Mets, 1988 Mets, 1999 Mets, 2000 Mets, 2006 Mets, 2015 Mets, 2016 Mets, 2022 Mets, 2024 Mets, Mets Postseason Games, Team History Symptomatic of the proliferation of Interleague scheduling, the Mets opened their home season against the Toronto Blue Jays this past April, winning three straight. It was fun in the moment, even if the moment didn’t portend anything special for the 2025 Mets in the long run. It also didn’t indicate there were any obstacles the […] 20 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1977 Mets, Andres Gimenez, Blue Jays, Bob L. Miller, Chris Bassitt, Dale Murray, Elimination Day, Expansion, Jackson Todd, Jerry Koosman, John Olerud, Juan Berenguer, Lee Mazzilli, Mark Bomback, Max Scherzer, Mookie Wilson, Nino Espinosa, Roy Lee Jackson, Team History “This summer, the Mets suffered so many difficult, late defeats in close games that no one on the team, surely, could have escaped the chilling interior doubt — the doubt that kills — whispering that their courage and brilliance last summer had been an illusion all the time, had been nothing but luck.” 32 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1970 Mets, 1971 Mets, 2005 Mets, 2025 Mets, 83-79 Records, Adam Rubin, Billy Loes, Closing Day, Dana Carvey, Dashed Hopes, Francisco Lindor, Leonard Koppett, Marlins, Mediocrity, Roger Angell, Team History, The Years After Clay Holmes pitched into the seventh inning Saturday night and pitched well. Just three hits and two walks allowed. If Clay wasn’t showing the transcendent stuff of Nolan McLean from Friday night, he came close enough; going deep and being effective must be contagious. Relievers Gregory Soto, Tyler Rogers, and Edwin Diaz stoked no tension […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Active Animus, Finishing Ahead of the Braves, Rare Pleasures, Seething Resentments, Team History Some Met folklore a fan accepts without wondering about beyond what he’s already picked up. A bit of Metsiana that’s been with me for more than fifty years concerns some activity that preceded Game Four of the 1969 World Series. I picked up on it in 1971, a little late, but forgive me, I was […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1969 Mets, A.M. Gittlitz, Carlos Delgado, Dom Smith, Donn Clendenon, Excellent Addition to Your Baseball Library, Mets Pop Culture, Movements, Pamphlets, Protests, Team History, Tom Seaver, Vietnam, Yippies You might grab a nap. You might grab a shower. You might grab one of your top prospects and send him to the mound in front of the home folks to make his major league debut and watch him succeed. There are plenty of ways to feel refreshed. The Nolan McLean version proved most effective Saturday. […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bill Denehy, Confidence, Dick Rusteck, First Starts, First Wins, Mennen Skin Bracer, Moment of Silence, Nolan McLean, Steven Matz, Team History It throbbed. It pulsated. It got down with the beat, not to mention the Bear. It lit up like crazy, so much so that they shot off every last firework within reach. Maybe this is what the Ritchie Family was referring to in 1976 when they paid homage to the best disco in town. Citi Field […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Darryl Strawberry, Home Run History, Home Runs, Milestones, Pete Alonso, Ryder Chasin, Team History They changed personnel. They changed locale. Their results didn’t much differ. The post-trade deadline New York Mets lost, 4-3, at Citi Field on Friday night to a San Francisco Giants team that looked familiar, and not just because they were who the Mets took on last weekend, the last time the Mets won a game. […] 2 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Angel Pagan, Brandon Nimmo, Brian McRae, Carlos Beltran, Cedric Mullins, Center Fielders, Cleon Jones, Darryl Hamilton, Del Unser, Don Bosch, Don Hahn, Jay Payton, Jeff McNeil, Jim Hickman, Juan Lagares, Lance Johnson, Lee Mazzilli, Lenny Dykstra, Mike Cameron, Mookie Wilson, Richie Ashburn, Team History, Tommie Agee, Tyrone Taylor, Willie Mays |
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