Let us not move into this final week before the All-Star break without acknowledging we have three All-Stars. Congratulations to Pete Alonso, Edwin Diaz and, most of all, Francisco Lindor. We extend most-of-allness to Francisco because this is his first time he’ll go to an All-Star Game as a New York Met — as 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. |
 6 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  All-Stars, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Lindor, Longest Waits, Pete Alonso, Team History, Todd Hundley, Tug McGraw I hope SNY, having sat Jose Reyes in the studio co-anchor chair next to Gary Apple this weekend, never gives our old shortstop any “how to be on TV” lessons, because he’s wonderful as is. On the postgame show Friday night, following the Mets’ 9-1 loss in Pittsburgh, Apple asked Reyes about falling victim to […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1962 Mets, Blade Tidwell, Cliff Cook, Colin Poche, Craig Anderson, Galen Cisco, Jay Hook, Jim Marshall, Jose Reyes, Mets Alumni, Mitch Keller, Names, Pirates, Rick Herrscher, Scores, Team History, Vinegar Bend Mizell Maybe you remember The Game-Ending Unassisted Triple Play Game, or TGEUTPG. If a game earns its name from a particular event within, it stands a pretty good chance of maintaining notoriety, with “notoriety” in this case being used correctly. TGEUTPG concluded with Luis Castillo on second base, Daniel Murphy on first, and Jeff Francoeur batting in […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2009 Mets, David Wright, Eras, Eric Bruntlett, Four-Inning Saves, Gary Rajsich, Inflection Points, Jeff Francoeur, Jeff McNeil, Long-Term Progress, Nadirs, Paul Blackburn, Pete Alonso, Plateaus, Pummelings, Rockies, Strides, Team History, Unassisted Triple Play, Under .500, West Wing The Unicorn Score Monitor went on high alert in the middle of the eighth inning Monday afternoon after the Mets increased their lead over the Nationals to 15-0. That score rang a bell for not having rung a bell in my head, a repository that also serves as the unofficial institutional memory of New York […] Monday was Jesse Orosco’s birthday, so for a moment I thought the Mets were honoring him by nearly but not quite blowing a formidable ninth-inning lead. In the mind’s eye, Jesse flirted with disaster a lot in his not quite best years. In his best years, he was infallible in the mind’s eye. The mind’s […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2012 Mets, Almost Blown Saves, Baseball, Closers, Edwin Diaz, Francisco Lindor, Inherited Runners, Jesse Orosco, Jesse Winker, John Buck, Jon Rauch, Jordany Valdespin, Matt Harvey, Max Kranick, Phillies, R.A. Dickey, Reed Garrett, Saves, Team History, Tylor Megill No doubt as the Mets’ traveling party gathered for its team Seder on Saturday evening in Sacramento, one of the elder statesmen at the table — my guess is bench coach John Gibbons — noted that the 3-1 score by which the club lost in the afternoon was the first 3-1 loss the Mets had […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1973 Mets, A's, Athletics, Brandon Nimmo, Brett Baty, Carlos Mendoza, Catfish Hunter, David Peterson, Faith, George Stone, Jeremy Hefner, John Gibbons, Jose Siri, Mark Vientos, Passover, Sacramento, Starling Marte, Team History, Team Seders, Tom Seaver, Unleavened Offense, West Sacramento, Yogi Berra The fans who wait for their team to come off the road while the year is still young are rewarded for their patience with two Openers. There’s Opening Day, which is festive no matter that it’s taking place in another ballpark, and there’s a discrete Home Opener, which grants us a second helping of holiday […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Minter, Blue Jays, Bobby Jones, Buffets, Déjà Vu All Over Again, Francisco Lindor, Home Opener, Interleague Play, Juan Soto, Max Kranick, Mets Home Opener, Mets Opening Day, Opening Day, Pete Alonso, Reed Garrett, Replay Review, Team History, Tylor Megill On Monday, I was excited to receive in the mail an advance copy of a great new book called More Amazing Mets Trivia, put together by my dear friend Ken Samelson and his co-author David Russell. I’m delighted to reveal that I did a little reconnaissance on the manuscript last summer, as Ken knew I […] It was 34 degrees this morning in New York because it’s March 27, and on March 27, about a week beyond winter, you’re as likely as not to get a very chilly morning. Days with mornings with that low a temperature don’t exactly scream baseball weather. But the Mets were in Florida for a month-and-a-half (where […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | A.J. Minter, Astros, Billy Murphy, Bob Gallagher, Brandon Nimmo, Clay Holmes, Ed Kranepool, Felix Mantilla, Field Of Dreams, Griffin Canning, Hayden Senger, Jack DiLauro, Jeff Torborg, Jose Siri, Juan Soto, Lenny Randle, March, Mark Bradley, Max Kranick, Mike Cubbage, Moment of Silence, Opening Day, Patches, Rickey Henderson, Ron Locke, Team History, Tommie Reynolds, Wayne Graham Academy Award winners deemed guilty of defying brevity in their acceptance speeches Sunday night heard the orchestra subtly nudging them off the Dolby Theatre stage. New York Mets receive a more definitive elbow toward the rideshare area on Seaver Way when the powers that be decide it’s their time to go. Designated for assignment. Waived. […] |
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