Pete Alonso homered Saturday night in St. Louis. We know that’s not a first. DJ Stewart homered Saturday night in St. Louis. We know from his no longer wholly unexpected production that that wasn’t a first. Daniel Vogelbach launched a grand slam to pretty much bury St. Louis on Saturday night. We can pretend Daniel […]
 
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. |
 13 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1967 Mets, Baseball Research, Chuck Estrada, Daniel Vogelbach, Dick Young, DJ Stewart, Don Shaw, Jack Hamilton, Jerry Buchek, Jose Quintana, Kodai Senga, Mets Firsts Trifecta, Pete Alonso, Ron Taylor, Saves, Team History, Tim Locastro, Tom Seaver, Tommy Davis, Trevor Gott, Wes Westrum Starling Marte needed five pitches to start the Mets’ season. On the fifth pitch he saw from Patrick Corbin, the leadoff hitter singled to right off at Nationals Park. It was April 7, 2022, Opening Night. The Mets had yet to accomplish anything, but they were revved and running. They’d win that night and win […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Cecil Wiggins, Duaner Sanchez, George Stone, Mitch Keller, Most Valuable Met, Rusty Staub, Starling Marte, Tommy Davis, Xavier Nady Baseball said goodbye this week to 83-year-old Tommy Davis, the two-time National League batting champ, the RBI king whose 153 in 1962 were the most in the NL in 25 years and would be the most in the NL for another 36 years, and the first American League hitter to make the most out of […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1967 Mets, Baseball Cards, Moment of Silence, One-Year Wonders, Tommy Davis Rod Barajas is getting the treatment a Wise Veteran Catcher usually gets in Spring Training when he’s new on the team. He’s leading by example and changing the tone and offering guidance, which is exactly what we want to read this time of year after having just experience that type of year last year. He’s […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Aaron Sele, Bill Hepler, Bill Short, Bill Wakefield, Billy Murphy, Billy Short, Bob Aspromonte, Brent Mayne, Chad Bradford, Darren Oliver, Desi Relaford, Don Aase, Doug Simons, Duke Snider, Eddie Bressoud, Felix Mantilla, Fernando Vina, Gene Clines, George Altman, Jay Bell, Jeremy Reed, Jerry Morales, Joe Foy, John Sullivan, John Valentin, Kevin Appier, Luis Rivera, Mark Bomback, Mark Guthrie, Mickey Lolich, Mike Cubbage, Mike Hampton, Norm Sherry, One-Year Wonders, Orel Hershiser, Randy Tate, Richie Ashburn, Richie Hebner, Rick Cerone, Rod Barajas, Team History, Tom Grieve, Tommie Reynolds, Tommy Davis, Tony Clark |
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