Horrible weather, horrible offseason, horrible everything. You know what might put some pep in our collective step? Looking back at guys who made their Mets debuts during the horrible 2023 season! Some of these guys have already vanished from memory; others we merely wish we could unremember. Like I said, horrible. But they matriculated in […]
 
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 |  2023 Mets, Abraham Almonte, Adam Kolarek, Anthony Kay, Baseball Cards, Brooks Raley, Danny Mendick, David Robertson, Dennis Santana, Denyi Reyes, DJ Stewart, Dominic Leone, Edwin Uceta, Gary Sanchez, Grant Hartwig, Jeff Brigham, Jimmy Yacabonis, John Curtiss, Jonathan Arauz, Jose Quintana, Josh Walker, Justin Verlander, Kodai Senga, Omar Narvaez, Phil Bickford, Rafael Ortega, Reed Garrett, Ronny Mauricio, Sam Coonrod, T.J. McFarland, The Holy Books, Tim Locastro, Tommy Pham, Trevor Gott, Tyson Miller, Vinny Nittoli, Zach Muckenhirn So the Mets won two out of three — and could have swept if not for a Gott-forsaken relief appearance — to knock the Marlins off their postseason course, at least temporarily. They’ll now tangle with the Phillies, whose playoff aspirations will be somewhat harder to foil, then host the Marlins, then square off with […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brett Baty, Drew Smith, Kodai Senga, Mark Vientos, Marlins, Ronny Mauricio, Spoilers, Trevor Gott He may not have had the spelling quite right 46 summers ago, but Marvin Gaye foresaw Tuesday night’s ninth inning in Miami at…I know what it’s called, but I’m not in the mood to acknowledge it Park. After struggling to convert baserunners into runs, and balls hit at them into outs, the Mets dramatically pulled […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, Diner, Headaches, Joey Lucchesi, Marlins, Marvin Gaye, Ronny Mauricio, Spoilers, Time-Released Revenge, Trevor Gott Who are these Mets, anyway? Joey Lucchesi was terrific, Mark Vientos homered, Pete Alonso drove in three on a homerless night and — in the most astonishing development of all — Trevor Gott and Drew Smith were allowed to pitch and didn’t fall apart like cheap watches. There was a nifty flying slide home by Jeff […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brandon Nimmo, David Wright, Diamondbacks, DJ Stewart, Drew Smith, Francisco Lindor, Jeff McNeil, Joey Lucchesi, Keith Hernandez, Mark Vientos, Marty Noble, Pete Alonso, Trevor Gott I watched the victorious Jets quarterback stand before the football press late Monday night and extol the virtues of never getting too high or too low, which I’m pretty sure I’ve heard an athlete or two or two-million mention before, but since the victorious Jets quarterback Monday night was Zach Wilson rather than Aaron Rodgers, […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Caps, Diamondbacks, Drew Smith, Football, Highs, Jeff McNeil, Jose Quintana, Lows, Paul Sewald, Ronny Mauricio, Tommy Pham, Trevor Gott Perhaps the most charming scene in a movie loaded with them is when a nervous Mark “Rat” Ratner first approaches Stacy Hamilton at the counter of Perry’s Pizza in Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Armed with Mike Damone’s never-fail “send out this vibe” dating advice, Rat smoothly starts his come-on. “What do you do with the […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Francisco Lindor, Jose Butto, Moneyball, Nationals, Omar Narvaez, Phil Bickford, Stress-Free Aggravation, Trevor Gott These games are the bottom of a can of soda your buddy just handed back to you after taking way too big of a sip, so that the can is 90% empty and you start thinking about what percentage of what’s left is backwash, and then … ehh, come to think of it you’re not […] Ah well. A nightmarish inning of bullpenning, combined with Paul Goldschmidt realizing, “Hey I’m Paul Goldschmidt,” did away with the Mets’ modest winning streak and hopes of sweeping the Cardinals, and I was first surprised and then a little heartened to register that I was annoyed. I didn’t think I was still capable of that, not […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Cardinals, DJ Stewart, Jonathan Arauz, Paul Goldschmidt, Rafael Ortega, Trevor Gott 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 […] 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 A grab bag of Mets drawing Adam Wainwright during his farewell tour, with John Smoltz and Fox painting the word picture? Hasn’t 2023 been mean enough already? That’s what we got Thursday night, with the only reasonable source of hope that baseball’s innate cussedness and delight in confounding storylines would come to the fore. Which, in fact, […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Adam Wainwright, Cardinals, Drew Smith, Fox, Francisco Alvarez, Grant Hartwig, Jeff McNeil, John Smoltz, Jonathan Arauz, Jose Quintana, Paul Goldschmidt, Pete Alonso, Tim Locastro, Trevor Gott |
Piazza: Catcher, Slugger, Icon, Star by Greg Prince is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers. 
Amazin' Again: How the 2015 New York Mets Brought the Magic Back to Queens by Greg Prince is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers. 
Volume I of The Happiest Recap: 50+ Years of the New York Mets As Told in 500+ Amazin' Wins by Greg Prince is available in print and for Kindle on Amazon. 
Faith and Fear in Flushing: An Intense Personal History by Greg Prince (foreword by Jason Fry), is available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers. |
|
Copyright © 2024 Faith and Fear in Flushing - All Rights Reserved |
||