“Who’s on first?”
“Polanco.”
“So Polanco’s a first baseman?”
“Not yet.”
“Who’s on third?”
“Bichette.”
“So Bichette’s a third baseman?”
“Not yet.”
“Who’s in right?”
“I dunno.”
“I dunno is a peculiar name for a ballplayer, even on the Mets.” www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2026/02/24/a...

A helpful Mets fan dialogue designed to delineate who’s on first, who’s on third, who’s in left, who’s in right, and why only the first 15,000 are scheduled to get what is being handed out. www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2026/02/24/a...

A helpful Mets fan dialogue designed to delineate who’s on first, who’s on third, who’s in left, who’s in right, and why only the first 15,000 are scheduled to get what is being handed out. www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2026/02/24/a...

Faith and Fear in Flushing is now 21 years old. Here’s to still being here. www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2026/02/16/o...

Faith and Fear in Flushing is now 21 years old. Here’s to still being here. www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2026/02/16/o...

Terrance Gore was a Met for just over one month. Mickey Lolich was a Met for precisely one season. Two different ballplayers and two different contexts for thinking, “He’s not supposed to be here.” www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2026/02/12/t...

Terrance Gore was a Met for just over one month. Mickey Lolich was a Met for precisely one season. Two different ballplayers and two different contexts for thinking, “He’s not supposed to be here.” www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2026/02/12/t...

Shoutout to the 12.

With David Robertson joining Clayton Kershaw and Rich Hill in retirement or something like it, Max Scherzer looms as the final major leaguer to have played at Shea Stadium.

I wasn’t planning on this, but I now root for a team that features Bo Bichette, Luis Robert, Jr., Freddy Peralta, and, if his minor league deal amounts to anything, Craig Kimbrel. Fine. Great. Maybe wonderful. But I wasn’t planning on it. www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2026/01/28/i...

Trying to detect Metsian context amid a Citi of strangers. www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2026/01/28/i...

I wasn’t planning on this, but I now root for a team that features Bo Bichette, Luis Robert, Jr., Freddy Peralta, and, if his minor league deal amounts to anything, Craig Kimbrel. Fine. Great. Maybe wonderful. But I wasn’t planning on it. www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2026/01/28/i...

Trying to detect Metsian context amid a Citi of strangers. www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2026/01/28/i...

I'll sure miss [player Mets didn't keep], but I look forward to seeing what [player Mets acquired] can do.

White Sox center fielders become Met center fielders every few decades and yield delightful results. Here’s hoping Luis Robert, Jr., maintains the pattern.

Beltran and Kent will be second pair of Mets inducted together, following Carter and Murray in 2003.

Nuance, perspective, and a comic book way of looking at mammoth Mets transactions. www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2026/01/14/t...

Somewhere between them, a Hall of Famer. www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2026/01/14/t...

Mets who make headlines, comic books, and Halls of Fame. www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2026/01/14/t...

Nuance, perspective, and a comic book way of looking at mammoth Mets transactions. www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2026/01/14/t...

Mets who make headlines, comic books, and Halls of Fame. www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2026/01/14/t...

Good morning #MetsSky! Today's newsletter is out. I decided to look into how the #Mets deal with Yorvit Torrealba fell apart during the 2007-2008 offseason. I've joked that Torrealba always felt like a quintessential "Almost A Met" to me. almostametnewsletter.substack.com/p/mets-yorvi...

“It’s great to be young and a New York Giant.” —Larry Doyle, 25, in 1911 “I love being a Met. It’s truly one of the coolest things I’ve ever done in my entire life.” —Jonah Tong, 22, in 2025 Here’s to the kids through the ages. www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/31/t...

I may be old enough to know better than to fall in love with the next fledgling youth movement, but I’m also old enough to know it’s not much fun getting older without a few Met futures to anticipate. www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/31/t...

Get down on your knees and thank your maker for a podcast like @funforallages.bsky.social

“It’s great to be young and a New York Giant.” —Larry Doyle, 25, in 1911 “I love being a Met. It’s truly one of the coolest things I’ve ever done in my entire life.” —Jonah Tong, 22, in 2025 Here’s to the kids through the ages. www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/31/t...

I may be old enough to know better than to fall in love with the next fledgling youth movement, but I’m also old enough to know it’s not much fun getting older without a few Met futures to anticipate. www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/31/t...

Remember the most obscure Mets season? It’s OK if you don’t. It was destined for instant obscurity from its delayed outset, and did nothing to divert from its path to nowhere while it went about its abbreviated business. www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/26/f...

Remember the most obscure Mets season? It’s OK if you don’t. It was destined for instant obscurity from its delayed outset, and did nothing to divert from its path to nowhere while it went about its abbreviated business. www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/26/f...

The Baseball Equinox approaches, as we box up and contextualize the barely middling 2025 Mets season (and notice we won't be unpacking Jeff McNeil when we move to 2026). www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/23/c...

The Baseball Equinox approaches, as we box up and contextualize the barely middling 2025 Mets season (and notice we won't be unpacking Jeff McNeil when we move to 2026). www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/23/c...

“My darkest fear is less about David Stearns guiding our ballclub toward losing records and more that he will unconsciously shepherd it toward well-deserved obscurity.” www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/15/w...

“They got great pitching. They got Koosman and Seaver and a fantastic bench. And that great platoon system of Gil Hodges.” —Mike Stivic, 1969…by way of a 1971 flashback episode of “All in the Family,” making his case to Archie Bunker that the Mets would win the pennant

On becoming overwhelmingly queasy at the sight of Pete Alonso and Edwin Diaz in new uniforms — and considering David Stearns as something of a latter-day Leo Durocher. www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/15/w...

“My darkest fear is less about David Stearns guiding our ballclub toward losing records and more that he will unconsciously shepherd it toward well-deserved obscurity.” www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/15/w...

On becoming overwhelmingly queasy at the sight of Pete Alonso and Edwin Diaz in new uniforms — and considering David Stearns as something of a latter-day Leo Durocher. www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/15/w...

Mets retroactively win Cone for Kent trade.

The Gehrig election was at a less constricted time for BBWAA elections. The Clemente one wasn't -- and was met with some resistance by some sportswriters. I wrote about it. sabr.org/journal/arti...

“I deep down believed, nah, we can’t possibly blow this. Then it got blown, and it was somehow not a shock. Nor that much of a surprise. It took me a while to come around to the idea that the 2025 Mets might not be that great, but it did sink in.” www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/02/t...

The 2025 Mets had loads of talent. Faith and Fear in Flushing’s choice for Nikon Camera Player of the Year indicates it wasn’t enough. www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/12/02/t...

@daynperry.bsky.social wrote about Rob Manfred. www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/rob...

No, it isn’t a dream. You can relive the entire Mets postseason experience spanning 1969 through 2024 right here. www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/11/27/a...

Every day is a day to be thankful the Mets have played in 105 postseason games. Today is the day we rank them. #LGM www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/11/27/a...

Brandon Nimmo knew us, got us, and gave us all he had to give. www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/11/24/h...

Brandon Nimmo knew us, got us, and gave us all he had to give. www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/11/24/h...

Is trading Brandon Nimmo even legal? Doesn't seem moral.

🎶Daddy was a cop On the east side of Chicago Back in the USA Back in the bad old days🎶

Heart, head, and extremities all cast ballots in favor of the latest Mets Hall of Fame class. www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/11/20/h...

"The Polar Bear & Sugar" could be a long-running lighthearted action-adventure series still garnering critical praise after seven seasons on the air. Actually, for Mets fans, it kind of is. www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/11/17/o...

“They’ve filled critical roles from the moment they settled in. They’ve starred and starred again.” Faith and Fear in Flushing’s co-winners of the Richie Ashburn Most Valuable Met award for 2025 are Pete Alonso and Edwin Diaz. www.faithandfearinflushing.com/2025/11/17/o...