 
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. |
72: Friday, April 25 vs Braves Ladies and gentlemen, it took six seasons for Shea Stadium and the Mets to host their first postseason game. When they did, it was a doozy: Game Three, the 1969 National League Championship Series, an exciting, come-from-behind 7-4 win over the Atlanta Braves to clinch the N.L. pennant. The happy ending […] Welcome to Flashback Friday: Tales From The Log, a final-season tribute to Shea Stadium as viewed primarily through the prism of what I have seen there for myself, namely 358 regular-season and 13 postseason games to date. The Log records the numbers. The Tales tell the stories. 7/27/03 Su Cincinnati 9-6 Trachsel 12 […]  8 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2003 Mets, Bob Murphy, Closing Day, Flashback Friday, Radio Johnny Estrada has a 2008 New York Mets baseball card. 2008 Topps Heritage #378, to be specific — a set made in the fashion of the 1959 Topps cards, down to the goofy personal info. (Johnny has a juco degree in recreation, which apes old-style Topps cards perfectly in that it’s simultaneously ridiculous and made to […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Baseball Cards, Lost Mets, Phantom Mets, Winter Mets 78: Friday, April 11 vs Brewers Ladies and gentlemen, the stadium you see before you, the one you sit in now and the one in which we hope you will be standing and cheering before this night is out, does not come together without the efforts of many fine people. Hundreds of men and women work […] 81: Tuesday, April 8 vs Phillies Ladies and gentlemen, today we begin the final season at a historic and beloved ballpark, the home of your New York Mets for 44 going on 45 years, Shea Stadium. While we look forward to the future just over the horizon, we plan to honor our past by paying homage […] The long-rumored Faith and Fear Shea Stadium Final Season Countdown is taking its swings in the on-deck circle. We articulated the concept here, but there are a few things worth noting besides (because stuff is always more fun when somebody explains it to a fine pulp). • That figure or group you're sure is deserving of […] Y'know, I was about to be extraordinarily hindsightful and ask why we couldn't have kept Johnny Estrada around in case both our catchers were to be found grabbing their groins and such come mid-March, but I just checked and I see Johnny Blue Jeans is sitting with tendinitis, so maybe catcher is just one of […] Welcome to Flashback Friday: Tales From The Log, a final-season tribute to Shea Stadium as viewed primarily through the prism of what I have seen there for myself, namely 358 regular-season and 13 postseason games to date. The Log records the numbers. The Tales tell the stories. 8/31/01 F Florida 10-5 Leiter 27 130-97 […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2001 Mets, Al Leiter, Flashback Friday, Pitchers Hitting On the afternoon of October 11, 1986, I was watching the third game of the National League Championship Series. It was the bottom of the ninth inning and the Houston Astros were leading the New York Mets 5-4 and about to go up two games to one with Mike Scott scheduled to pitch the next […] What's so funny about a ballplayer sitting on the bench with someone else's bubble gum, fully tumescent, affixed to button of his cap? I'm not arguing that it's not funny (because, viscerally, it's hilarious), but why, when we've all seen it a hundred times, does it not fail to delight? Luis Castillo, who's been sitting and […] |
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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. |
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