The sun goes down over Citi Field, signaling the entrance of what must be my favorite time of day: night. Another great shot from the extraordinary lens of David G. Whitham, as taken from the revelatory Pepsi Porch, Friday at dusk.
 
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. |
Sharon took this picture Friday night, capturing, at once, three glorious elements of New York baseball history: the early 1900s Giants, the 1969 Mets and our best third baseman ever. No sentiment ever seemed as obvious as this one, but get well immediately, David Wright. Congratulations to the New York Mets for making the playoffs seven times in their occasionally illustrious career. Very happy to see the banners pasted to the outfield wall again, particularly the one paying homage to 1999’s almost indescribable accomplishments. The first night they were back up was a very nice night, indeed. Thanks to Porchmate Sharon Chapman […] The Faith and Fear t-shirt has been seen this season at Fenway, at Rogers Centre, at what is now known as Pitco, even at the Roman Colosseum. But how about this: the first “official” FAFIF shirt sighting* at the New World Class Home of the New York Mets, Citi Field? And how about Dave Murray coming all the way […] The best thing to come out of Buffalo since Fernando Nieve: Ross Chapman showing off the FAFIF numbers tee at Coca-Cola Field, home of the Bisons. See, Tony Bernazard? Some guys can keep their shirts on at Mets minor league ballparks. Show you’re in the pros with your own Faith and Fear t-shirt, available here. What goes up, must come down as evidenced by both the 2009 Mets season (though I don’t remember a whole lot of up) and the Cyclone rollercoaster where Dave Murray modeled the classic FAFIF t-shirt at Astroland last week. The Murray clan had convened at Citi Field earlier in the day and, with a 9-0 win […] FAFIF has gone Niagran! Sharon Chapman represents Met numerology on the US-Canadian border. Still no sign of Roy Halladay in blue and orange, but Sharon’s always a welcome sight. No barrels necessary to get your FAFIF shirt. Just click here. Nice shirt, eh? Ross Chapman smuggled the Faith and Fear retired numbers across the border into Canada for a visit to Rogers Centre, still known to most of us North Americans as SkyDome. It’s awfully nice of him to wear our shirt on his adventures, but would it have been too much to request that […] Our own beloved and much-traveled Numbers shirt was derived from one offered by the Padres blog Gaslamp Ball, so my visit to Petco Park was a pilgrimage of sorts for it. (As for why I’m pointing at a hotel and not at the Pads’ retired digits, I was coaching my photographer. Or maybe it was an […] One never knows how loyalty is born. I’ve learned from friends of the recent passings of two former Mets, early ’60s starting pitcher Carlton Willey and 1976 cameo catcher Jay Kleven. I never saw Willey pitch and I remember Kleven more from name than deed, but each man brings to mind the special bonds we […]  1 comment - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Baseball Cards, Carlton Willey, Jay Kleven, Moment of Silence, The Holy Books |
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