Jay Schreiber of the Times had a banner suggestion recently: organize Banner Day anew, albeit online. He called for entries and is showing off what he judges the “most noteworthy” among them (some illustrated, some merely spelled out) on the Bats Blog. I was particularly fond of this one that is credited to Paul Stoddard. Low-tech, but it […]
 
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. |
Every summer Sports Illustrated devotes a double-issue to tracking down athletes from 10, 20 and so on years ago. This summer they made the best “Where Are They Now?” choice they could regarding the cover. Get yourself a copy of the July 13-20 SI. Michael Bamberger wrote a story worthy of the subject matter, and it’s accompanied […] In 2007, Stephanie and I visited Milwaukee. We took a bus to Miller Park, just like the Mets did to break their five-game losing streak Wednesday. We each encountered no problem en route to our date with the Brewers. This candid shot was taken the next day when I got a little ambitious and guided us […] First home game World Series home run hit in Mets history? As we were reminded during the otherwise forgettable Interleague interlude from Baltimore, it was by Tommie Agee against eventual Hall of Famer Jim Palmer, leading off Game Three of the ’69 Fall Classic, Shea Stadium’s first World Series contest ever. But in a way, […] This chilling juxtaposition of photos is borrowed from our friends at the Crunch Bunch of football Giants sites Bluenatic. As mentioned, a little, in the aftermath of Friday night’s loss, Luis Castillo not properly catching (or throwing) that Alex Rodriguez pop fly was eerily reminiscent of the fumble that tore apart the fabric of the Meadowlands universe […] GGGGAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We’ve got to get ourselves back to the garden, and by garden, we mean Two Boots Tavern at 384 Grand Street for METSTOCK: 3 Hours of Pizza and Baseball, Thursday June 19 at 7:00 PM. That’s the night Mets fans everywhere will be flocking to our version of Yasgur’s farm (one sprouting an enormous Hubie Brooks poster […] Robert Moses patterned Shea Stadium after the Roman Colosseum, yet only one of them isn’t a parking lot today. Mark “Bluenatic” Weinstein confirmed that not all ancient ruins have been paved over when he recently parked himself and his classic FAFIF t-shirt in Rome. I wonder if anybody over there mutters, “It’s a dump, but […] Straight from his sprawling silhouette above the Right Field gate, it’s 1969 World Series Game Four defender extraordinaire Ron Swoboda out in center Sunday. The man they called Rocky was re-meeting and greeting the Fantasy Campers he coached earlier this year, chief among them, for our purposes, No. 17, Keith Hernandez Jeff Hysen. Jeff — who […] The Faith and Fear t-shirt made its overdue New England debut a week ago courtesy of the KingmanFan clan, representing at the Fens in true blue and orange style. From left to right, that’s Sky himself, accompanied to Fenway by wife Lisa and daughter Lauren (their shirts are nice, too). Reports our longtime commenter, “Received […] |
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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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