I resent the Yankees. I’ve always resented the Yankees. I resented them from the first time I became aware of their existence. I understood neither the purpose nor appeal of their existence. It was 1969. New York had the Miracle Mets, the baseball team about to be certified world champions. I met the Mets as […]
 
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. |
 17 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2001 Mets, Gary Sanchez, New York, Remembrance, Resentment They played cricket at Citi Field on Saturday afternoon. I tuned in to ESPN3 to watch. It was only for a few minutes, but when I learned it was being aired somewhere, I had to look. I had to look at something going on at Citi Field. It had been too long. Nothing that isn’t the 2015 […] 28 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1969 Mets, 1986 Mets, 2015 Mets, 2015 Postseason, 2015 World Series, Cricket, Discounted Merchandise, Mourning, Resentment This would be a good time to be a drive-time disc jockey in medium-sized city with a persecution complex. If I were, I’d be working under the radio name of Resentful in the Morning, and I’d stir up my listeners to join me in a natural disdain for our local baseball team’s archrivals, whom I […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Dignity, Disdain, Fredi Gonzalez, Hanley Ramirez, Marlins, Resentment, Sweep |
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