Willie Mays emerges in centerfield after the briefest videoboard introduction in which he was pictured mostly in the cap and uniform he wore when he was first wowing his millions of fans several thousand miles to the east. He’s engulfed Teddy Ballgame-style by a mostly new generation of All-Stars: a few perennials, but primarily young […]
 
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. |
 8 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2007 Mets, All-Star Game, Jose Reyes, New York Giants, Willie Mays This is Willie Mays of the New York Mets as captured by Topps for 1973. I still can’t believe he played for us. Based on content, I think this is my favorite card ever. 1 comment - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1972 Mets, Baseball Cards, Flashback Friday, Willie Mays If you’re taking care of old business every week, then it must be Flashback Friday at Faith and Fear in Flushing. Monday marked the 35th anniversary of Willie Mays’ debut as a New York Met. And the 35th anniversary of Willie Mays’ homecoming as a New York baseball immortal. The two events were not coincidental. The Mets weren’t […] 16 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1972 Mets, Flashback Friday, New York Giants, Retired Numbers, Willie Mays Willie Mays is 75 years old today. A diamond birthday for the king of the diamond. Perfect. Willie Mays isn’t an old man, however. He’s Willie Mays. He was still young when he was at the end of the trail when we got him. How could he be old now? What’s that? Fell down in centerfield, hit […] |
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