 
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. Need our RSS feed? It's here. Use Facebook? Come check out our page, or drop by the personal pages for Greg and Jason. Or follow us on Twitter: Here's Greg, and here's Jason. 
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The alleged experts, the ones who trotted out their Power Rankings and declared a certain team was guaranteed success by its “greatest-ever” lineup while dismissing another nearby competitor, all take a backseat to Jordan Rant, the Long Island first grader who projected the postseason perfectly to date. According to her Aunt Laurie, Jordan insisted all along [...] So, New Springfield's looking pretty good now, isn't it, with our ample parking and daily Who concerts. So, New Springfield's looking pretty good now, isn't it, with our ample parking and daily Who concerts. —Mayor Homer Simpson Probably no need to stoke these fires, but it's a long way from here to Wednesday at 8:20 PM, so what the hell? I was listening to the FAN all through the overnight, a program devoted to Yankee [...] I swear, the headlines on ESPN's baseball page right now read like a two-year-old Onion come to life. Among them: I swear, the headlines on ESPN's baseball page right now read like a two-year-old Onion come to life. Among them: Report: Torre to be fired, replaced by Piniella A-Rod: 'I sucked' Bonderman: Perfect through five… Law: No fight in Yanks Mets sweep Dodgers to advance New York's bullpen slams door late… Beimel apologizes to teammates for cut hand Fewer than dozen fans greet [...] This* is my wife’s Met shrine at work. More joyous front pages and photos to come. And note the orange flowers in the blue vase, please. I’m happy to say the choice of colors was my handiwork…. *Image missing following blog’s migration to WordPress. “All I know is that the only thing they’ll be talking about in the city of New York for the remainder of this season is National League baseball.” — Omar Minaya “All I know is that the only thing they’ll be talking about in the city of New York for the remainder of this season is National League baseball.” — Omar Minaya Well, no. The Yankees led SportsCenter. Tidings of our doings didn't even arrive until after the first commercial break. WFAN? Wall-to-wall Yankees. Tomorrow's back pages? [...] They advertise that you can't script October. But don't tell me we didn't submit this treatment. They advertise that you can't script October. But don't tell me we didn't submit this treatment. Would you have it any other way? Could you ask for a better 300-minute span, one in which the team we hate — along with its final abhorrent remnant of overblown aura and phony mystique — is destroyed and the [...] |
Faith and Fear in Flushing: An Intense Personal History by Greg Prince (foreword by Jason Fry), is available now via Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online booksellers. |
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