 
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. |
Landing On 9
It was 9 years ago that the Mets last called Channel 9 home. It has taken what seems like 9 eons to push the magic number down to 9, but with…WHO?…Yadier Molina driving in the winning run, the Cardinals beat the Phillies and the numeral of numerals dropped to your place for Joe Franklin, The Million Dollar Movie, Bowling For Dollars, The Noon News With Tom Dunn and, eternally in our heart of broadcast hearts, New York Mets baseball. 8 comments to Landing On 9 |
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How could you leave off Lloyd Lindsey Young?
HELLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
MEEETTTTFAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNSSSSSSSSS!
Lloyd Lindsey Young on Channel 9? That guy cost us the division in 1984!
We had beaten the Cubs on friday night and leading 3-0 the next afternoon when, after a commercial break, there appears Lloyd Lindsey Young, his face staring dead-pan straight into the camera. After that, Rusty Staub is robbed of a bases loaded hit, the Cubs come back to win, and we never were as close to first place after that.
Silly me! And here I thought Rick F. Sutcliffe & Ryne Sandberg were the reasons all these years…
Naw, sometimes things are controlled by the powers above, or in this case, the television booth just above the loge level.
LOL!
And it's taken me 9 years to stop going to Channel 9 for Mets games…
I left off Romper Room, too…which is where Lloyd Lindsey Young belonged.
you mean, you've stopped?