 
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. |
Happy New Year! We look forward to an exciting 2012 here at Faith and Fear, even if we have to create the excitement ourselves. But isn’t that what Mets fans do when the Mets don’t necessarily contribute as much fun as they could? And while you’re waiting for pitchers, catchers and trustees to report to Spring [...]  4 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Brooklyn Dodgers, Ebbets Field, Peter Laskowich What are you doing Sunday, March 21 and Saturday, March 27? You ought to be getting to better know New York’s baseball heritage. And you can, thanks to our friend historian Peter Laskowich starting up his truly marvelous tours once more. As we’ve mentioned on several occasions, Peter will bring you directly into the DNA of [...] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Brooklyn Dodgers, Ebbets Field, New York Giants, Peter Laskowich, Polo Grounds Ebbets Field was always in reach. There were obstacles — money, the policeman’s shoe, a leap, the greasy garageman — but a boy could contend with them and triumph, if he had wit and persistence and a touch of courage. It was easy and absolutely irrational to relate getting to see a Dodger game with [...] 35 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bar Mitzvah, Citi Field, Ebbets Field, Jackie Robinson Rotunda, Peter Laskowich, Polo Grounds Said Ashburn: “Throneberry is the people’s choice and you now why? He typifies the Mets. He’s either great or terrible.” He paused and turned to Throneberry. “But you better not get too good,” he said. “Just drop a pop fly once in a while.” Said Throneberry: “Aw, I haven’t dropped a pop fly in a [...] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1962 Mets, Leonard Shecter, New York Giants, Peter Laskowich, Polo Grounds While my curiosity and maybe even my enthusiasm regarding the next ballpark where any of us has yet to see a ballgame inches ever wider, I used Wednesday night as the launching pad for my latest trip in the other temporal direction, to the team I never saw and the park where I never saw [...] 16 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | New York Giants, Peter Laskowich, Polo Grounds |
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