In his 1970 book, The New York Mets: The Whole Story, Leonard Koppett concluded that by 1967, “the Mets had become a deeply rooted Long Island entity,” an allusion to geographic proximity, customer base and overall vibe. The Mets played in a Queens venue situated conveniently adjacent to the parkways and expressways that fed Nassau […]
 
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. |
 3 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Basketball, Hockey, Long Island, Regional Identity If you’re familiar with Faith and Fear’s origins story, you know Jason and I “met” on an America Online board approximately 18½ years ago (a time frame not to be confused with nearly two decades, because that would be a chronological impossibility, for crissake) and we took off for Shea Stadium and points unknown from […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Blogging, Shannon Forde, The Mary Tyler Moore Show We were without power for 31 hours. Big deal, the Mets were without power most of August. Hope you and yours are all right. LB looks better surrounded by and not submerged in water. It was anything but a dark and stormy night the last time I was in my hometown of Long Beach, a place I’ve seen a lot of the last couple of days on TV as it’s become a body of water instead of merely […] It seems more than a trophy and some t-shirts should be at stake when you wear the title “World Champions”. I wanna see some real consequences, some real responsibilities. So, San Francisco Giants — if you are indeed championing all of us in this world, what the hell are you going to do about this […] 1 comment - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2012 Postseason, 2013 Mets, Giants, World Series Ending Blink and you’re missing it, this 2012 World Series. The Tigers certainly seem to have leaned on the fast-forward button without realizing it. Maybe it’s appropriate how swiftly the first three games have flown by as they’ve landed in Giants territory, and not just because record-level winds are forecast to lift America’s East Coast into the […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2012 Postseason, Gregor Blanco, Ryan Vogelsong, Sandy Amoros, Sergio Romo, Sid Fernandez, Tim Lincecum The Village Voice recently and wisely named Alex Belth of Bronx Banter New York’s best sportswriter, and it’s a pleasure to present compelling evidence: “Two Rogers,” Alex’s exploration of the intersection of Roger Kahn and Roger Angell by way of Alex’s father, Don Belth. They’re three fascinating figures, as considered by someone who knows how […] 1 comment - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alex Belth, Roger Angell, Roger Kahn, Sportswriting In Annie Hall, Alvy Singer (Woody Allen) and Annie Hall (Diane Keaton) are asked — on a split screen, by their respective therapists — to describe the frequency of their, shall we say, adult interactions with one another. “Hardly ever,” says Alvy. “Maybe three times a week.” “Constantly,” says Annie. “I’d say three times a week.” In that […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2012 Postseason, Annie Hall, Doug Fister, Madison Bumgarner, Pablo Sandoval, Prince Fielder Hindsight alert: The Mets should’ve held onto Marco Scutaro. Or they shouldn’t have let him go so soon. Certainly not for so little, which is to say for absolutely nothing. As sketchy as my recollections of Scutaro’s 75 games hitting .216 in a Mets uniform are, I do recall clearly his beginning and his end. He […] 5 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2002 Mets, 2003 Mets, 2012 Postseason, hindsight, Jim Duquette, Marco Scutaro You could’ve used the phrase, “The Tigers will meet the Giants in the World Series” in 1908, but Fred Merkle didn’t touch second, Johnny Evers pulled some shenanigans with the first baseball handy and the powers that be got suckered into calling a Giants win over the Cubs a tie, thereby compelling a makeup game […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2012 Postseason, Giants, Marco Scutaro, The Shawshank Redemption, Tigers, World Series |
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