You know how every winter of late Sandy Alderson goes to the New York Baseball Writers’ Dinner and makes a modestly clever remark about the financially deprived state of the New York Mets and you either chuckle knowingly or fume disgustedly or perhaps a bit of both? That Alderson’s quips draw as much attention as […]
 
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. |
 22 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Baseball Writers Dinner, Dennis D'Agostino, Fiddler On The Roof, Sandy Alderson, Winter On Super Bowl Sunday, we like to take our cue from the singular WNYC radio host Jonathan Schwartz and present A Salute To Baseball, though to be fair, we present A Salute To Baseball most every day. We’re a baseball blog. What else are we going to salute? It’s what we do. But it’s not […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Football, Joe Christopher, Mark Mehler, Mike Bruhert How about lunch? How about lunch with Doc Gooden? How about lunch with Doc Gooden for a compelling baseball cause? If any or all of the above intrigues you, look into what’s coming three weeks from today, Saturday, February 21, in White Plains. It’s an opportunity to spend some quality time with one of the premier […] This here’s a story about Charlie Williams, a young pitcher who seemed destined for if not big, then definitely specific things. Consider what can be gleaned about C.W. from his C.V. • Born in Flushing fourteen years before ground was broken on the stadium that would make that Queens village world-famous. • Matriculated at Great Neck South […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1971 Mets, Charlie Williams, Moment of Silence, Willie Mays The kid who made The Flip, the Say Hey Kid who made The Catch. (Photo courtesy of San Francisco Giants) Is there any better antidote to chilly days than Willie Mays? Is there any doubt that No. 24 could melt the 24 inches of snow projected to blanket our Metropolitan Area if you gave […] Ernie Banks on a 1969 baseball card shot at Shea Stadium. No way it wasn’t a beautiful day. We know what Ernie Banks, Mr. Cub, had to say about doubleheaders. Yet I thought it might be fitting to remember there was more to the man who passed away Friday eight days shy of his […] I recently found myself in a store called Healthy Alternatives, an establishment that bills itself as a “holistic center and specialty shop”. Amid all the doodads and potions designed to reduce a person’s stress hung a sign: “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” The attribution was “Unknown,” but I assume […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Expectations, Giants, Marlins, Michael Cuddyer, Nationals KVELL: To beam with pride and pleasure A Mets fan generally finds himself kvetching or kvelling. It’s tempting to kvetch about the sleepy offseason that followed the signing of Michael Cuddyer or the way the Mets apparently charge […] 16 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1969 Mets, Ed Charles, Gil Hodges, Queens Baseball Convention Some players you take an instant liking to. I took an instant liking to Wilmer Flores when he first came up two Augusts ago. He’s likable. He’s rootable. I’m rooting for him to succeed if indeed he is the Mets’ starting shortstop in the year ahead. I rooted for morning-line starting second baseman Brad Emaus […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bill Pecota, Brad Emaus, Collin Cowgill, Wilmer Flores You see all sorts of people with an interest in the Mets at the Queens Baseball Convention. This past Saturday, just inside the door and before I could unbundle my topcoat, I ran into the man they called the Rajah — Rogers Hornsby, the club’s first batting instructor in 1962. I recognized him by his […] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Ed Charles, Queens Baseball Convention, Rogers Hornsby, Winter |
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