On the afternoon of October 11, 1986, I was watching the third game of the National League Championship Series. It was the bottom of the ninth inning and the Houston Astros were leading the New York Mets 5-4 and about to go up two games to one with Mike Scott scheduled to pitch the next […]
 
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. |
Relieve the Greatest Hits of 1986, as told in Flashback Friday throughout the 2006 season…. Overture Le Bel Age Mad About You Human Higher Love Danger Zone Sanctify Yourself When The Heart Rules The Mind Live To Tell The Sweetest Taboo We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off The Rain Absolute Beginners Manic Monday When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going One Hit to the Body Sledgehammer The Next Time […] Welcome to Flashback Friday, a weekly feature devoted to the 20th anniversary of the 2006 National League Eastern Division Champion New York Mets. Twenty years. Countless Fridays. This is one of them. As I recall my beloved 2006 Mets here one more time from the vantage point of two decades on — just as I’ve been […]  24 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  1986 Mets, 1986 World Series, 2006 Mets, 2006 NLCS, Carlos Beltran, Endy Chavez, Flashback Friday, Jesse Orosco, Keith Hernandez, Oliver Perez, Sid Fernandez Welcome to a special pre-Game Six edition of Flashback Friday, a weekly feature devoted to the 20th anniversary of the 1986 World Champion New York Mets. Twenty years, 43 Fridays. This, because sometimes it’s imperative that you go on short rest, is one of them. Stupid Grape Nut Flakes. I’m never eating them again. What the […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1986 Mets, 1986 World Series, Bill Buckner, Flashback Friday, Mookie Wilson Welcome to Flashback Friday, a weekly feature devoted to the 20th anniversary of the 1986 World Champion New York Mets. Twenty years. Forty-three Fridays. This is one of them. Over these past 40 (as in American Top 40) Fridays, including this one, nobody has mentioned it to me. I can only assume it’s so obvious […] 9 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1986 Mets, 1986 World Series, Flashback Friday, Top 500 Songs Welcome to Flashback Friday, a weekly feature devoted to the 20th anniversary of the 1986 World Champion New York Mets. Twenty years. Forty-three Fridays. This is one of them. You know who wanted the Astros to beat the Mets in 1986? George Bush. Both of them. The elder Bush was the vice president at the time. His home away […] 11 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1986 Mets, 1986 NLCS, Bob Knepper, Bobby Ojeda, Charlie Kerfeld, Danny Heep, Dave Smith, Dwight Gooden, Flashback Friday, Gary Carter, George H.W. Bush, Jesse Orosco, Keith Hernandez, Kevin Bass, Lenny Dykstra, Mike Scott, Nolan Ryan, Philip Roth, Rick Aguilera, Roger McDowell Congratulations go out to David Anderson, Jr., who dug up all 20 correct answers to our Flashback Friday quiz. He wins the A&E Home Video release, The New York Mets Vintage World Series Films DVD, featuring the 1969 and 1986 triumphs to end all triumphs…except, hopefully, for another triumph that will arrive in short order. […] Welcome to Flashback Friday, a weekly feature devoted to the 20th anniversary of the 1986 World Champion New York Mets. Twenty years. Forty-three Fridays. This is one of them. The regular season ended as it began, with the Mets conquering the Pirates. From Lenny Dykstra drawing a walk off Rick Reuschel on April 8 in […] Welcome to Flashback Friday, a weekly feature devoted to the 20th anniversary of the 1986 World Champion New York Mets. Twenty years. Forty-three Fridays. This is one of them. In the days following the Mets’ clinching of the 1986 National League East, much was made of the horrible shape the field was in and the horrible shape […] 3 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1986 Division Clinching, 1986 Mets, Flashback Friday Welcome to Flashback Friday, a weekly feature devoted to the 20th anniversary of the 1986 World Champion New York Mets. Twenty years. Forty-three Fridays. This is one of them. Two of the many things I didn’t know much about in 1986 were blank VHS cassettes and domestic champagne. But I knew I needed both. It was […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1986 Division Clinching, 1986 Mets, Flashback Friday |
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