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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.

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Take Me Out to Olympic Stadium

by on 5 March 2010 5:31 pm

Welcome to Flashback Friday: Take Me Out to 34 Ballparks, a celebration, critique and countdown of every major league ballpark one baseball fan has been fortunate enough to visit in a lifetime of going to ballgames.

BALLPARK: Olympic Stadium
HOME TEAM: Montreal Expos
VISITS: 1
VISITED: June 16, 1987
CHRONOLOGY: 5th of 34
RANKING: 34th of 34

Two things strike me as […]

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Last Man Standing

by on 9 January 2010 9:00 am

Yesterday Greg and I exchanged a brief flurry of emails. I found myself wanting to write something about the Montreal Expos. He had been gripped by the same need, and was already working on this.

Not a surprise; stuff like that happens when you’re both baseball fanatics like-minded enough to share a blog, even when there’s […]

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Little Orphan Expo

by on 8 January 2010 4:58 pm

Andre Dawson’s election to the Hall of Fame conjures up a most frightening vision of a very scary slugger with a terribly lethal bat ready to destroy the next innocent baseball a New York Mets pitcher throws his way. I’ve read grumbles and snorts that Dawson’s career on-base percentage is too low to be worthy […]

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Wrong Date, Pretty Boy

by on 8 June 2007 6:40 pm

If you’re flipping through channels and come upon a rerun you haven’t watched in a long time, then it must be Flashback Friday at Faith and Fear in Flushing.

No fictional character in the popular culture — not Sidd Finch, not Chico Escuela, not Oscar Madison — has done more to enhance the Metropolitan legend than […]

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