If ever a cold January morning called for a round of the Mexican Hat Dance, this is it. It’s a good time to hear Jane Jarvis on the Thomas Organ welcoming us to Shea Stadium. It’s a good time to lean forward in anticipation of an afternoon in the sun with the Mets and a […]
 
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. |
The Mets enjoyed a statistically familiar Opening Day. Yet I enjoyed a very unusual one. They opened at Great American Ball Park. Yet I watched them at Citi Field. They were led by Johan Santana, Daniel Murphy and Frankie Rodriguez. Yet I was awed by Mookie Wilson, Ed Kranepool and Ed Charles…and Cow-Bell Man. Can’t […]  8 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Citi Field, Cow-Bell Man, Ed Charles, Ed Kranepool, Mets Opening Day, Mookie Wilson, Shea Stadium “You’ve got your new address here. There really isn’t anything else you need.” “Hold up. That’s it?” “Sure. You’re golden now.” “I don’t get it.” “It’s not unexpected. You’re not the first one to move here and be a little frazzled from the whole experience. But honestly, you don’t need anything else.” “How about an explanation?” “That’s fair. I tend to […] “I guess it looks as if you’re reorganizing your records. What is this though? Chronological?” “No…” “Not alphabetical…” “Nope…” “What?” “Autobiographical.” “No fucking way.” —Dick, amazed by Rob, in High Fidelity For my 46th birthday today, which coincides with the end of the final calendar year in which baseball was played at Shea Stadium, I am giving myself the gift of one more […] Though the theme was clear enough, this year’s Flashback Friday execution was, by design, something of a scattershot affair. My assignment was to delve into The Log, the Steno Notebook in which I wrote down the result of every game I ever attended at Shea Stadium. I would glance through it, see what captured my […] That nifty Shea Stadium Final Season logo we saw everywhere we looked for six months did the math for us: 1964-2008. The operable portion of that equation expired on September 28, yet we do have a few days left in what is still — technically — Shea Stadium’s final calendar year. Thus, before we chronologically […] Welcome to the final edition of Flashback Friday: Tales From The Log, a final-season tribute to Shea Stadium as viewed primarily through the prism of what I saw there for myself, namely 402 regular-season and 13 postseason games in total. The Log recorded the numbers. The Tales tell the stories. 10/3/04 Su Montreal 13-12 Gl@v!ne 4 […] 8 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2004 Mets, Art Howe, Bar Mitzvah, Closing Day, Expos, Flashback Friday, Joe Hietpas, John Franco, Moonlight Graham, Shea Stadium, The 7 Train, Todd Zeile Welcome to Flashback Friday: Tales From The Log, a final-season tribute to Shea Stadium as viewed primarily through the prism of what I saw there for myself, namely 402 regular-season and 13 postseason games in total. The Log recorded the numbers. The Tales tell the stories. 9/28/08 Su Florida 17-18 Perez 18 218-184 L […] 18 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2008 Mets, Ballpark Goodbyes, Closing Day, Flashback Friday, Shea Stadium Two things are wrong with the 75 Greatest Moments at Shea Presented by Nikon ballot. 1) The non-baseball stuff. 2) The baseball stuff. Otherwise, it’s perfect. Only kidding. There’s lots wrong with this vote — or “multimedia platform” as the press release refers to it — to determine the greatest moment at Shea Stadium, starting with the definition of […] Welcome to Flashback Friday: Tales From The Log, a final-season tribute to Shea Stadium as viewed primarily through the prism of what I have seen there for myself, namely 359 regular-season and 13 postseason games to date. The Log records the numbers. The Tales tell the stories. 4/8/08 Tu Philadelphia 16-19 Perez 10 195-164 L 5-2 The […] 4 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Flashback Friday, Mets Home Opener, Shea Stadium, Stephen Sondheim |
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