Before any of us could have known what the last day of this season would represent for all time, it was just going to be the last day of the season. I like to go to the last day of the season, probably even more than the first day of the season, though I like […]
 
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. |
 21 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  2007 Mets, Closing Day, Collapse, Disappointment, Shea Stadium If you can’t find you or anyone like you portrayed in an overblown, cartoonishly acted eight-part series about a time you remember living through, too, relax — it’s Flashback Friday at Faith and Fear in Flushing. Except for one month as a telemarketer my junior year in college (we sold memberships to the Hillsborough County Police […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1977 Mets, Flashback Friday, Newsday, Shea Stadium “Greg? Is that you?” “Um, yeah. Hi Shea.” “Where have you been all Friday? You missed the day-night doubleheader on TV. The Mets swept!” “I heard. Great for us.” “You must’ve heard. You have an extra-big smile on your face.” “Sure. I’m always happy when the Mets take two.” “From the Phillies, no less.” “Yeah, I guess that’s who they played.” “You guess! […] If it’s exactly 20 years since the night your life changed forever for the better, then it’s Flashback Friday at Faith and Fear in Flushing. On that May 11 as on this May 11, the Mets were of paramount importance to me. But on that May 11 as on this May 11, some things were more […] When their season began, they were nobody. When it ended, they were somebody. If it’s the first Friday of the month, then we’re remembering them in this special 1997 Mets edition of Flashback Friday. Ten years, seven Fridays. This is one of them. “I have often thought,” allowed Theodore White, one of my favorite authors, “that […] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1997 Mets, Flashback Friday, John Olerud, Rick Reed, Shea Stadium, Todd Hundley The wind chill was punishing. The men’s room line was eternal. The reconfigured commutation hub was a headscratcher. The manager’s decision to allow his shakiest reliever to face the opponent’s most dangerous slugger with an open base and two out was curious. But all that goes in the “never mind that right now” file thanks to […] 25 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 2007 Mets, Jimmy Rollins, Mets Home Opener, Shea Stadium When their season began, they were nobody. When it ended, they were somebody. If it’s the first Friday of the month, then we’re remembering them in this special 1997 Mets edition of Flashback Friday. Ten years, seven Fridays. This is one of them. If these Julio Franco times, when ballplayer age is such an elastic yardstick, could […] 13 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | 1997 Mets, Flashback Friday, Jackie Robinson, Retired Numbers, Shea Stadium Last year, according to the company Web site, Citigroup, its subsidiaries and its foundation gave more than $126 million to philanthropic causes worldwide. Even though a corporate name on the Mets ballpark strikes some of us as not quite kosher, I thought it was worth pointing that out. There are also a few things worth mentioning […] In the twenty seasons they called it home, I never visited Shea Stadium to see the Jets play. It never came up as a possibility or as a desire. I wasn’t a committed Jets fan (a redundancy) until I was 15 and the mechanics of seeing an NFL game in person, even though the Jets […] The roads of Rome stood for two thousand years and more; who would predict less for the roads of Moses? Who would predict less for his Shea Stadium, a structure consciously shaped to resemble Rome’s Colosseum…? —Robert Caro, “The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York,” 1974 The DiamondVision menu was classed up […] 21 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Nikon Camera Mets Player of the Year, Shea Stadium |
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