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faithandfear.blogharbor.com - 2 hours ago
Making Their 'Presence' Felt
— faithandfear.blogharbor.com — Earlier this week, esteemed FAFIF commenter Kevin from Flushing sent me a link to a video report out of Minnesota regarding the new Twins ballpark with the following warning: "kick in the balls 23 seconds in" I didn't necessarily want a kick there or anywhere, but with a come-on like ... (more) Making Their 'Presence' Felt

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Amazin' Medley
faithandfear.blogharbor.com - 40 hours ago
Amazin' Medley
— faithandfear.blogharbor.com — Welcome to Flashback Friday: I Saw The Decade End , a milestone-anniversary salute to the New York Mets of 1969, 1979, 1989 and 1999. Each week, we immerse ourselves in or at least touch upon something that transpired within the Metsian realm 40, 30, 20 or 10 years ago. Amazin' or not, for the ... (more) Amazin' Medley

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faithandfear.blogharbor.com - 2 days ago
Sorry Is the Second-Hardest Part
— faithandfear.blogharbor.com — As the fires of the season from Hell cool to a low, smoldering pain, I’ve caught myself thinking about what the most agonizing part was, and I've figured it out. It was the anticipation of disaster. As the season wore wearily on, we were a beaten people by the middle innings. Then by ... (more) Sorry Is the Second-Hardest Part

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faithandfear.blogharbor.com - 3 days ago
He Got His Man
— faithandfear.blogharbor.com — Too bad the story is apocryphal. Too bad lefty Giant reliever Don Liddle — after retiring lefty Vic Wertz in Game One of the 1954 World Series with two on and none out — didn't actually declare to his teammates upon being pulled in favor of righty Marv Grissom, "I got my man." It's too bad ... (more) He Got His Man

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faithandfear.blogharbor.com - 4 days ago
The Return of Wally Backman
— faithandfear.blogharbor.com — Part of being a modern baseball fan is learning to be rational. Instead of instinctively praising grit and hustle and a dirty uniform, you look at the numbers behind the cloud of dust. Instead of automatically praising or bemoaning a move on the field or in the dugout or in the front office, you ... (more) The Return of Wally Backman

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faithandfear.blogharbor.com - 6 days ago
What the Breakfast Chicken Hatched
— faithandfear.blogharbor.com — Athletes have been known be implored to attend Bar Mitzvahs. Sometimes it's because a particular athlete is Jewish; there's a great bit in a movie called Keeping Up With The Steins about an extraordinarily competitive L.A. family trying to get then-Dodger Shawn Green to show up at their son's ... (more) What the Breakfast Chicken Hatched

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faithandfear.blogharbor.com - 8 days ago
The 83-79 Way
— faithandfear.blogharbor.com — Rarely has anything I've anticipated surpassed my expectations the way SNY's Mets Yearbook did Thursday night. The 1971 highlight film immediately became the second-best thing ever aired on the channel, behind only the 2006 division clincher. The film was titled The Winning Way , which in ... (more) The 83-79 Way

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faithandfear.blogharbor.com - 9 days ago
Helping Dave Howard Hear the Outrage
— faithandfear.blogharbor.com — Today the New York Post has a brief item about Mets fans who were expecting a 10% cut in ticket prices, but are seeing reductions that are basically a rounding error. Bart Hubbach and Jeremy Olshan quote the ever-reliable Dave Howard, who defends the apparent discrepancy as follows : "It's very ... (more) Helping Dave Howard Hear the Outrage

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faithandfear.blogharbor.com - 11 days ago
The Days After
— faithandfear.blogharbor.com — Welcome to a special Tuesday edition of Flashback Friday: I Saw The Decade End , a milestone-anniversary salute to the New York Mets of 1969, 1979, 1989 and 1999. Each week, we immerse ourselves in or at least touch upon something that transpired within the Metsian realm 40, 30, 20 or 10 years ... (more) The Days After

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faithandfear.blogharbor.com - 13 days ago
Hell is Out of Session
— faithandfear.blogharbor.com — After the events of the past few days — the Yankees winning their 27th World Series and being feted for it; the Mets doing no such thing — perhaps you wonder, what's the point? I'd love to tell you what it is, but I have no real clue. But I do have a correction to offer, specific to ... (more) Hell is Out of Session

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faithandfear.blogharbor.com - 15 days ago
SNY Prepares to Do Right By Us
— faithandfear.blogharbor.com — As trophies and t-shirts were being passed around Wednesday night on five different channels, I flipped to SNY out of curiosity. Would they be taking their New York sports mandate seriously and covering the grim doings at Yankee Stadium? Would they have something special on to cheer up the rest ... (more) SNY Prepares to Do Right By Us

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faithandfear.blogharbor.com - 15 days ago
Flash-Forward Friday: I Saw Everything End
— faithandfear.blogharbor.com — "Welcome, Mr. Fry. If you'll just follow me this way, I'll show you your suite." "OK. This is kind of a weird experience. Can you tell me ..." "It's an adjustment for everybody, sir. We've found that it's best if you take things in at your own pace. Now then, here we are. After you, ... (more) Flash-Forward Friday: I Saw Everything End

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faithandfear.blogharbor.com - 16 days ago
If You Still Love Baseball
— faithandfear.blogharbor.com — Let Manhattan clear out Friday , let the authorities spray downtown full of disinfectant Saturday and then reaffirm your love of baseball Sunday by taking Peter Laskowich's Baseball Evolution Tour from 10 AM to 1 PM. Lovely weather is forecast, and I can vouch that what Peter will show you and ... (more) If You Still Love Baseball

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faithandfear.blogharbor.com - 16 days ago
Elimination Day Has Been Postponed
— faithandfear.blogharbor.com — Mike Burke was president of New York's American League entry in 1969. When its National League counterpart clinched its first division title, he sent this telegram to M. Donald Grant: Congratulations on being number one. Am rooting for you to hang in there and take all the marbles. As a ... (more) Elimination Day Has Been Postponed

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faithandfear.blogharbor.com - 17 days ago
The First Wednesday After the First Tuesday
— faithandfear.blogharbor.com — The President returned to the White House late that night to cope with history. History...would not care at all that the Cards won the World Series that day by 4 to 3. —Theodore White, Making of the President 1964 , regarding the events of 10/15/64 On December 15, 1991, six Democratic ... (more) The First Wednesday After the First Tuesday

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faithandfear.blogharbor.com - 19 days ago
Dark Side's Callin' Now
— faithandfear.blogharbor.com — Flipping over from the encore presentation of perhaps the best episode ever of Mad Men and glimpsing the Yankees' ninth-inning rally in Game Four — the one that has all but buried the Phillies' hopes of successfully defending their 2008 championship — I thought of Luis Castillo...or "Luis ... (more) Dark Side's Callin' Now

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faithandfear.blogharbor.com - 22 days ago
Reinstate Melvin Mora
— faithandfear.blogharbor.com — In February 1998, Al Leiter became a Met. He couldn't have been happier to join the team he said he rooted hard for during his childhood, which he once referred to as "the Mike Vail years". This is really exciting for me. I feel like a little kid. All it took was Wayne Huizenga ... (more) Reinstate Melvin Mora

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faithandfear.blogharbor.com - 23 days ago
Easy Enough
— faithandfear.blogharbor.com — During the World Series player introductions Wednesday night , I wanted to figuratively shoot everybody (figuratively, of course, because I'm not nearly as violent as my baseball tendencies of late would indicate). By the ninth inning, though, I had consolidated my hatred. This wasn't hard. ... (more) Easy Enough

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faithandfear.blogharbor.com - 24 days ago
A Beautiful Ride
— faithandfear.blogharbor.com — Welcome to a special Wednesday World Series-distracting edition of Flashback Friday: I Saw The Decade End , a milestone-anniversary salute to the New York Mets of 1969, 1979, 1989 and 1999. Each week, we immerse ourselves in or at least touch upon something that transpired within the Metsian ... (more) A Beautiful Ride

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faithandfear.blogharbor.com - 25 days ago
You Never Forget Your Second
— faithandfear.blogharbor.com — Twenty-three years ago tonight I got to do something I haven't done since. I got to watch my team become champions of baseball. I didn't know it would be the last time I'd have that pleasure for at least twenty-four years. I wasn't thinking about what the future held that Monday night, ... (more) You Never Forget Your Second

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