The Grand Slam Single & Other Baseball Stories

Hosts:  Wayne Parillo and Brendan McGrail

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Guest: Jason Fry

Celebrating the fan experience with Faithandfearinflushing.com co-founder and NY Times best selling author as he gives us with his craziest Mets story while watching a Mets game at a bar in New Orleans, his most emotional Mets memories, why he goes to games live, and R.A. Dickey and the Darth Vader outfit.

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• Introducing Jason C Fry & The Guest Host  0:21 – 0:58   
• The lengths Jason went to watching a Mets game in New Orleans and the unintended involvement of adult entertainment and beer 1:17 – 6:35
• Brendan’s most electrifying he ever watched  6:36 – 7:56
• Being at The Grand Slam Single game and Shea physically rocking 8:19 – 10:20
• The most emotional stadium reactions Jason’s witnessed: Ventura, the 10 run comeback, and post 9/11 sports & why he thought he was having a heart attack and didn’t care 10:21 – 11:24
• What keeps Jason coming back  to watch the games live 11:40 – 13:18
• Brendan on never outgrowing baseball and why you appreciate it on different levels over time 13:20 – 14:24
•  RA Dickey’s Darth Vader outfit and the naming of his bats 15:00 – 15:58
• Closing & Credits 15:59 – the End

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