 
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. Need our RSS feed? It's here. Use Facebook? Come check out our page, or drop by the personal pages for Greg and Jason. Or follow us on Twitter: Here's Greg, and here's Jason. |
It’s the golden hour for John Buck right now, that fleeting interregnum when the journeyman is master craftsman. It is a time to be savored. John Buck drives in nine runs in five games, four of them in his fifth game to propel the Mets to a Saturday victory. John Buck draws a roughing the catcher penalty [...] Pitchers are the early objects of attention and, potentially, affection at Spring Training. Catchers tag along dutifully. Yet it would be athletically incorrect to frame them that way, so we politely refer to this golden interval in the dead of winter as Pitchers & Catchers. Most years, it could be Pitchers & Pitchbacks for all [...]  18 comments - (Comments closed) | |  Print This Post |  Brian Schneider, John Buck, Mets Catchers, Mike Piazza, Pulp Fiction, Travis d'Arnaud, Yogi Berra Sure the season is shot, but at least we get a chance to take a good, long look at Josh Thole! Never mind throwback uniforms from 1989 (technically 1988 to 1992 for us, but it was the Padres’ party, so whatever). It’s 2010 all over again on the Mets’ schedule. It might as well be in [...] 7 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Alex Trevino, Andres Torres, Carlos Quentin, Henry Blanco, Josh Thole, Mets Catchers, Padres, Rod Barajas, Ronny Cedeno, Scott Hairston, Yonder Alonso “Hello, Mr. Santos. I’m not sure if you remember me…” 15 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Ben Chapman, Chris Coste, Henry Blanco, Josh Thole, Mets Catchers, Omir Santos, Shawn Riggans, Steve Carlton When acknowledging assumptions as mistaken, Bob Murphy philosophized, “That’s why they put erasers on pencils.” You can use the same device to erase all the 6-4-3′s you’d already scratched into your scorebooks for all the double plays Bengie Molina was going to hit into as the Met catcher this season. Scratch ‘em out — Molina’s [...] 6 comments - (Comments closed) | | Print This Post | Bengie Molina, Chris Coste, Henry Blanco, Josh Thole, Mets Catchers, Omir Santos |
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