As we bask in the glory of an ever so dramatic win last night, and take in the images of all that transpired during and after one of the best games of the season thus far, it feels so good to be a Mets fan. Watching how Mike Pelfrey has evolved this season has been nothing short of spectacular. Every time he takes the mound he not only throws with even more confidence, but his maturation has...
Read MorePelted only by the game’s second and third hitters, Mike Pelfrey threw perhaps his best game of the season. For the second time in a row, our number five man to start the season, looked Seaver-esque, almost always ahead of hitters in the count, he economized on his pitches magnificently and got batters to swing and put the ball in play—almost always as outs—very early in is counts. Pelfrey did...
Read MoreIn a great pitching performance by Mike Pelfrey, the Mets continued their home winning streak, defeating the punchless Padres in 11 innings. Game Notes Mike Pelfrey was outright dominant today, letting up 1 run on 5 hits with no walks and 6 strikeouts in NINE innings. Outside of the first inning, where Pelfrey gave up 2 hits – Mike was lights out. He was throwing gas into the late innings,...
Read MoreAAA International League: Buffalo 0/1/1, Durham 7/10/0 cf Emmanuel Garcia 0 for 4, 2 Ks, .195 ss Justin Turner 0 for 3, BB, .273 dh Mike Jacobs 1 for 4, 2 Ks, .280 rf Val Pascucci 0 for 4, 2 Ks, .241 3b Mike Cervanek 0 for 3, .220 2b Russ Adams 0 for 2, BB, K, .257 lf Andy Green 0 for 2, BB, .271 1b Saloman Manriquez 0 for 3, 2 Ks, .200 c JR House 0 for 3, K, .244 Dillon Gee 4.1 IP, 8 H, 6 ER,...
Read MoreNine weeks into the season already? I can’t believe it myself. In random baseball news, Armando Galarraga threw only about the 390,000th non-perfect game in major league baseball, nothing special. John Maine is on the DL with a weak shoulder and now Perez because his knee hurts. Uh…no comment. At least he’s not taking up a roster spot anymore. We saw the return of Niese for a...
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