Author: Joe D

What can you say about Mike Pelfrey that hasn’t been said already? I am running out of superlatives I can use to describe how special and how amazing his season continues to be. Last night’s performance may have been his best one yet… Nine solid innings of one run ball with eight strikeouts and no walks. A complete game three-hitter. The one run he gave up didn’t even...

As Joel Sherman of the NY Post stated in his article this morning… There are many categories you want your players to be among the league leaders. This is not one of them. The New York Mets have four relievers in the top nine in the NL in appearances. Pedro Feliciano and Aaron Heilman (68 games) are tied for third. Luis Ayala (66) was really pushed in Washington’s pen before...

Just before the start of today’s game, Jerry Manuel told reporters that the team will be closely monitoring John Maine before he makes his next start. John Maine, as most of you know by now, has a bone spur in the back of his shoulder as well as a strained rotator cuff that has already landed him on the DL once this season. Jerry Manuel said that if he does not like what he sees,...

I just finished reading this great interview Steve Serby of the NY Post conducted with Mets prospect Dan Murphy. Here are some of my favorite excerpts from the interview but please be sure to check out the full text and view the video he has too. Q: Your first home run . . . was that like walking on air? A: It was. . . . I don’t remember touching the bases. I think I touched all of...

This has been one heck of a season. It has taken me from the lowest of lows to the highest of highs. The agony and ecstasy of the 2008 season has been just that. For now, the Mets hold on to a slim 1 1/2 game lead over last seasons defending N.L. East champs, the Philadelphia Phillies. The Mets can ill afford to play what amounts to Russian roulette with the 32 games remaining in their season....