Pelfrey Plays Stopper, Now and in the Future
nybaseballdigest.com 7/1/2009 — It has been such a pleasure to watch Mike Pelfrey develop over the past two seasons, particularly since it seemed like such an unlikely occurance as recently as spring training, 2008. Talking to him after he’d been crushed by the B-team of the Cardinals in late March, I remember seeing ...

Can't spell 'meeting' without M-E-T
subwaysquawkers.blogspot.com 7/2/2009 — John Franco offered his two cents on the Mets: It seems like, to me, they're not having fun, even when they were winning. Playing in New York, the pressure cooker here, I'm sure there's a lot of pressure on them, but they need to relax a little bit and look like they're having fun. The Mets ...

Pelfrey's folks prepared him for fatherhood | mets.com: News
newyork.mets.mlb.com 6/19/2009 — By Marty Noble / MLB.com 06/19/09 10:00 AM ET NEW YORK -- Mike Pelfrey is 6-foot-7, tall for a baseball player and tall for a son. And though his father is 5-10 and his mother 6-foot, Pelfrey looks up to both. He has since he was old enough to know ...

Mike Pelfrey’s Sinker
hardballtimes.com 6/10/2009 — A look inside how Mike Pelfrey uses his sinker and what makes it effective using pitch f/x. Click the title to read more. Click here to learn about THT's download subscriptions.

Mike Pelfrey May Have Found His Out-Pitch
amazinavenue.com 8/3/2009 — More photos » by Kathy Willens - AP Browse more photos » Exactly one month ago, after Mike Pelfrey threw a career-high 22 sliders against the Brewers , I ...

New York Mets' Mike Pelfrey has heated exchange with Philadelphia Phillies' Chase Utley
nj.com 6/11/2009 — Teammates, coaches appreciate fiery side of normally reserved lefty

Mets Lose 11-6
metsfansforever.com 6/4/2009 — Author: Drew Costello On a day where Mike Pelfrey clearly did not have his best stuff, the Mets got swept out of Pittsburgh by a score of 11 to 6. Pelfrey gave up 9 runs, 8 earned on 9 hits, while walking 4 in only 3.2 innings. Most of the damage done to Pelfrey was done in the first inning ...

New York Mets' Mike Pelfrey seeks help from sports psychologist, other pitchers to avoid further balks
nj.com 5/23/2009 — BOSTON -- Mike Pelfrey doesn't like to brag much about personal statistics, but there was one from his college days at Wichita State he couldn't help but bring up Friday. "I set the school record for balks," Pelfrey said. "I...

What Happened To Mike Pelfrey’s Strikeout Rate?
metsmerizedonline.com 8/18/2009 — When Omar Minaya decided that Mike Pelfrey would slide into the number two spot in the rotation, many of us had raised eyebrows to say the least. Even though I would have rather seen Pelfrey hold down the fort at the bottom of the rotation I figured that maybe there was a slim chance that ...

Mike Pelfrey to name his son ‘Chase’
theropolitans.com 6/19/2009 — This nugget is just too good to pass up . The doctors have told the first-time parents their child will be a boy -- but only after they had been told a girl was on the way. Pelfrey called Angela from the clubhouse in Spring Training. She told him, "We're gonna have a girl." Pelfrey ...

Pelfrey helps Mets break slide, beat Brewers 1-0 — Boston.com -- Baseball News 7/1/2009
Mike Pelfrey bailed the New York Mets out of a season-worst losing streak, overcoming a career-high 12 strikeouts by young Milwaukee Brewers ace Yovani Gallardo in a 1-0 victory Wednesday.

PELFREY GETS METS MUCH-NEEDED WIN — NY Post: Sports 7/1/2009
> MILWAUKEE -- Mike Pelfrey bailed the Mets out of a season-worst losing streak, overcoming a career-high 12 strikeouts by young Milwaukee Brewers ace Yovani Gallardo in a 1-0 victory Wednesday. Pelfrey (6-3) gave up six hits and two walks ...

Mets 1, Brewers 0: Pelfrey Helps Mets End 5-Game Skid — NYT > Baseball 7/1/2009
Mike Pelfrey, who pitched seven and two-thirds innings, neutralized an equally dominant performance by Milwaukee’s ace, Yovani Gallardo, who struck out 12.

Mets 1, Brewers 0: Buy, buy, buy — Surfing the Mets - NY Daily News Blogs 7/1/2009
Mike Pelfrey (pictured right) matched a season-high total by tossing 7 2/3 innings to outduel Yovani Gallardo as the Mets snapped a five-game losing streak with a 1-0 win against the Brewers on Wednesday afternoon. Pelfrey actually felt right ...

Pelfrey outduels Gallardo as Mets beat Brewers 1-0 — Newsday.com - Mets 7/2/2009
MILWAUKEE - His team in a tailspin, and Brewers' ace Yovani Gallardo primed to complete a sweep at Miller Park, Jerry Manuel's sense of timing seemed off in calling for a postgame meeting late Tuesday night. For a guy who is known to read the writings ...