Mike Pelfrey: How Ya Doin’ There, Big Guy?

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The Scorecard: Pete Rose and the most disturbing photo ever
Published 5/8/2008 at Big League Stew
... old groundskeeper at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium, died this week. Here's an interesting article on how he made things much easier for Brooks Robinson back in the day. [Roch Around The Clock] • Peter Gammons believes that Albert Pujols owes a lot to Barry Bonds. [Bugs & Cranks] • Does Ned Yost have a tattoo? If so, what does it look like? [Chuckie Hacks] • Mike Pelfrey continues to frustrate Mets fans. [Mets Geek] • A video tribute to the game's true heroes  ... the beer vendors [ ...

Blog: Analyzing Mike Pelfrey
Published 5/8/2008 by Mike Nichols at MetsBlog.com
Over at Metsgeek, Jeff Mathews analyzes Mike Pelfrey’s performance this season using a variety of statistics, including the very impressive use of Pitch-F/X data. Based on the data Mathews believes Pelfrey should try pitching backwards, writing: “Right now, Pelfrey is throwing a first-pitch fastball more than 80% of the time. Instead, maybe he should try to get ahead of the hitters with a get-me-over slider, and then finish the ‘em off with that moving fastball. I mean, why not? Whatever he’s doing now isn’t working, so why not try something different?” …i’ve followed pelfrey’s ...

THT Live:Picking apart Pelfrey
Published 5/8/2008 by Dave Studeman at The Hardball Times
Picking apart Pelfrey by Dave Studeman May 08, 2008 MetsGeek has a nice little post about Mike Pelfrey and his lack of anything besides a fastball . Dave is the manager of the ...