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 ...

About Damn Time!
theballclub.blogspot.com 7/2/2009 — I think part of my problem as a Mets fan is that, between my own negativity, the phone calls from my insane co-worker, and the incessant listening to WFAN, combined with the Mets' performance of the past several days and I start to think that the Mets are never going to win another game. Of ...

Cora’s Great Play
mostlymets.golddave.com 6/18/2009 — In the 7th inning of last night’s game Mets shortstop Alex Cora made a tremendous play diving toward the outfield grass on his third base side and flipping the ball to second base backhanded from his knees while facing left field to complete a force play at second. Click here to watch the ...

Game Recap: Mets 6 – Orioles 4
theropolitans.com 6/17/2009 — It’s never, ever easy. The New York Mets (33-29) beat the Baltimore Orioles (27-37) by a score of 6-4. Mike Pelfrey set down the first 11 batters that faced him before giving up a single to Nick Markakis in the fourth inning.  Pelfrey got into trouble in the fifth, but struck out Brian ...

Another Met injured
novafantasysports.com 7/23/2009 — Update: Veteran shortstop Alex Cora is the latest potential casualty after aggravating the torn ligament in his right thumb that he had been gamely playing on for almost two months. Cora, who hurt the thumb again Tuesday night while taking a relay throw from right fielder Jeff Francoeur, was ...

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 ...

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

Frustrated Veterans
nleastchatter.com 7/5/2009 — Hat tip to Metsfan4decades for this: The frustration of the team is starting to leak out - in more than one area. Cora quoted: “It’s kind of comical… Every time you put on ESPN, they’re making fun of us. Instead of being in the Top 10 plays, we’re on the worst 10 plays. It gets to the ...

Bad blood in the Subway series
blitzcorner.com 6/28/2009 — NEW YORK – Alex Cora might as well have been swinging a licorice stick. That's how effective his bat had been every time he stepped into the box and looked out at pitcher A.J. Burnett. Cora was 0-for-19 against Burnett, with seven strikeouts, and so of course Cora's manager did the only sensible ...

Friday night's lineup — Surfing the Mets - NY Daily News Blogs 7/3/2009
Here's the lineup that will face Rodrigo Lopez on Friday night as the Mets, as hard as it may be to believe, can catch the Phillies in the NL East standings: Cora, ss Murphy, 1b Wright, 3b Sheffield, rf Church, cf Tatis, 2b Evans, lf ...

Playing Omar: Players Who Could Save The Mets Season — Bleacher Report - MLB 7/4/2009
With the first half of the 2009 baseball season reaching an end, it is time to start looking towards the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline, as the the contenders begin to deperate themselves from the pretenders. With the New York Mets, the story for ...

Perez back to the bigs — Surfing the Mets - NY Daily News Blogs 7/4/2009
Oliver Perez has rejoined the Mets in advance of his activation, for what's confirmed as a start on Wednesday against the Dodgers. Here's the lineup for Saturday's matchup with the Phillies: Castillo, 2b Cora, ss Wright, 3b Sheffield, rf ...

Phillies 4, Mets 1: Fielding is fundamental — Surfing the Mets - NY Daily News Blogs 7/5/2009
The Mets’ 4-1 loss to the Phillies on Saturday can’t particularly be blamed on the sloppiness, but the continued fielding woes were the most alarming facet as the Mets again dropped two games under .500. The Mets let two foul pop-ups ...

Phillies 4, Mets 1: Mets Flaunt Weakness High in Air for All to See — NYT > Baseball 7/5/2009
In what is becoming a trend, the Mets bungled two pop-ups in the sixth inning of a loss to the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday.