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Pelfrey's folks prepared him for fatherhood | mets.com: News
Pelfrey's folks prepared him for fatherhood | mets.com: News
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 what he was looking at -- and for parents who ...
We’ll Die Fighting
We’ll Die Fighting
mets.gearupforsports.com — I came across this post in the blogosphere today and, honestly, it gave me chills. Doug Branch... from Mets Merized Online wrote a great article about the fighting spirit of this depleted Mets team . Branch comments about how well the Mets fought off the Cardinals on Monday night and that ... (more) We’ll Die Fighting
Mike Pelfrey to name his son ‘Chase’
Mike Pelfrey to name his son ‘Chase’
theropolitans.com — 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 ... (more) Mike Pelfrey to name his son ‘Chase’
Game Recap: Mets 6 – Orioles 4
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theropolitans.com — 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 ... (more) Game Recap: Mets 6 – Orioles 4
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Mike Pelfrey to name his son ‘Chase’
The 'Ropolitans | NY Mets Baseball Blog — 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 was surprised. "I had my mind set on having a boy," Pelfrey said. "But I made the adjustment. I started thinking it would be cool to have a little girl. "Then [five months into Angela's pregnancy] I was all for it, so when they said, 'No, it's a boy,' it was a little disappointing. I had my mindset on having a girl. But I got over that, too. ...

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Mets-Prospectus — MLB.com -Pelrey’s Folks Prepared Him for Fatherhood “I had my mind set on having a boy,” Pelfrey said. “But I made the adjustment. I started thinking it would be cool to have a little girl. “Then [five months into Angela's pregnancy] I was all for it, so when they said, ‘No, it’s a boy,’ it was a little disappointing. I had my mindset on having a girl. But I got over that, too. Now I just want a healthy baby.” The chosen name for the boy is Chase — as in Utley, but baby Pelfrey won’t be named after the Phillies’ second baseman. It was suggested to the father-to-be, his son could ...

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