New York Mets starting pitcher Mike Pelfrey (11-6) started this season finally living up to the moniker “Big Pelf.” Through June 25th Pelfrey was 10-2 with a 2.71 ERA. Then he morphed into “Lil’ Pelf.” From June 30th through his last start August 4th Pelfrey was 0-4 with a 9.00 ERA. But tonight he threw a career high 122 pitches over 7 shutout innings striking out 4 while allowing 4 hits and 1 walk. Then in the bottom of the 7th Mets reserve outfielder Chris Carter led off by taking a 4-pitch walk from Cy Young-candidate Ubaldo Jimenez (17-3) the Colorado Rockies starter. Perhaps due to an earlier interesting slide by Carter on a failed hit-and-run play Jerry Manuel sent in Jeff Francoeur to pinch-run for Carter. Josh Thole then doubled to deep right moving Francoeur to 3rd base. After Ruben Tejada struck out pinch-hitter Carlos Beltran was intentionally walked to load the bases. The next batter, Jose Reyes, hit a fly ball to deep right for a sacrifice fly that ultimately made Pelfrey a winner for the 1st time since June 25th. Newly minted “8th inning guy” Hisanori Takahashi and closer Francisco Rodriguez sent the last six batters down in order to finish off the game with Rodriguez recording his 25th save. Final score New York 1, Colorado 0. The shutout victory was the Mets 16th of the season which leads MLB.
Aug 10
Post Game: The Return of the Big Pelfrey
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81 comments
stickguy
8/10/2010-10:12pm at 10:12 pm (UTC -4)
runs would certainly be nice, but right now, and win in a storm!
njstuckintx
8/10/2010-10:13pm at 10:13 pm (UTC -4)
The Giant create more offense than the Mets. yikes.
Mr North Jersey
8/10/2010-10:14pm at 10:14 pm (UTC -4)
What do I take from this game?
Pelfrey pitching great fightin to finish to show his early success was no fluke.
KRod pitching a 1-2-3 inning more than getting the save.
Carter getting a hit (How ya doin there Kingy?) LoL
Mets gettin to .500? sure why not though gettin the 1st pick in the draft would not be so bad.
I kid I kid I kid.
Kingman 26
8/10/2010-10:33pm at 10:33 pm (UTC -4)
Hey my friend I root for him every AB!!
Would LOVE to be as wrong about him as I was about Dickey!
The Animal has indeed been fairly animalistic lately…which I am pretty sure is a good thing.
Pelf and KRod looked great, on pace for an amazing 23 team shutouts…hope for 2011 is up tonight.
Mr North Jersey
8/10/2010-10:34pm at 10:34 pm (UTC -4)
You know I am only messing with you though right Kingy? Its all in good fun.
Kingman 26
8/10/2010-10:39pm at 10:39 pm (UTC -4)
Of course I know, it most definitely IS in good fun and please don’t stop.
And may The Animal continue producing.
Mr North Jersey
8/10/2010-10:41pm at 10:41 pm (UTC -4)
gategem
8/10/2010-11:47pm at 11:47 pm (UTC -4)
What is this; a remake of The Boys in the Band?
metsfan4decades
8/10/2010-10:15pm at 10:15 pm (UTC -4)
LOL….love the Pink Panther. Dang…now I’ll have that theme song running through my mind.
Honestly, I wrote this off as a loss going in, between Jimenez and our line-up.
And THIS is why I watch all games.
Our offense still non existent but it was Jimenez and the junior core.
Props to Big Pelf. Was very happy to see this turn around tonight. Bobby O quite impressed with him as well.
Mr North Jersey
8/10/2010-10:17pm at 10:17 pm (UTC -4)
Seems like when we shut the other team out we win.
trs86
8/10/2010-10:28pm at 10:28 pm (UTC -4)
Thanks Larry Bird.
Mr North Jersey
8/10/2010-10:30pm at 10:30 pm (UTC -4)
Mr North Jersey
8/10/2010-10:18pm at 10:18 pm (UTC -4)
I still have to ask will the Mets win 71 games?
stickguy
8/10/2010-10:47pm at 10:47 pm (UTC -4)
well more
njstuckintx
8/10/2010-10:19pm at 10:19 pm (UTC -4)
Carlos Beltran Clears waivers, per MLBTR
trs86
8/10/2010-10:29pm at 10:29 pm (UTC -4)
forgone conclusion.
njstuckintx
8/10/2010-10:34pm at 10:34 pm (UTC -4)
I hit up a brazilian restraurant this afternoon so was out of the loop. just making sure all are in the know. And yeah, no big surprise on that one.
gategem
8/10/2010-11:55pm at 11:55 pm (UTC -4)
I love Brazilian food and I love the country. Brazil has the best looking girls wearing the smallest bikinis in the world. But I don’t understand Portuguese.
Mr North Jersey
8/10/2010-10:20pm at 10:20 pm (UTC -4)
Great job by Krod and Big Pelf! Another 1-0 win beating Jimenez. Mets lead majors with 16 shutout wins. So they got that going for em.
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njstuckintx
8/10/2010-10:21pm at 10:21 pm (UTC -4)
Love that line. “so they got that going for them.” Conjurs visions of bill murray.
Kingman 26
8/10/2010-10:42pm at 10:42 pm (UTC -4)
The Dalai Lama is a big hitter…
metsfan4decades
8/10/2010-10:20pm at 10:20 pm (UTC -4)
It’s official…so said Jerry on post game show. Taka not pitching Saturday. In fact if the opportunity affords itself tomorrow again, he’ll be back out there for the 8th.
So…who is called up to pitch Saturday’s game and who goes down?
And for those of you telling me it’ll be Ollie pitching Saturday, please don’t ruin my good feeling off this win tonight…..
Mr North Jersey
8/10/2010-10:21pm at 10:21 pm (UTC -4)
lol to take a line from a Disney movie, “Please don’t ruin 4D’s Groove.”
metsfan4decades
8/10/2010-10:26pm at 10:26 pm (UTC -4)
LOL..
If Ollie pitches on Saturday they should raise a white flag under the American flag…..
njstuckintx
8/10/2010-10:28pm at 10:28 pm (UTC -4)
Please don’t joke like that.
metsfan4decades
8/10/2010-10:34pm at 10:34 pm (UTC -4)
Opps…I meant no disrespect to this great US of A.
njstuckintx
8/10/2010-10:38pm at 10:38 pm (UTC -4)
haha, was more, please don’t joke about ollie coming back. i didn’t want nightmares.
metsfan4decades
8/10/2010-10:39pm at 10:39 pm (UTC -4)
hahaha – I hear ya on that.
Kingman 26
8/10/2010-10:44pm at 10:44 pm (UTC -4)
HAHA! I totally took that the same way that MF4D did!
oleosmirf
8/10/2010-10:31pm at 10:31 pm (UTC -4)
lol luckily Misch’s early departure pretty much assures us he will be called up.
trs86
8/10/2010-10:30pm at 10:30 pm (UTC -4)
I have a post going up at 11:00 about that. I was thinking the same thing.
It’s either Misch and someone is going down or it’s Perez.
Misch was pulled after only 5 innings tonight and Rubin speculated that is why.
Mr North Jersey
8/10/2010-10:20pm at 10:20 pm (UTC -4)
did i hear jerry say taka won’t start saturday?
Mr North Jersey
8/10/2010-10:24pm at 10:24 pm (UTC -4)
Left-hander Pat Misch was pulled after tossing five scoreless innings from Triple-A Buffalo’s game at Lehigh Valley, the Phillies’ Triple-A affiliate. Misch had only thrown 55 pitches, signaling he could be brought back on short rest and make his 2010 Mets debut on Saturday. That would allow the Mets to keep Hisanori Takahashi in the bullpen.
http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/mets/post/_/id/8266/misch-promotion-looming?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
oleosmirf
8/10/2010-10:30pm at 10:30 pm (UTC -4)
yup seems like his long overdue 2010 Mets debut is upon us. Of course Ollie SHOULD be released but i’m fine with them sending down Valdes.
hopefully when rosters expand, De la Torre and O’Conner can be called up and see what they can do in the big leagues.
Mr North Jersey
8/10/2010-10:33pm at 10:33 pm (UTC -4)
So what are the odds Ollie goes in this Friday complaining of pain in the shoulder so the Mets can dl him?
metsfan4decades
8/10/2010-10:36pm at 10:36 pm (UTC -4)
Works for me.
oleosmirf
8/10/2010-10:38pm at 10:38 pm (UTC -4)
zero. its gonna be Valdes, another long overdue move.
Mr North Jersey
8/10/2010-10:41pm at 10:41 pm (UTC -4)
Valdes, Valdes… nope doesn’t register.
Mr North Jersey
8/10/2010-10:29pm at 10:29 pm (UTC -4)
It’s a shame in retrospect that the Mets didn’t make some of these moves when it still may have mattered like maybe back on July 26 just before the home stand. Who am i kidding though it probably wouldn’t of made a difference.
Hindsight is 20/20 right?
Mr North Jersey
8/10/2010-10:36pm at 10:36 pm (UTC -4)
Beltran looks like was told for the good of the team you have to sit more than you’d like.
My question is why now?
Season’s over right?
Shouldn’t Beltran play so he can get hopefully get better?
njstuckintx
8/10/2010-10:37pm at 10:37 pm (UTC -4)
Shouldn’t Beltran just sit and heal more thoroughly?
Mr North Jersey
8/10/2010-10:38pm at 10:38 pm (UTC -4)
if that’s the case then dl him no?
njstuckintx
8/10/2010-10:40pm at 10:40 pm (UTC -4)
Would be ideal, in my mind. Coming in Cold turkey at 50% doesn’t seem to be working all that well. The white flag is basically up. Why not heal up and be ready to play for one last contract, no?
njstuckintx
8/10/2010-10:43pm at 10:43 pm (UTC -4)
And really, it is microfracture surgery. it really takes a full year to be back up to speed.
stickguy
8/10/2010-10:52pm at 10:52 pm (UTC -4)
cold turkey? He got as many game ABs (if not more) as he would have gotten in ST. and said he felt fine.
did you want him to look out for him and boras and refuse to come back at all?
And TX, it was never confirmed to be MF surgery (actually, I thought they denied it). And likely he would still not be back.
njstuckintx
8/10/2010-10:57pm at 10:57 pm (UTC -4)
I could have sworn it was microfracture. If not, then my bad. Tracy McGrady had microfracture and was back in 9 months time. Granted I hate basketball, it is on the radio all the time here in houston. So, maybe I had that on the mind. Anywho, I guess the thoughts on my mind (other than procrastination for work) is that he’s not comfortable at all with that brace and stuff still ain’t right with him physically. If it gets him back where he can be really good again, DL him for the year. If it is what it is, won’t get better and this is what we got, play away, I guess.
Mr North Jersey
8/10/2010-11:00pm at 11:00 pm (UTC -4)
Of course the dodgers score 15 runs off the Phillies.
gategem
8/11/2010-12:30am at 12:30 am (UTC -4)
Did the Dodgers win?
oleosmirf
8/10/2010-10:38pm at 10:38 pm (UTC -4)
great to see F-Mart have a pretty good game, Pelfrey throw a gem and Takahashi finally get his long overdue chance to be the 8th inning guy.
hopefully Misch makes the most of this opportunity but this move should have been made at least a month ago…
Mr North Jersey
8/10/2010-10:38pm at 10:38 pm (UTC -4)
i agree 100%
Kingman 26
8/10/2010-10:46pm at 10:46 pm (UTC -4)
Me too.
Love the kids and FMart and Thole looked very good.
I pray Jerry keeps playing them every day.
oleosmirf
8/10/2010-10:49pm at 10:49 pm (UTC -4)
yea hopefully we find a way to move Francouer and move on from that…
Mr North Jersey
8/10/2010-10:40pm at 10:40 pm (UTC -4)
My God Thole looks like a teenager.
metsfan4decades
8/10/2010-10:42pm at 10:42 pm (UTC -4)
LOL…Brandon Phillips.
Johnny Quato kicking his way out of that mob like a little kid….
Mr North Jersey
8/10/2010-10:47pm at 10:47 pm (UTC -4)
So Brandon Phillips doesn’t like the Cardinals? I don’t see why that is such an issue? I don’t like the Phillies.
Mr North Jersey
8/10/2010-10:48pm at 10:48 pm (UTC -4)
Francoeur trade rumors?
Mr North Jersey
8/10/2010-10:52pm at 10:52 pm (UTC -4)
NEW YORK — Benched to make room for a 21-year-old rookie, marginalized as a platoon player, Mets outfielder Jeff Francoeur has told the club through his representatives that he is interested in being traded to a team that would play him more, both sides confirmed yesterday.
“We want to play every day,†Francoeur’s agent Molly Fletcher said yesterday. “We prefer to play in New York. But if we’re not going to play every day in New York, we absolutely welcome the opportunity to play every day somewhere else.â€
The Mets are aware of Francoeur’s position, a team official indicated.
http://www.nj.com/mets/index.ssf/2010/08/mets_outfielder_jeff_francoeur_1.html
Kingman 26
8/10/2010-10:57pm at 10:57 pm (UTC -4)
Yeah, three college teams, one in Japan, and the Bad News Bears have all shown lukewarm interest.Maybe we can trade him for Kelly Leak’s Harley.
Mr North Jersey
8/10/2010-11:02pm at 11:02 pm (UTC -4)
Kelly Leak’s Harley?
sounds like a porno.
stickguy
8/10/2010-11:11pm at 11:11 pm (UTC -4)
especially since it was a Honda dirt bike.
Kingman 26
8/10/2010-11:15pm at 11:15 pm (UTC -4)
Really?!
I remember the line “Harley Davidson, that turn you on?”
Thanks for setting me straight…I love that movie.
stickguy
8/10/2010-11:17pm at 11:17 pm (UTC -4)
unless it was a later movie in the series. I remember him driving the thing around the field to get away from someone before he joined the team.
But, I am old, feeble, and at the moment sick, so who the hell knows!
stickguy
8/10/2010-11:24pm at 11:24 pm (UTC -4)
well dang. you were right (well, we both kinda are). It was a dirt bike, but a Harley (they used to make them back in the old days).
I will not question your wisdom again. unless you are supporting the Jidiot.
stickguy
8/10/2010-11:26pm at 11:26 pm (UTC -4)
I love the internet. It is my best friend (next to my dog).
http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_40379-Harley-Davidson-SS-125.html
metsfan4decades
8/10/2010-10:54pm at 10:54 pm (UTC -4)
I heard Sports Night say Jeff Francoeur up in a little while discussing trade rumors with him.
So I’m thinking it’s gonna be questions like ‘has he asked for a trade’, or ‘have you heard any rumors about you and a trade’…
Mr North Jersey
8/10/2010-11:01pm at 11:01 pm (UTC -4)
i think u r right 3d.
So How’s your groove 4d?
Mr North Jersey
8/10/2010-11:01pm at 11:01 pm (UTC -4)
where did that 3 come from?
metsfan4decades
8/10/2010-11:09pm at 11:09 pm (UTC -4)
LOL…
Just heard Francoeur’s short interview on Sports Night.
He said something like:
‘I’m sick and tired of talking about this. Been talking about it for 4 weeks. You want to talk about the game tonight or Big Pelf, fine’.
He went on to say something like it is what it is, he would like to play everyday, he’s here, he’s got a job to do and he’s gonna do it.
It’s about the only time I think I’ve ever saw Francoeur quite that frustrated or angry.
Mr North Jersey
8/10/2010-11:11pm at 11:11 pm (UTC -4)
Frenchy can’t understand why the Mets cant trade him.
Poor Guy he clearly doesn’t know Minaya at all.
stickguy
8/10/2010-11:15pm at 11:15 pm (UTC -4)
he also doesn’t realize he is the worst RF based on numbers in all of BB.
I believe he is still under the delusion that he is a starting quality player (and actually good).
he cleared waivers, so any team that wants him, just has to pick up the phone!
Mr North Jersey
8/10/2010-11:20pm at 11:20 pm (UTC -4)
You must be talkin about another Francoeur.
oleosmirf
8/10/2010-11:29pm at 11:29 pm (UTC -4)
the thing is his teammates (well Wright to be more specific) also seem to think of him as a quality bat as well, maybe even Jerry too..
stickguy
8/10/2010-11:32pm at 11:32 pm (UTC -4)
Gee, I figured they would all be stat geeks by now. For sure they get interested when it is arbitration time.
I am not very interested in keeping the underperformers placated. perform of move on. It is a cold, cruel world, with nothing but 5 million/year to keep you company.
honestly, frenchy may end up trolling for a ST invite next year, assuming the mets are smart enough to non-tender him.
stickguy
8/10/2010-11:33pm at 11:33 pm (UTC -4)
oh, and Wright apparently thinks Hojo is a good hitting coach. So maybe he isn’t as smart as we all assume?
trs86
8/11/2010-12:03am at 12:03 am (UTC -4)
Frenchy would be in a tough spot if we offered arbitration. It would be too risky for us but strange for him too. He is a type B FA somehow currently.
He would be wise to take the 3-5M he would make YET could his ego take being a 4th OF? Would he take the 3-5M to ride the pine or take 1-2M to start for a scrub?
Mr North Jersey
8/10/2010-10:49pm at 10:49 pm (UTC -4)
You gotta love NY Sports its better than any reality show or soap opera.
Kingman 26
8/10/2010-10:53pm at 10:53 pm (UTC -4)
Whaaaaaaat???
I always thought the Mets WERE a reality show/soap opera!
Mr North Jersey
8/10/2010-10:55pm at 10:55 pm (UTC -4)
I wonder why HBO doesn’t do a show following the Mets in 2011?
Kingman 26
8/10/2010-10:59pm at 10:59 pm (UTC -4)
HAHA! That would be better than the Sopranos.
Mr North Jersey
8/10/2010-10:50pm at 10:50 pm (UTC -4)
If misch starts sat. And he replaces ollie on the roster I’m going and I’m spending like cesar
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Mr North Jersey
8/10/2010-10:53pm at 10:53 pm (UTC -4)
That Maracovts lady is Hoooooooooooooot!