Read: Pelfrey hopes to be Better
During yesterday’s loss to the Tigers, Mike Pelfrey started and pitched two scoreless innings, allowing just a base hit and striking out one while facing Curtis Granderson, Placido Polanco, Magglio Ordonez and Miguel Cabrera, among others.
Pelfrey, on experience, while talking to reporters…
“Last year was the first time in my life I actually had to handle adversity. The games have always kind of come easy for me. I’ve been able to throw the fastball and get by with it. Last year I struggled. It was tough going through it for the first time. I tried to stay positive, and I’d like to think I’ve learned from it and it’s made me a better person and a better competitor.”
…some fans and baseball people are so quick to judge, that failure is often seen as a bad thing…the reality is that by failing, in baseball and in life, it provides an experience to adjust, get up, get better, learn and move forward with more knowledge than ever before…so, the next time failure is on the horizon, we can avoid it…i’m looking right at you, Jose Reyes…
For more on Pelfrey, read reports in the Daily News, New York Post, Newsday, the Journal News, the Star-Ledger, MLB.com and the Bergen Record.
