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At ESPN.com, Bob Klapisch believes tonight is the biggest start of Mike Pelfrey’s career and it is up to him ‘to reverse this collapse-in-progress.’ 
Due to a bullpen who has allowed 14 runs and four home runs in the last five games, Pelfrey is certainly needed to go deep into tonight’s game, according to Klapisch.
In 181.2 innings pitched this season, Pelfrey is 13-9 with a 3.77 ERA.
…i have faith in big pelf tonight…however, as far as the bats are concerned, can we please stop squeezing them into sawdust…
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Klapisch also paints the picture of a collapsing Mets team. However, when you’ve spent most of the year in 2nd, 3rd place, and your biggest lead was 3.5 games, and you are 7-5 in the month thus far, can you really justify using the “C” word?
I really cant agree with anymore. I dont get how the news media can compare the two, and as far the playoffs go i see the mets winning the divison and at worst the wildcard which by the way the wildcard has produced some WS appearances???? Just a thought.
They were in 4th place after two months, they were 7.5 games back in mid-June, two months of great play got them tied with the Phils, then another four weeks of decent play got them as ahead as 3.5 games, and after losing 3 of 4, with the Phils winning 4, they are lucky to have built that lead because now they are still up.
I do agree this is a big game to avoid this from becoming anything bigger than it really is.
If the Mets go 8-5, the Phils AND Brewers would have to BOTH go 9-3 to beat them. A win tonight is huge — all games are huge unless they reel off 7 straight and grab a 4 game lead.
Phils can and will go 9-3… Can we go 8-5? Hope so…
I agree that using the c word is a bit much since they didn’t have a commanding lead, however, that 3.5 game lead evaporated awfully fast.
It may not be a full-fledged collapse, but it looks a little like a choke job.
What is it with the Mets in September? Remember 98? We almost blew it in 99, too.
Ugh.
Um, if the Mets finish with a flurry of losses after beginning the month in first place, that’s a choke. Sorry.
Big Pelf? Wow, that is fruity
Have you never heard this before? Really?
Yea, I have and it’s very very gay
you are very, very gay.
grow up guys, it shouldn’t matter how ‘gay’ it is
I would go ahead and not include me as “guys”, being that i was not commenting on the nickname, which i like. but thanks for the scolding, dad.
What kind of name is guigsy anyway?
What’s wrong with Big Pelf? The nickname is fitting. Guy is like 6 foot 7 and he actually challenges the hitters. I’d say the name fits.
Exactly….there is a difference between a pennant race and a collapse.
Maybe if Klap can stop crying over his Yankees long enough to show some objectivity….never mind, Klap is a d-bag.
Go Big Pelf!
Matt clearly does believe in superstition, do a search for “lucky shirt” to read all about it…. I don’t care either way, but clearly he said earlier that it’s the players that win or lose… apparently sometimes it’s his t-shirt too.
The man is going to deal tonight.
its still a collapse whether its 7 games or 3.5 games
its just a less of a collapse but a collapse non the less!
The collapse wasn’t 7 games; it was 3.5 MONTHS. This year it’s a struggle to maintain control after a coup.
I can’t WAIT TO SEE BIG PELF ON THE MOUND!!!!!!!!!!!!! Let’s GO Mets!
I totally lost my mets mojo after sitting through that routine last night…but I’m starting to feel the excited butterflies I thought left me!
I wish I could go tonight and erase the memories from last night. I almost cried myself to sleep.
LET’S GO BIG PELF!!!!!!! I got faith in ya! Kill them gNats!
My best friend is just happy I wasnt’ arrested after I started yelling at the top of my lungs that ELIJAH DUKES IS A COMMON CRIMINAL AND THAT THE NATS WERE NOTHING BUT A BUNCH OF THUGS…now, I do NOT really believe this…I was just so angry….all the night’s frustrations were just too much to stay inside my lungs….so off to 7-11 I went where I mentione to the police that the real criminal was posing as baseball players across the street…
I know, I was a horrible METS fan last night..so I haver to redeem myself….but I can’t figure out why Nationals fans are so obnoxious…in gneral…
let’s go mets!
he better throw a complete game, I wouldn’t trust that bunch of clowns in the bullpen to close a freakin’ door
Make that a screen door and you know what a screen door has holes in it
“You don’t have to remind the Mets about the ghosts of 2007 …”
Klaptrap is right. No need for anyone else to bring it up because instigators like him are bringing it up at every opportunity.
Klaptrap is licking his chops at the prospect of the Mets not making the postseason so has plenty of fodder to do what he does best — write derogatory, insulting and somewhat exaggerated, if not downright inaccurate, postmortems.
He’s such a bitter, malicious man.
It’s really amazing how some of these “spoiler” teams get themselves so pumped for these games. I’d almost rather be playing the Phillies tonight.
Now there’s an idea — variable scheduling for the last three weeks of the season… pre-playoff playoffs… THAT would bring in some REAL money…
These spoiler teams really seems to hate the Mets for some reason. They all revel in trying to beat us. I don’t understand why it’s just us. I hope they hate the Phillies the same way lol. Some say it’s becasue the Mets celebrate. That’s b.s. though b/c the Phillies celebrate and run their mouths but no retribution is ever received. On Sunday Julian Tavarez must have flexed 10 times on his way to the dugout after striking out Chrch but we’re the ones who celebrate!
Yes indeed, they DO hate on us and I think it is because of all the dancing and celebrating we do in their faces. We get the other teams all juiced up against us. Remember what we did to Florida in the second to last game of the season last year - and how Florida got all juiced up for that last game? What more do you need to know?
Time for Big Bird to step up!!!
very concerned about the number of innings pitched for the season. His arm may literally fall off.
“At ESPN.com, Bob Klapisch believes tonight is the biggest start of Mike Pelfrey’s career”
Pelfrey started some key games during the pennant race last year, if I recall. A lot closer to the end of the season
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