Iron Mike coming up aces

The 51,293 on hand last night rose to their feet, twirling their white towels and chanting Mike Pelfrey's name. A year ago they booed him, but now they were cheering, urging him off the bench and, finally, to the top step of the Mets dugout for his first Shea Stadium curtain call.

"That's awesome. I remember last year coming off the field several times getting booed," Pelfrey said after last night's 7-0 win over the Rockies. "I saw Lastings Milledge get a curtain call. It's something I always wanted to do. It was awesome. They started chanting, [Ramon] Castro looked at me, said 'Get out there.' I wasn't going to say no." Continue