Mets' Pelfrey Tries to Stick to Mental ABCs of Pitching | Play Ball

But now, after Dorfman's death last month at the age of 75, Pelfrey is on his own. It will be up to him to remember what Dorfman taught him, to forget his failures quickly, to pitch with his mind free of all the self-doubt and self-loathing that once overcame ... He relies on him still. On Tuesday morning, when he awoke in his hotel room here, Pelfrey picked up Dorfman's 2000 book, “The Mental ABCs of Pitching.” He takes the book with him wherever the Mets go on the road. ...