In 1995, the Mets were hyping their top pitching prospects that were going to take the league by storm. Dubbed “Generation K”, the tandem of Jason Isringhausen, Paul Wilson and Bill Pulsipher were suppose to make fans recall the days of Seaver, Koosman and Ryan or at least forget Gooden, Cone and Fernandez, who left the Mets over the prior few seasons. It didn’t work. Injuries saddled those prospects and for years those players were just blips on the baseball radar. “Generation K” was a failure.

Or was it? Like a fine wine, this group needed time to age and this season the big three are playing like the Mets thought they would. Only this time for other teams. Isringhausen has developed into one of the top closers in the game and Wilson is pitching well with the Reds, winning his first seven starts this season. Those two stories have been well documented, but Pulsipher’s story has become just as interesting.

This season, after years of being a minor league journeyman, Pulsipher is having a revival as a starter for the Long Island Ducks. He is currently 7-2 with a 3.21 ERA pitching in an independent AAA league. Recently, MOFO Sports had the chance to sit down with Bill and had him answer a few questions for us.

MOFO Sports: What do you attribute this year’s success to?

Bill Pulsipher: That’s a good question. Over the last couple of years, I was pitching in winter ball. I got better at learning my mechanics and knowing how to deliver my pitches for quality strikes. It seems that I have been able to stay consistent with my mechanics. My body feels good again too and I got better stuff (this year) then over the last few years.

MS: Have you done anything different this season? A new pitch or have your mechanics changed?

BP: Well, I am throwing the two-seam fast ball more than I ever had in the past because I feel comfortable with it. It was a pitch I never felt really comfortable with in the past. I am incorporating my change-up more then I ever and that has been a good pitch as well.

MS: Has playing in the Atlantic League helped you more than playing for a farm club of a Major League team?

BP: Coming into this season, I would much rather be a starting pitcher here than a AAA relief pitcher, like I have done the past couple years or so. I felt it was a good opportunity to come here and go ahead and start, so I get a chance to see numerous hitters ever five days as opposed to every other day seeing two hitters.

MS: Have any Major League organizations contacted you?

BP: I don’t have an agent right now to talk to (teams). I haven’t heard anything and I am not trying to be too concerned about that.

MS: Are all your anxiety problems behind you?

BP: I take medication for it and I recently changed from Prozac to Paxil. It seem to be working for me better than Prozac ever had. I need it because I struggle with anxiety problems. It’s just something over the years that I have come to accept and with medication I can play baseball like I am playing in my backyard as opposed to feeling like I never been on the field before.

MS: Do you see yourself in a few years being in a position like Paul Wilson is right now?

BP: That’s what I am playing for. I am striving to keep my nose to the grindstone, keep working hard and trying to keep getting better. I see progress, which is always a plus.

MS: Do you still follow the Mets?

BP: Yeah, I grew up a Mets fan. That’s my baseball team regardless who I am playing for. When I am done playing baseball, I will be a Mets fan again. And obviously playing on Long Island, you get to follow the FAN every day.