It is now time to fall in love with the King, Felix Hernandez

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2005 vs. 2006:
GS: 12 : 11
W: 4 : 4
L: 4 : 6
IP: 84.1 : 62.1
HR: 5 : 11
BB: 23 : 23
K: 77 : 63
ERA: 2.67 : 5.78
WHIP: 1.00 : 1.54

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 31 May 2006 21:21 (seventeen years ago) link

King Felix, I hardly knew ye. Dropped from my fantasy team after reaping me -9 points.

― Stuh-du-du-du-du-du-du-denka (jingleberries), Thursday, 1 June 2006 22:34 (seventeen years ago) link

Dropped from my fantasy team

Hope you're in like an 8 team, non-keeper league.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Thursday, 1 June 2006 22:59 (seventeen years ago) link

I hope you're in ILBB.

― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 2 June 2006 02:24 (seventeen years ago) link

Jun  8       The Minneapolis Star-Tribune's Joe Christensen reports Minnesota Twins SP Francisco Liriano (stomach) came down with food poisoning after he went to dinner with Seattle Mariners SP Felix Hernandez and went to the emergency room early Wednesday morning. But he should be fine.

Very interesting...

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Saturday, 10 June 2006 15:39 (seventeen years ago) link

Nine-inning win, two ERs, nine Ks, zero BBs. What a disappointment.

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Monday, 12 June 2006 12:42 (seventeen years ago) link

Looks like he's not gonna be on rotation for the SABR game on the 30th, dammit.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 12 June 2006 13:19 (seventeen years ago) link

What an asshole this kid Hernandez is turning out to be.

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Monday, 12 June 2006 14:00 (seventeen years ago) link

Between him and Lastings Milledge, clearly the world is fucked.

― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 12 June 2006 14:08 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah, and both of them are totally like 30 years old anyway. And on steroids.

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Monday, 12 June 2006 14:58 (seventeen years ago) link

We should be arguing over whether Francisco Liriano was deliberately poisoned by King Felix. My theory is that Felix is still bitter about not winning the ROY last year and he now resents other pitching phenoms who are trying to win it.

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Monday, 12 June 2006 15:08 (seventeen years ago) link

he's like Vincent Price in Theatre of Blood... cept he should be poisoning BBWAA voters!

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 12 June 2006 15:12 (seventeen years ago) link

of COURSE hernandez poisoned liriano, he poisons everything he touches. he's the single worst thing about the national pastime today, narrowly beating out that geriatric charlatan albert "he deserved it" pujols.

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Monday, 12 June 2006 16:08 (seventeen years ago) link

oh yeah and that smug bastard dontrelle willis, he's pretty evil too.

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Monday, 12 June 2006 16:09 (seventeen years ago) link

I never thought I'd ever say it but:

Haikunym OTM!

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Monday, 12 June 2006 16:11 (seventeen years ago) link

DID YOU KNOW (TACO edition):

Only one pitcher in baseball has given up more tacos per fly ball than FeHan? Up until yesterday the King was numero uno.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Monday, 12 June 2006 16:20 (seventeen years ago) link

Jeff Weaver should be ashamed of himself for not having the taco crown.

― ALLAH FROG (Mingus Dew), Monday, 12 June 2006 22:33 (seventeen years ago) link

It's a long season, friend.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Monday, 12 June 2006 22:34 (seventeen years ago) link

Going to the AAA game in Tacoma next Sat on a SABR bus: Felix Bobblehead Night!

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 26 June 2006 17:59 (seventeen years ago) link

He got sent down?

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Monday, 26 June 2006 18:21 (seventeen years ago) link

We'll see, they have 5 days.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 26 June 2006 18:44 (seventeen years ago) link

one month passes...

Mike (Seattle): Are my Mariners gonna shut down Kng Felix soon? And should they?

Jim Callis: (2:12 PM ET ) I believe they have him on a 200-inning limit, counting spring training. Unless they're still in contention, I don't believe they'll allow him to exceed it. Which makes sense. Don't fire those bullets unless you have to when it comes to such a talented, young arm.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 9 August 2006 18:13 (seventeen years ago) link

they put him out there for 8 last night. hopefully they won't do that again. i'd rather lose.

― jergins (jergins), Wednesday, 9 August 2006 18:37 (seventeen years ago) link

they left him out there for 8 last night (don't know the pitch count). hopefully they won't do that again. i'd rather lose.

― jergins (jergins), Wednesday, 9 August 2006 18:40 (seventeen years ago) link

thanks for reviving this! he actually looks really good of late.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 9 August 2006 18:51 (seventeen years ago) link

five months pass...

Felix Hernandez: Losing Weight

RotoWire.com Staff - RotoWire.com
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Update: Hernandez dropped 20 pounds this offseason from last year's spring training weight of 246, the Associated Press reports.

Recommendation: Earlier reports said Hernandez was in the best shape of his career, but losing 20 pounds makes that a bit more believable. He's at 226, four pounds below the Mariners' goal, after an offseason in which he changed his diet, eating more vegetables, and a daily exercise program.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 25 January 2007 17:44 (seventeen years ago) link

john (chicago): Hi Will, Who has better mechanics Peavy or King Felix? Who's going to have a better 2007 year?

Will Carroll: Peavy by far, on both counts.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 30 January 2007 21:13 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah but, Sheehan:

I think Hernandez was so hyped last season that his performance is perceived as worse than it actually was. He was basically a league-average starter with pretty good peripherals (24 Stuff score, far above average). After some early-season issues with hit rate and home-run rate, both of those figures came down to expected ranges, and with them, his ERA. I see no reason why the projections from a season ago can’t be Hernandez’s baseline for '07. He’s the only pitcher other than Johan Santana I can see deserving the AL Cy Young Award.

― g00blar (gooblar), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 01:13 (seventeen years ago) link

um.... halladay? clemens? matsuzaka? sabbathia? jeff weaver?

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 02:58 (seventeen years ago) link

Or like any pitcher who suddenly has an amazing season, a la Esteban Loaiza.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 03:17 (seventeen years ago) link

Haha Jeff Weaver!

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 03:46 (seventeen years ago) link

Some wakeboarder needs to lay off the tacos.

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 31 January 2007 04:13 (seventeen years ago) link

two months pass...

Revive.

― Steve Shasta, Thursday, 12 April 2007 16:32 (seventeen years ago) link

yeah damn.

― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 12 April 2007 17:13 (seventeen years ago) link

he looks so totally unflappable out there. and he works so FAST.

only one moment where he lost his cool: when sexson missed the throw to first in the eighth (?) - felix got up in his grill. sexson gives a "i'm a big idiot" type look and felix realizes he needs to dial it down and he tells him it's all right.

― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 12 April 2007 17:16 (seventeen years ago) link

It didn't look like Felix was all WHAT THE FUCK when talking to Sexson - it just looked like they were talking about who should've been where.

BTW - "TINSTAAPP can eat a dick."

― David R., Thursday, 12 April 2007 17:46 (seventeen years ago) link

Elias Sports Bureau, Inc.
A daily glance inside the numbers from the world of sports:

MLB
Felix Hernandez threw a one-hit shutout at Fenway Park, and he had a no-hitter going through seven innings against the Red Sox. Hernandez, who turned 21 years old on Sunday, is the youngest pitcher to take a no-hitter through seven innings since the Rangers' Ed Correa had his bid broken up by Willie Randolph with one out in the eighth inning on April 28, 1987, one day before Correa's 21st birthday. The last pitcher as young as Hernandez to actually throw a no-hitter was the Pirates' 20-year-old Nick Maddox against the Brooklyn Dodgers on Sept. 20, 1907.

It was the longest no-hit bid by a Red Sox opponent at Fenway since Mike Mussina's bid for a perfect game was foiled by Carl Everett's single with two outs and two strikes in the ninth inning on Sept. 2, 2001.

- Hernandez's numbers this season: 17 innings, four hits in 53 at-bats, a batting average of .075. The last time a pitcher threw that many innings while holding his opponents to such a low batting average in his first two starts of a season was in 1970 when two pitchers did it: The Mets' Nolan Ryan threw 17 innings and held opponents to three hits in 51 at-bats (.059); and the Orioles' Tom Phoebus threw 17 innings and like Hernandez, held opponents to four hits in 53 at-bats.

― Steve Shasta, Thursday, 12 April 2007 19:13 (seventeen years ago) link

Phoebus with the fast ball of mighty Apollo!

― Belisarius, Thursday, 12 April 2007 20:58 (seventeen years ago) link

yeah david you're probably right.

― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 12 April 2007 23:52 (seventeen years ago) link

oh i wish i could have seen it. people need to start torrenting stuff like this

― jergïns, Friday, 13 April 2007 16:48 (seventeen years ago) link

Pitching VORP leaders

Felix 10.5
Hudson 9.7
Penny 9.4
Peavy 9.1
Harden 8.7

― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 17 April 2007 16:25 (seventeen years ago) link

is he really gonna go on 6-7 days rest from here on out?

― Steve Shasta, Wednesday, 18 April 2007 03:07 (seventeen years ago) link

Top of 1st inning

- L. Castillo singled to left center
- J. Tyner singled to right, L. Castillo to second
- J. Mauer walked, L. Castillo to third, J. Tyner to second
- L. Castillo scored, J. Tyner to third, J. Mauer to second on wild pitch
- M. Cuddyer grounded out to second, J. Tyner scored, J. Mauer to third
- J. Woods relieved F. Hernandez
- J. Morneau walked

Woods relieved Felix with a 2-1 count to Morneau.

Was there any official reason why Felix was given an extra day's rest for this turn?

― Steve Shasta, Thursday, 19 April 2007 02:32 (seventeen years ago) link

Thought it had to do w/ rainouts?

― David R., Thursday, 19 April 2007 02:33 (seventeen years ago) link

Okay it's a tweaked groin... in-game reports were he never hit 90mph and had little to no movement on his breaking pitches.

― Steve Shasta, Thursday, 19 April 2007 03:05 (seventeen years ago) link

Now they're saying right elbow tightness?

― Steve Shasta, Thursday, 19 April 2007 03:09 (seventeen years ago) link

yeah. oh man...

― jergïns, Thursday, 19 April 2007 08:48 (seventeen years ago) link

okay, not nearly as bad as it could have been, at least that's what they're saying: he'll miss 2-3 starts with a muscle strain in his right elbow. they describe the strain as minor.

― jergïns, Friday, 20 April 2007 17:57 (seventeen years ago) link

two months pass...

oh man as if the local bloggers didn't have big enough heads already:

An excited-sounding Felix Hernandez credited some unusual scouting help for his return to dominance.

Hernandez was back to his old self Saturday, two-hitting the Oakland Athletics over eight innings of a 4-0 Mariners win that has pushed the division rivals to the brink of falling out of contention. In the clubhouse afterward, explaining the possible reasons for a revived mound form not seen since April, the 21-year-old threw out a tribute to a Web site run by Mariners fans.

On June 27, the "U.S.S. Mariner" site had published an open letter to Seattle pitching coach Rafael Chaves, imploring him to get Hernandez to throw fewer fastballs early on. Chaves was handed a printout of the Internet posting, which contained detailed analysis of Hernandez's pitch sequences, by someone in the stands and later showed it to the pitcher.

― jergïns, Sunday, 8 July 2007 19:02 (sixteen years ago) link

link to article pls.

― Steve Shasta, Monday, 9 July 2007 03:21 (sixteen years ago) link

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