― JIM THOM (popshots75`), Thursday, 11 August 2005 17:13 (eighteen years ago) link
I was thinking that ILB is becoming like ILM in the sense that on ILM some average record leaks and people get caught up in the slsk-search/ysi hype and "minds are blown" and 10.0s are given only to find out in due time that it's just an okay record. Occasionally it turns out to be a good record but calmer heads may prevail.
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 11 August 2005 17:42 (eighteen years ago) link
BTW, Felix = LeBron James + Larry Bird + Wayne Gretzky
― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 11 August 2005 17:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Thursday, 11 August 2005 17:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 11 August 2005 17:46 (eighteen years ago) link
David Wright = Emmitt Smith + Michael Jordan + Butterball
― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 11 August 2005 17:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Thursday, 11 August 2005 17:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 11 August 2005 17:49 (eighteen years ago) link
Zach Duke, Oliver Perez and Todd Van Poppel.
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 11 August 2005 17:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― John (jdahlem), Thursday, 11 August 2005 17:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Thursday, 11 August 2005 17:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 11 August 2005 17:56 (eighteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 11 August 2005 17:57 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.rootsweb.com/~pahuntin/photos/boring-jas-fam.jpg
― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Thursday, 11 August 2005 17:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 11 August 2005 17:58 (eighteen years ago) link
SF's stud in waiting is Matt(hew) Cain:
23 Starts 9W - 5L4.64 ERA (ahem, "hitter-friendly PCL" that doesn't seem to affect the A's prospects)1.35 WHIP (see above)10.69 K/92.23 K/BB
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 11 August 2005 18:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 11 August 2005 18:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Thursday, 11 August 2005 18:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― John (jdahlem), Thursday, 11 August 2005 18:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 11 August 2005 18:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 11 August 2005 18:18 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Thursday, 11 August 2005 18:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 11 August 2005 18:25 (eighteen years ago) link
I just feel like Hernandez would really benefit from five or six years' seasoning in the minors. I don't know why that's so hard to grasp!
― You Can Teach Pitching: The Dusty Baker Way (dayan), Thursday, 11 August 2005 18:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― You Can Teach Pitching: The Dallas Green Way (popshots75`), Thursday, 11 August 2005 18:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 11 August 2005 18:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 11 August 2005 18:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 11 August 2005 18:41 (eighteen years ago) link
is there a desperate need to believe that what we're watching RIGHT NOW is and ALWAYS WILL BE the absolute zenith of the ballplayer's greatness?
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 11 August 2005 20:05 (eighteen years ago) link
right now there's probably equal chances felix ends up prime pedro, aj burnett, or flames out completely. but he is, by almost all accounts, the most exciting pitching prospect to come around in a long time. and as far as i'm concerned to repeatedly deny yrself the chance to appreciate what he's accomplished and is capable of accomplishing in the name of some kind of bullshit levelheaded clarity of mind is a failing on yr part, not some triumph of reason.
― John (jdahlem), Thursday, 11 August 2005 20:20 (eighteen years ago) link
I used to be a highly-touted prospect too :(
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 11 August 2005 20:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 11 August 2005 20:30 (eighteen years ago) link
Hey tiger, all i've said is "wait and see".
I mean I read way too much about Jeff Francis a few years ago and just today he gets roughed up for 9 runs in 3 innings (sure, in Colorado... but 9 runs on only 3 XBHs, none of which left the yard).
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 11 August 2005 20:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― John (jdahlem), Friday, 12 August 2005 12:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Friday, 12 August 2005 13:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― Daniel Cohen (dayan), Friday, 12 August 2005 13:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― Listen to Dusty Why Don'cha (Barry Bruner), Friday, 12 August 2005 13:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― Listen to Terry Francona...You Know? (dayan), Friday, 12 August 2005 13:50 (eighteen years ago) link
(2xpost)
― John (jdahlem), Friday, 12 August 2005 13:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― Cito Gaston won two World Series ... and you didn't (Barry Bruner), Friday, 12 August 2005 14:00 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/the-next-big-thing/
― John (jdahlem), Monday, 15 August 2005 13:43 (eighteen years ago) link
"Let's wait and see" (ad nauseum).
― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 15 August 2005 18:59 (eighteen years ago) link
F. Hernandez (W, 2-1) 8.0 3 1 1 1 11 0 0.86
that's: KKKKKKKKKKKing
God he looked good tonight. That away pitch to righties is a thing of beauty. He got a little bored or tired in the 6th and 7th, getting to a couple of three ball counts, but still, damn. Course his arm could fall off tomorrow, Gygax is not wrong, but in my lost Seattle season, this is about all I have to be cheery about.
― jerginsk (jergins), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 04:47 (eighteen years ago) link
6 of the Ks came against the bottom third of the KC lineup, which I cannot be convinced is much different than your garden variety AAA competition.
― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 05:19 (eighteen years ago) link
Sat 20 MINThu 25 TEXTue 30 NYY
And if they give him another day's rest it'll be MIN/CWS/NYY. So, progressively more difficult. That seems good, should keep things interesting.
And yes, KC sucks.
― jerginsk (jergins), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 06:49 (eighteen years ago) link
i'd like to see him against top competition too but i really think it's all but irrelevant. he's 19, he can have a handicap. AAAA's a natural progression.
so his FB (does he throw 1 or 2) is described as "heavy" - how's the movement?
― John (jdahlem), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 12:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― John (jdahlem), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 12:49 (eighteen years ago) link
F-Her's first inning - 11 pitches, 10 strikes, 2 Ks.
― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 12:56 (eighteen years ago) link
"hernandez fans 11"
the curve looks filthy when he let's it drop off the table, but he leaves it up a fair amt even on the strikeouts there, maybe employing it in even counts or after a series of fastballs, i dunno. his change looks like the most underrated pitch in his arsenal - like his fb it tails but it's got quite a bit of sink as well. and to see what his fastball is capable of doing, check out the first pitch shown. inhuman, seriously.
― John (jdahlem), Tuesday, 16 August 2005 17:47 (eighteen years ago) link
Runs allowed depend on too many factors, so I like to look at Game Scores to get an idea of a pitcher's dominance.
Turns out that's more or less a wash too -- Kluber has more dominant starts (GSc > 80) but also more bad ones (GSc < 50), whereas Felix was more consistently good.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Monday, 29 September 2014 13:50 (nine years ago) link
is this Cy Young going to com down to fielding? because that would be awesome!
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 29 September 2014 14:41 (nine years ago) link
three words for you: arm wrestling contest
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Monday, 29 September 2014 14:51 (nine years ago) link
many cy youngs have come down to fielding bcz era is a team stat
which is why i vote for kluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuubezzzzzzzzzzzzz
― linda cardellini (zachlyon), Monday, 29 September 2014 16:24 (nine years ago) link
i would vote both Cys by FIP this year since Hamels is not in the NL top 5
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Monday, 29 September 2014 16:33 (nine years ago) link
4th youngest to 2000 K.
― Van Horn Street, Sunday, 10 May 2015 22:25 (eight years ago) link
Feller, Seaver, and Clemens the others? (Or maybe Blyleven.)
― clemenza, Monday, 11 May 2015 00:24 (eight years ago) link
Only one of the four correct.
― clemenza, Monday, 11 May 2015 00:25 (eight years ago) link
tied with orel for 70th all-time
at 29
― mookieproof, Saturday, 23 May 2015 01:16 (eight years ago) link
Ryan surely
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 23 May 2015 01:31 (eight years ago) link
wow
Houston - Bottom of 1st SCOREFelix Hernandez pitching for Seattle SEA HOUJose Altuve Strike (foul), Strike (foul), Altuve reached on infield single to shortstop 0 0Preston Tucker Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, Tucker walked, Altuve to second 0 0George Springer Ball, Ball, Springer doubled to right, Altuve scored, Tucker to third 0 1Evan Gattis Gattis grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, Tucker and Springer scored, Gattis safe at second on throwing error by pitcher Hernández 0 3Colby Rasmus Ball, Ball, Strike (looking), Strike (foul), Ball, Ball, Rasmus walked 0 3Carlos Correa Strike (looking), Strike (swinging), Ball, Foul, Ball, Strike (looking), Correa struck out looking 0 3Luis Valbuena Strike (swinging), Valbuena homered to right center, Gattis and Rasmus scored 0 6Chris Carter Strike (looking), Strike (looking), Carter singled to left 0 6Jason Castro Ball, Strike (foul), Castro homered to left, Carter scored 0 8Jose Altuve Beimel relieved Hernández, Strike (looking), Altuve grounded out to shortstop 0 8Preston Tucker Ball, Strike (foul), Ball, Tucker singled to center 0 8George Springer Strike (swinging), Strike (swinging), Strike (swinging), Springer struck out swinging 0 8
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 13 June 2015 01:34 (eight years ago) link
The hell happened.
― AKA Thermo Thinwall (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Saturday, 13 June 2015 03:49 (eight years ago) link
His bad stretch this year guaranteed it wouldn't be one of his better seasons, but he was great last night, and he'll end up with one of those filling-in-the-scenery type years that adds to his bulk numbers and strengthens his HOF résumé. Also making progress towards 300 wins, which, if it ever happens, will make him the latest guy to win 300 after it was obvious there's never be another 300-game winner again.
― clemenza, Friday, 11 September 2015 12:59 (eight years ago) link
I was surprised to see that he has 17 wins -- the second highest total of his career -- and has a good chance to win 20 for the first time. I wonder if anyone will write that Felix finally learned how to win (for a mediocre Seattle team that won't come close to making the playoffs) rather than only caring about his personal stats.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Friday, 11 September 2015 23:28 (eight years ago) link
highly doubt felix will approach 300
felix is an interesting case. on one hand, he's been a poster child for the sabermetric movement almost since he broke into the league. on the other hand, a lot of his value comes from the old fashioned sense of being so durable and an innings-eater; his per-inning numbers are not really that special
― usic ally (k3vin k.), Saturday, 12 September 2015 02:38 (eight years ago) link
For the HOF, I imagine Felix will be fine with 225-250 wins. By the time he comes up for induction (2030 or so), pitcher wins will be a quaint relic.
I think he has a decent chance, though. He'll have 143-145 at the end of his age-29 season:
Clemens -- 152Maddux -- 150Seaver -- 146Sutton -- 139Carlton - 133Glavine -- 124Ryan -- 122
(No point in even listing Johnson, who didn't have his first really good season until he was 29.) I know that covers different eras, and that at least a couple of those guys go back to 4-man rotations. But he's in line with Maddux and Glavine, and much closer to the former than the latter. If he can bounce back to last year's form, he has a shot; if this year is the beginning of slow decline, no.
― clemenza, Saturday, 12 September 2015 13:14 (eight years ago) link
Or let's say bounce back halfway; last year was good enough to be something of a blip.
― clemenza, Saturday, 12 September 2015 13:22 (eight years ago) link
Felix is going to the bullpen. Servais informed him before the game.— Ryan Divish (@RyanDivish) August 10, 2018
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 10 August 2018 05:44 (five years ago) link
I had no idea he'd been declining so badly
https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/exile-for-king-felix/
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 10 August 2018 14:04 (five years ago) link
at least he got that funny strikeout of beltre the other day (before beltre went deep on him) : /
― mookieproof, Friday, 10 August 2018 14:05 (five years ago) link
figured this day was coming but it sucks that it happens the one year the Mariners are actually kinda good
this sorta happened to Verlander too but he bounced back, maybe there's hope for the ol' King. he's only 32!
― frogbs, Friday, 10 August 2018 14:07 (five years ago) link
Gets a spot start tonight because Paxton is on the DL
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 20 August 2018 16:58 (five years ago) link
Should have been traded at the end of the 2016 season. He’s been worthless this last couple years.
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 20 August 2018 20:02 (five years ago) link
felix hernandez, 2016-2019
434 IP, 77 GS 26-31, 4.79 ERA, 4.96 FIP, 4.43 xFIP, 1.36 WHIP7.44 K/9 (19.1 K%), 3.27 BB/9 (8.4 BB%)
― these are not all of the possible side effects (Karl Malone), Sunday, 12 May 2019 15:16 (four years ago) link
so what you're saying is that he'd be the no. 1 starter for the 2019 orioles
― mookieproof, Sunday, 12 May 2019 18:56 (four years ago) link
Since his debut in 2005, Félix Hernández has made more starts at T-Mobile Park than any other pitcher at any single ballpark. On Thursday, he will make his final start of the season at T-Mobile Park. More: https://t.co/91j2vZb9lf pic.twitter.com/Lq4dX4IV5u— MarinersPR (@MarinersPR) September 23, 2019
Seattle's first glimpse of King Félix. 👑#HappyFélixDay #TBT pic.twitter.com/fsxOEAAFUo— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) September 26, 2019
― Andy K, Friday, 27 September 2019 00:10 (four years ago) link
is he officially retiring – or is everyone just assuming he's done?
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 27 September 2019 01:27 (four years ago) link
Likely done with the Mariners. He has said that he doesn’t want to retire.
― Andy K, Friday, 27 September 2019 02:31 (four years ago) link
An appropriate send-off from the mariners offense.
― JoeStork, Friday, 27 September 2019 04:06 (four years ago) link
Since Felix’s 2010 season, there’s only been 5 pitchers who pitched 240 innings in a single season. Wainwright, Cueto, Price, Shields, Verlander. Except Verlander, it seems like they’ve all come to regret it.
I think Cueto and Price in 2014 will be the lasts.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 27 September 2019 06:07 (four years ago) link
Royalty. Loyalty. 👑 pic.twitter.com/gF39tVU5Bz— Seattle Mariners (@Mariners) September 27, 2019
― Andy K, Friday, 27 September 2019 11:54 (four years ago) link
the bulb in my living room lamp went out. i was going to replace it, but it has a dimmer switch and it looks like i don’t have any dimmer bulbs. i’ve tried screwing in a standard bulb but it popped after just a couple days. i figure i’ll hold off until i can go buy the right bulb— Jon Bois (@jon_bois) July 3, 2020
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― JoeStork, Friday, 3 July 2020 14:46 (three years ago) link
:D
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 3 July 2020 19:20 (three years ago) link
He’s got a strong dog gamehttps://i.postimg.cc/Jz7LHxDR/IMG-2906.jpg
― TY FRANCE HATES TEXAS CONFIRMED (gyac), Thursday, 25 May 2023 22:49 (eleven months ago) link