Comments on: Felix’s home debut in the press and web

By: DMZ

DMZ — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 01:19:31 +0000

I think #58 may have meant the World Series, not the AL championship. At least thatÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s how I read it.

Gotta be specific.

By: lefty

lefty — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 01:14:41 +0000

In direct proportion to our newfound happiness… has anyone noticed what is passing for a rotation in Yankeeland? Aaron Small pitched today, and actually appears to have pitched well. Not exactly the kind of guy one expects to hear about taking the bump for the pinstripes. Tomorrow they are throwing out Scott Proctor. No wonder they tried to work a deal for Jamie.

“Costanza! Who the hell is Scott Proctor? Where is Big George’s Calzone”

By: paul d

paul d — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 01:08:29 +0000

#62 –

I think #58 may have meant the World Series, not the AL championship. At least that’s how I read it.

By: DMZ

DMZ — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 01:04:39 +0000

Of course they didnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t get a championship out of it, but maybe that was the managerÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s fault. Who was their manager back then, anyway?

Dude, they got two of them, 1995 and 1997.

By: Rusty

Rusty — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 00:52:57 +0000

Wiki explaining how the King’s pitches break down so hard is cool. Wiki dropping those balls as a catcher… not so cool.

By: Cool Papa Bell

Cool Papa Bell — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 00:44:52 +0000

That quote John D. posted makes me wonder: Is there any pitcher who throws a sinker as hard as Felix?

By: John D.

John D. — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 00:36:33 +0000

And this from BILLY-BALL:

THIS SHOULD MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER

Baseball has a new star on its horizon and his name is Felix Hernandez. Hernandez won his first home start for the Mariners last night defeating the Twins, 1-0. “He was all that, everything he was billed to be,” Mariners manager Mike Hargrove said, “… and then some.”

“On the first pitch, I called a two-seamer [sinker] and it just exploded on me and I dropped it,” catcher Wiki Gonzalez said. “I peeked at the radar reading and it said 97. I thought, ‘Wow, a two-seamer that hard.’ The next pitch, I dropped that, too.Ã¢â‚¬Â

In HernandezÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ 8 innings he gave up just 5 hits, struck out 6 and walked none. Of his 94 pitches, 69 were for strikes. His record is now 1-1 with an ERA of 0.69.

By: Ralph Malph

Ralph Malph — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 23:57:06 +0000

Cleveland got a lot of credit some years ago for signing their young players to long term contracts before they got real expensive.

Of course they didn’t get a championship out of it, but maybe that was the manager’s fault. Who was their manager back then, anyway?

By: Long Suffering

Long Suffering — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 23:37:01 +0000

There’a photo dump from last night’s game here
http://lefty10.myphotoalbum.com/view_album.php?set_albumName=album02

I haven’t yet had time to go into the editing software with the photos so they’re quality is a little spotty at this point. I’ll try to clean them up especially when viewed at max size.

By: JH

JH — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 22:29:53 +0000

Ã¢â‚¬Å“Ultima Ratio RegumÃ¢â‚¬Â

Brilliant.

As far as the shirts go, there’s gotta be a way to work in a graphic of a cannon shooting out a baseball. The Ms would corner the French history buff fanbase immediately.