Category Archives: Felix Hernandez

Ace Felix Hernandez enjoying the spoils of his perfect game. It might be difficult to maintain humility when King County changes its name for a day to “King Felix County,” but Felix Hernandez managed. LARRY LARUE; Staff writer. LARRY LARUE The News

With Wednesday's perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays the latest example, Mariners ace Felix Hernandez again showed why he's the rare example of a pitcher who not only lived up to the hype but far exceeded it, writes Matt Meyers. SweetSpot

Felix Hernandez was a hot topic of conversation around the country yesterday because of his perfect game. And as I mentioned last night in my hour-long special on Sports Radio KJR (link above), this should vault him right back to the very top of the Cy

Felix Hernandez was still giddy when talking about his perfect game this afternoon in the Mariners clubhouse. Hernandez reached into his locker and pulled out a "proclamation" paper signed by King County executive Dow Constantine, proclaiming that

With Wednesday's perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays the latest example, Mariners ace Felix Hernandez again showed why he's the rare example of a pitcher who not only lived up to the hype but far exceeded it, writes Matt Meyers. SweetSpot

But, wait. Just hours after the announcement concerning Cabrera, Seattle's Felix Hernandez gave baseball lovers a reason to rejoice, throwing just the 23rd perfect game in history and the first ever for the Mariners. It's the first time in baseball

Felix Hernández joined Nicaragua's Dennis Martínez as the only Latin American pitcher to toss a perfect game. King Felix retired 27 straight and struck out 12 at Safeco Field, which became the first ballpark in baseball history to have two perfect

Felix Hernandez's perfect game on Wednesday was a testament to both his excellent stuff, but also a well-deserved outcome for an excellent game plan executed by he and catcher John Jaso. A former Ray himself, Jaso

Felix Hernandez was a hot topic of conversation around the country yesterday because of his perfect game. And as I mentioned last night in my hour-long special on Sports Radio KJR (link above), this should vault him right back to the very top of the Cy

“King Felix” has become the first pitcher in Mariners history to throw a perfect game. Twenty-seven batters up, 27 batters down. No walks. No hits. No errors. No base-runners. Nothing. Perfect. Hernandez threw 12 strikeouts in

Taking a look at when Felix Hernandez's 2012 season went from being all right to spectacular. Remember early June? It's difficult to imagine, now.

A pitcher throwing a perfect game has only happened 23 times in Major League Baseball history, yet Felix Hernandez of the Seattle Mariners became the third pitcher in 2012 to accomplish this incredible feat. Three in one year, really? It is true, there

Perfect game? That's nice, but I asked how well he pitched.

Pedroia, who was feigning belligerence, went on to explain in unprintable phrases the "stuff" which took place the night before against Seattle Mariners ace Felix Hernandez. Despite a big swing and small, 5-foot-8 frame, Pedroia rarely strikes out, but

Taking a look at when Felix Hernandez's 2012 season went from being all right to spectacular. Remember early June? It's difficult to imagine, now.

Yet, when Seattle Mariners right-hander Felix Hernandez threw his arms in the air Wednesday afternoon in Seattle, when 27 Tampa Bay Rays had come and gone in order, baseball had its third perfect game in fewer than four months, a record for a

Felix Hernandez threw a perfect game against the Rays at Safeco this afternoon, beating Tampa 1-0. Hernandez struck out 12. It is the first in Mariners history. Perfect games used to be incredibly rare in baseball, but that's not

It's not every day you get a shout-out from one of the greatest pitchers to ever play baseball. Then again, it's not every day you throw a perfect game. Randy Johnson on Wednesday congratulated Felix Hernandez after the

There are so many angles we can take to describe and explain Felix Hernandez's mastery of the Tampa Bay Rays during Wednesday's start, one that produc.

But, wait. Just hours after the announcement concerning Cabrera, Seattle's Felix Hernandez gave baseball lovers a reason to rejoice, throwing just the 23rd perfect game in history and the first ever for the Mariners. It's the first time in baseball