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Seattle Times
| 10 months ago
Don't look now, but after winning 10 of their last 11 home games, the Mariners are now just two games under .500 at big, bad Safeco Field. Overall, the Mariners are 20-13 (.606) since the All-Star Break and are now quietly creeping up to just eight...
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Bremerton Sun
| 10 months ago
It may be difficult to maintain humility when King County changes its name for a day to 'King Felix County,' but Felix Hernandez managed. Two days after throwing the first perfect game in Seattle Mariners history, the accolades just kept coming, but...
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Seattle Times
| 10 months ago
Michael Saunders was already aboard, having snapped an 0-for-17 slump with a single to center. Saunders then stole second base before Jaso connected with two out. Hisashi Iwakuma just went 1-2-3 in the second and has retired six in a row...Felix...
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Seattle Times
| 10 months ago
Hernandez reached into his locker and pulled out a "proclamation" paper signed by King County executive Dow Constantine, proclaiming that today, King County will officially be known as "King Felix County.'' "This is unbelievalble, huh?'' Hernandez...
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NY Daily News
| 10 months ago
Warren/AP Felix Hernandez walks off the field after his perfect game Wednesday. His brother, a pitcher in the Mariners system for the AA Jackson Generals, watches...Granted, it was on the scoreboard of a minor league park in Jackson, Tenn., but hey,...
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Seattle Times
| 10 months ago
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 Young Award discussion. As was written here a week ago , Hernandez already had the Fielding Independent...
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The Bellingham Herald
| 10 months ago
The Sports Network Hisashi Iwakuma was pretty solid his last time out. However, he has a long way to go if he plans on matching Feliz Hernandez's scintillating performance from Wednesday. On Friday, the Mariners take the field for the first time...
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Celebrity Cars Blog
| 10 months ago
Felix Hernandez is on fire right now in my very own home town of Seattle which makes for all the better photoshoot. If you recall we showed off his Porsche Cayenne last month but we had no idea tha the had a Nissan GTR and a Mercedes GL . We can't...
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Seattle Times
| 10 months ago
Manager Eric Wedge said he was yelling at the Rays' manager to "get his ass out of there, so he could go back to pitching." Dustin Ackley told me that "usually I can tell if a pitch is off, but that pitch looked like it was right there...It might not...
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AP Online
| 10 months ago
Calif. (AP) — Home runs are destroying what Dan Haren thought would be a promising season. He insists that his back problems aren't an issue anymore — just consistency.
Haren gave up five runs and seven hits in 3 1-3 inning Thursday...
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Seattle Times
| 10 months ago
Enjoyed interacting with some of our callers, including Jeremy (a.k.a. Pudmaster, Faceplant) from this blog as well as Lonnie from Mariners Central. There were many others as well and I enjoyed hearing your take, even some of those I disagreed with.
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Seattle Times
| 10 months ago
Felix Hernandez hugs catcher John Jaso as the team surrounds him after Hernandez pitched the perfect game Wednesday at Safeco Field. On Monday, back when Felix Hernandez still allowed base runners, a 3-year-old boy and his father watched the ace...
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Seattle Times
| 10 months ago
PT for special hour-long radio special on Felix Hernandez, past, present and future Posted by Geoff Baker What good timing for our latest hour-long radio special tonight, 7 p.m...I'll be the host and taking calls once again and I'm going to devote...
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The Globe & Mail
| 10 months ago
Story Interactive But the reaction nearly 2,500 miles away from Safeco Field speaks to Hernandez's importance to the Mariners organization...He's now joined the pitching elite with just the 23rd perfect game in baseball history...Trying to make the...
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Seattle Times
| 10 months ago
Posted by Seattle Times staff Felix Hernandez's perfect game is already being hailed as perhaps the greatest moment in Seattle sports history...You can contribute to our ranking by weighing random pairs and deciding which was better. If there's a...
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AP Online
| 10 months ago
Players screamed and celebrated, bouncing around the grass with unabashed joy.
Even in Jackson, Tenn., Felix Hernandez's perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday was reason for celebration.
Sure there was a bit...
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Seattle Times
| 10 months ago
Felix's perfect game (OK, 11) Posted by Larry Stone I'm still amped by what I witnessed yesterday from Felix Hernandez, and clearly, they're amped in Hernandez's native Venezuela. Old friend Augusto Cardenas , a sportswriter for Diario Panorama, a...
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CNN Blog
| 10 months ago
When Felix Hernandez struck out Tampa Bay's Sean Rodriguez on Wednesday, the Seattle Mariner completed a remarkable achievement, just the 23rd complete game in 15 decades of major league baseball. What might be equally remarkable is three of those 23...
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Newton Daily News
| 10 months ago
Felix Hernandez wasn't the only one with mounting pressure Wednesday afternoon at Safeco Field as he progressed toward baseball immortality...That was the most nervous I've ever been in my life on the baseball field, said first baseman Justin Smoak.
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Christian Science Monitor
| 10 months ago
ments Mariners' Felix Hernandez tosses baseball's third perfect game this year Seattle's 'King Felix' dominated Tampa Bay for nine innings on Wednesday, resulting in the first perfect game of his stellar career and 23rd all time in Major League...
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Seattle Times
| 10 months ago
Felix Hernandez stands in the bedroom of his boyhood home in Valencia, Venezuela in October 2006 after his first full season with the Mariners. Six years ago this coming October, I had the opportunity to travel to Venezuela and spend some time in the...
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Ledger-Enquirer
| 10 months ago
The Sports Network David Price tries to become the majors' first 16-game winner this evening when the Tampa Bay Rays open a four-game series with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Angel Stadium. Price should get a little more support tonight from...
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Seattle Times
| 10 months ago
Posted by Jerry Brewer Felix Hernandez 's perfect game -- the first in team history and only the 23rd all-time in Major League Baseball -- begs the question...If you think the Times editors missed a good one in creating this poll, please list it in...
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Taiwan News
| 10 months ago
Freddy Garcia put in the third straight dominant performance by New York's starting pitchers, leading the Yankees to a 3-2 win over the Texas Rangers in Wednesday's meeting of American League divisional leaders. Garcia (7-5) matched David Phelps and...
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Miami Herald
| 10 months ago
Scherzer (12-6) scattered four hits and walked two to earn the victory and has now fanned eight or more in six consecutive starts. Miguel Cabrera knocked in two runs and clubbed his 30th home run of the year, becoming the first player in Tigers...
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AP Online
| 10 months ago
p>Seattle's Felix Hernandez threw Major League Baseball's third perfect game of the season Wednesday — a record — joining San Francisco's Matt Cain and the White Sox's Philip Humber, who also tossed his gem at Safeco Field.
That means...
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Herald Net
| 10 months ago
So where were you when Felix Hernandez threw the first perfect game in the 35-year history of the Seattle Mariners?...The Home Plate I was inside is a tavern on Main Street in Auburn, where I had gone for the Longacres Mile post-position drawing at...
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Herald Net
| 10 months ago
The most difficult play made behind Felix Hernandez in his perfect game was the first one of the day -- a long fly ball to right center field by Tampa's Sam Fuld. Seattle right fielder Eric Thames, not known for his outfield defense, ran the ball...
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Herald Net
| 10 months ago
Felix Hernandez, the 26-year-old ace of the Seattle Mariners, pitched the first perfect game in franchise history Wednesday in beating Tampa Bay 1-0. Using a fastball that topped out at 95 mph, a changeup, curve and slider, Hernandez retired all 27...
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Herald Net
| 10 months ago
Jack Zduriencik stepped onto an elevator full of reporters, and aware of the company he was in, the Mariners general manager put his cell phone to his ear and jokingly shouted, "No, we're not trading Felix." No, the Mariners did not move ace pitcher...
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Seattle Times
| 10 months ago
Then again, maybe I needed a 93 mph fastball to the noggin to remember to never take a King Felix start for granted. You should never miss a Felix Hernandez start at Safeco Field...There's always another column that distracts me or a project to...
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Epoch Times
| 10 months ago
August 16, 2012 Seattle's Felix Hernandez (11-5) threw the twenty-third perfect game in Major League history Wednesday afternoon in blanking the Tampa Bay Rays 10. The 26-year-old right-hander struck out 12 Tampa Bay batters in facing the minimum...
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NY Daily News
| 10 months ago
The perception that the Yankees don't have enough October-worthy pitching is likely to linger all the way to the start of October. Let's face it, Yankee fans won't feel comfortable about the starting rotation until GM Brian Cashman finally lands King...
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Seattle Times
| 10 months ago
No, I'm not talking about Felix Hernandez throwing the first perfect game in Mariners' history. I'm talking about me covering my first no-hitter in 27 years as a baseball writer. Seriously, it was great to witness baseball history, and yes, my heart...
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Seattle Times
| 10 months ago
Look at the pride these young players take in seeing the best player on their major-league club thrive.
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
The 26-year-old Hernandez, a Venezuelan right-hander who won the Cy Young Award in 2010, struck out 12 in his 113-pitch gem before 21,889 at Safeco Field in Seattle. "I had more command as the game was going on," Hernandez told reporters after...
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NY Daily News
| 10 months ago
Warren/AP Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez celebrates his perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays Wednesday. Jeff Chiu/AP Stephen Strasburg, who the Nationals expect to shut down before the postseason, delivers in the sixth inning against the Giants.
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Bremerton Sun
| 10 months ago
Once Felix Hernandez had pitched himself and the Seattle Mariners into history, manager Eric Wedge was asked to try to put his perfect game in context. "Felix is consistently so good, but today he went to another level," Wedge said. "On top of...
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Bremerton Sun
| 10 months ago
The question Felix Hernandez has had throughout his career was whether his talent was as big as his dreams, because his dreams were perfect...Dominant from the first batter to the last, the Seattle Mariners ace held the Tampa Bay Rays without a hit...
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Denver Post
| 10 months ago
Felix Hernandez finally conquered the pursuit of perfection he's chased since his debut as a baby-faced 19-year-old with uncontrollable curly hair and a hat that never sat straight. No more nights of wondering whether this would be the moment...
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National Public Radio
| 10 months ago
The Seattle Mariner's Felix Hernandez is now a part of baseball lore, joining 22 others when he threw a perfect game in a 1-0 win against the Tampa Bay Rays, this afternoon. That means Hernandez retired 27 batters in a row, throwing 113 pitches, 77...
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International Herald Tribune
| 10 months ago
August 15, 2012 In what has become the year of the perfect game, Felix Hernandez of the Seattle Mariners added his name to the list Wednesday, marking the first time that three pitchers have pulled off the feat in the same season...Warren/Associated...
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Fox
| 10 months ago
Felix Hernandez pitched the Seattle Mariners' first perfect game and the 23rd in baseball history, overpowering the Tampa Bay Rays in a brilliant 1-0 victory Wednesday. The 2010 AL Cy Young Award winner has long talked of his desire to achieve...
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Orlando Sentinel Online
| 10 months ago
Mariners' Felix Hernandez throws baseball's 23rd perfect game Sports Xchange 6:29 p.m. Felix Hernandez , regarded by some as the perfect pitcher of his generation, put perfection into practice Wednesday. Matched up against the Tampa Bay Rays , he...
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International Herald Tribune
| 10 months ago
Felix Hernandez pitched the third perfect game of the season and 23rd in major league history in leading the Seattle Mariners to a 1-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday. Hernandez, a right-hander who won the Cy Young Award in 2010, struck...
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AP Online
| 10 months ago
King Felix now has a crowning achievement.
Felix Hernandez pitched the Seattle Mariners' first perfect game and the 23rd in baseball history, overpowering the Tampa Bay Rays in a brilliant 1-0 victory Wednesday.
The...
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Herald Net
| 10 months ago
Felix Hernandez pitched the Seattle Mariners' first perfect game and the 23rd in baseball history, overpowering the Tampa Bay Rays in a brilliant 1-0 victory Wednesday. The Mariners' ace and former AL Cy Young Award winner has long talked of his...
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Seattle Times
| 10 months ago
There was a long delay, but Felix was undeterred getting Joyce to ground out on a 3-2 pitch -- just his second 3-ball count...M's get a run, thanks to astute baserunning by Brendan Ryan and a clutch hit by Montero. Ryan, on first with two outs after...
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International Business Times
| 10 months ago
Felix Hernandez is looking to make history on Wednesday afternoon. The starter is pitching a perfect game in the Seattle Mariners contest against the Tampa Bay Rays...The Mariners were on the opposite end of the White Sox Philip Humber's perfect...
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AP Online
| 10 months ago
Eric Thames' two-out single in the bottom of the ninth inning gave the Seattle Mariners a 3-2 victory on Tuesday night and snapped the Tampa Bay Rays' seven-game winning streak.
Kyle Seager started the winning rally with a single to...
