Geoff Baker on the King's home life

by abelard on Nov 26, 2006 10:00 AM PST

I hate Geoff Baker for the "White Jays" hatchet job he did while he was in Toronto, but this is really interesting. It starts with "The noon sun belts out high heat as a bleary-eyed Felix Hernandez drags himself from his bedroom", and only gets better.

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Snack time...

Everything his mom says is either a riot or an eye-opener, and the pictures make the atmosphere easy to imagine.
Just for health's sake, someone has to get Mariella and Mia up to Seattle so that Felix can replace spaghetti and beans with his preferred daily snacks of meat and vegetable arepas, just like Ichiro gets his daily fix of homemade nigiri.

JPWood

by JPWood on Nov 26, 2006 10:59 AM PST reply actions

I'd have felt better had I not read that....

If he keeps it up with the beans spaghetti and beer, we'll be calling him "Fernando" or "Eddie JR.".

Oh well...I'll just keep pretending that he eats well, and keeps up with his workout program....I just hope he doesn't get brave, go out for beers, pop off to someone, and get killed....that would be a bad day for us.

by anotherjeff on Nov 26, 2006 11:23 AM PST reply actions

You just made me think of that happening

I nearly cried :(

by Graham MacAree on Nov 26, 2006 11:24 AM PST up reply actions

Probably won't, fortunately

It appears from the article that they're getting a new nicer home in Valencia in December. Thr article mentions the nicer neighborhoods being gated and secured.

It'll eventually occur to the entire Hernandez family that they are swimming in money and their home's a dump, and they'll move on.

by Gomez on Nov 26, 2006 12:59 PM PST up reply actions

If it were up to me

Felix would spend his offseason in a plastic bubble deep within Fort Knox, forced to watch video of himself giving up fastball home runs.

He would also get a Nintendo Wii, for entertainment and for exercise.

by Slozbury Stouvre on Nov 26, 2006 12:30 PM PST reply actions

I dunno man

Those things are brutal on the elbow and the shoulder. I think I need TJ surgery after playing all week.

by oompagooba on Nov 26, 2006 12:35 PM PST up reply actions

oh man

"All I do all day is sleep and watch TV," Hernandez says with a shrug and a grin. "I don't even want to think about baseball. Sleeping and watching TV. That's what I want to do."

Not encouraging.

by Gomez on Nov 26, 2006 12:49 PM PST reply actions

Seriously.

How about we chase the rooster around the yard some, eh?

by chaney on Nov 26, 2006 3:43 PM PST up reply actions

First thing is...

that he become the king rooster and has his parents stay at his place. I can understand his attachment to the family home (I still like my folk's place after having left there for 35 years), but the slouching don't fly. I just hope his new home is big enough for adults to cohabit in peace and daily workouts.

JPWood

by JPWood on Nov 26, 2006 4:42 PM PST up reply actions

SRSLY

Get the kid involved. FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.

by Gomez on Nov 26, 2006 6:25 PM PST up reply actions

This isn't that big of a deal IMO

He acts just as lazy as I would for the first few months of the offseason. Big deal. It's not like he's slacking off all the way till spring training.

I'm a little surprised to hear he already has a kid though. But thats probably all the more reason to get off his back and let him do what he wants for the first few months.

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by Goose on Nov 26, 2006 5:10 PM PST reply actions

Like, OMG...

No autograph seekers trailing Hernandez when he walks his two dogs, a pit bull terrier named "Oriole" and a feisty, fist-sized shitsu dubbed "King."

He's got a Shit-zu named "King?"

And a pit bull named "Oriole?"

I was worried about Felix before. Now I'm about ready to start panicking...

Felix has a lot to prove before I'll ever call him King.

Are we there yet?

by PositivePaul on Nov 26, 2006 5:13 PM PST reply actions