Quotes on King Felix's 1-Hitter

"He had the best stuff I have seen in the last five or six years," Sox slugger David Ortiz said of Hernandez. "He could have a career like you couldn't even imagine. Nolan Ryan. Pedro Martinez. Curt Schilling. He could have a career like that if he takes care of himself."

David Ortiz on Felix

"It was a night there was no room for error," said Red Sox manager Terry Francona. "You know, the way Hernandez was throwing, you have to put up zeroes or you're in trouble."
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It's just that there was no response for Hernandez Wednesday night. There was nothing Matsuzaka or anyone else could have done about that.

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"He's got great stuff," Youkilis said. "He's got everything people say when they talk about him. He was unbelievable tonight. For him, if he just throws strikes, he's going to dominate."

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"Hernandez's effort was as good as any to take place against the Red Sox at Fenway Park in the last 50 years"

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I’m not a Mariners fan; in fact, I’m guessing I’ve seen only 10 or 11 Mariners games since I started watching baseball (2003). I’m a Cardinals fan, and I get the pleasure of watching Albert Pujols day in and day out.

Felix Hernandez almost makes me wish I was a Mariners fan instead.

Noted without comment.

The Felix Hernandez Steps On Your Nuts Show

Not much else to say about this one; it was all Hernandez all the time, and his stuff was positively nasty, especially that wicked two-seam fastball that kept making Tek shift out of the way before it arced itself back toward the plate.

Not to take anything away from Matsuzaka. He kept Ichiro in check (even knocking him down at one point -- sure to be the front page photo on every newspaper in Japan this morning) and made a nice grab of a low Lugo throw to complete a double play in the seventh. Put simply, he was good. He just wasn't as good as Hernandez, who was literally unhittable.

He proved that last night, striking out Coco Crisp [stats] on a pair of simply unfair hammer curves, then freezing Manny Ramirez [stats] with a 97 mph fastball with movement in the seventh.
    “He was throwing 95 mph sinkers that looked like they were moving six feet,” second baseman Dustin Pedroia said. “It was ridiculous.”
    Designated hitter David Ortiz saluted Hernandez’ ability to command everything even as it moved.
    “He reminded me of Freddy Garcia when he first came up,” Ortiz said. “He has unbelievable stuff. It’s not just the speed, it’s the movement of his pitches. He had all his (expletive).”