A Moment of Pause for Felix Hernandez

by Matthew on Sep 28, 2010 8:47 PM PDT in Miscellaneous

By all accounts, Felix Hernandez is on his way to finish at least third in the Cy Young race and might be the favorite to take home the bacon and the actual non-bacon trophy. It's been a fantastic ride to watch him mature from the 16-year-old in Everett to the 24-year-old we saw before us tonight.

Were it not for the extension signed this past winter, Felix would be a lot more expensive to ink to a contract. That would be bad for the team's future.

Were it not for the extension signed this past winter, the trade rumors swirling around Felix right now would be insane. That would be really bad for us fans.

Take a moment tonight or over the next couple days and say thanks. Thanks to Jack Zduriencik for getting that extension done. Thanks for getting what the team's previous administration so blatantly failed to do. Thanks to the Mariners international scouting team in getting Felix signed. Thanks to all the minor league coaches and influences along the way.

Most of all, thanks to Felix Hernandez for being who he is and being where he is.

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Everybody who has ever read LL could rec this post, and it still wouldn't be rec'd enough.

by Mataya on Sep 28, 2010 8:49 PM PDT reply actions

Long live the King!

You're dead to me.

by Goose on Sep 28, 2010 8:55 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

Good stuff!

by ThundaPC on Sep 28, 2010 8:55 PM PDT reply actions

I'll second the thanks to the front office for getting that extension done.

That has been the biggest reason why this season hasn’t sucked as much as 2008 did. Felix was the first prospect I followed from his start in the organization all the way up and he also happened to be the first major league player younger than me. I don’t think that there is any way I’ll ever not be a Mariners fan, but watching Felix become THE KING has made these last several seasons a lot more enjoyable. Being able to become excited to watch a really bad team at the end of a really bad season, is quite special. Thanks for a great year El Rey!

by quacker27 on Sep 28, 2010 8:56 PM PDT reply actions

I feel that Zduriencik doesn't get lauded enough for the Felix extension when discussing his tenure with the M's

Which is a shame since it’s managed to keep the Mariners relevant and exciting for the fans who are still paying attention. Thanks to Zduriencik for signing Felix and not trading him away. And a special thanks to Felix for agreeing to stick with this organization rather than try to make a huge profit in free agency.

by JLC on Sep 28, 2010 9:12 PM PDT reply actions

Thank you FO for making Felix ours. This was your very best idea since signing Ichiro.

This has been one miserable season, but we have the pitcher of the next 10 years in our corner. That works for me.

by TrustBaseball on Sep 28, 2010 9:25 PM PDT reply actions

Ok, A very big thanks to everyone involved in Felix being a Seattle Mariner for the the near future.

THANK YOU. FELIX. FOR SIGNING WITH US.

by TrustBaseball on Sep 28, 2010 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions

Amen.

by truemsfan on Sep 28, 2010 9:34 PM PDT reply actions

We'll always have the 2009 off-season.

Jack could re-sign Sexson, Silva, Vidro and Cirillo this winter for 140 quintrillion gigayen, and still, 15 years from now, we’d end up thanking his sorry fired ass for the Felix extension.
Thanks Jack. Thanks Felix.

Just picture Randichiro.

by fiftyone on Sep 28, 2010 9:47 PM PDT reply actions

Whatsoever you do for the least of my brothers,

you do for King Felix.

by SeattExPat on Sep 28, 2010 10:18 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

I have a felling Price and Sabathia will split the idiot vote and Felix can win this thing

by Poochie on Sep 28, 2010 10:24 PM PDT reply actions

Yeah I think he comes away with just enough first place votes and a whole shitload of second place that he takes it home.

"Oh, the usual. I bowl. Drive around. The occasional acid flashback."

by the other side on Sep 28, 2010 11:08 PM PDT up reply actions

He really seems the favorite at this point

and it sure isn’t hurting how more or less unhittable he’s been lately. He’s the best starting pitcher in baseball. We’re getting to watch something very cool.

ignacio

by ignacio on Sep 28, 2010 11:28 PM PDT up reply actions

They were still debating it on M&M, because Golic thinks it should be David Price (WINS!)

Cal Ripken was on, and explained how he had to smack Billy upside the haid an the subject. Apparently Billy was going on about how wins were an important marker for a pitcher; a pitcher should want the ball and take his team to a win, and that if a pitcher talks about not getting run support he was whining. Cal pointed out that when a pitcher literally got no run support in most of his 12 losses, he’d done what he could do.

by msb on Sep 29, 2010 8:55 AM PDT up reply actions