Sports; Seattle Mariners; Commentary: After emotional Mariners exit in 2019, Felix Hernandez says, ‘I’m over that’ July 6, 2023 Updated Thu., July 6, 2023 at 10 p.m. Seattle Mariners pitcher ...

Chris Sale leads the Atlanta Braves to a 5-0 shutout win, passing Félix Hernández on the all-time MLB strikeout list in style.

Former Seattle Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez, right, becomes emotional upon being surprised by friend and former teammate Adrian Beltre during Hernandez's induction into the baseball team's ...

Over the course of his 15-year career, Hernández never appeared in a playoff game. The Mariners never won 90 games with him on their roster, and only five times finished above .500.

Felix Hernandez was full of emotion as he entered the Mariners Hall of Fame. It was the same emotion he pitched with, which forever endeared him to the fans in Seattle.

This weekend, King Felix will become the newest player to be inducted into the Mariners Hall of Fame. His Everett host family will be in the crowd celebrating.

I believe in the players elected to the Hall of Fame being a way to tell the story of the game, and Félix is an important character in that story.

When you pitch nine innings — and there’s no tie — you get a complete game. Yet when you check nine boxes on a Hall of Fame ballot, you feel like you haven’t completed the job.

“I know how they approached Felix in the past,” Jaso said. “We used that all day.” Leadoff hitter Sam Fuld hit one of the two hardest-hit balls in the game in the first inning, a drive to ...