Felix, Mixing Pitches, And The Power of the Internet

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Bloggers Are Coaching the Mariners
Published 7/8/2007 by Seth at Enjoy the Enjoyment
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Felix Hernandez Listens to Bloggers
Published 7/8/2007 by Tom Fornelli at FanHouse
... As a blogger, I think this is one of the coolest things ever. Of course, while the fellas over at USS Mariner are happy to help, they feel that Felix and Rafael deserve most of the credit.Now, correlation is not causation. Maybe the A's hitters just aren't very good, and maybe Felix is just bound to dominate line-ups like this because his stuff is off the charts. ...

Quick Links: Mid-Season Fake Hardware
Published 7/9/2007 by Enrico at The700Level.com - Philly Sports & Minutiae
... Maybe, Pat Burrell can learn something from the Internets too. [USSM] ...

Full Speed Ahead: U.S.S. Mariner
Published 7/9/2007 by Adam Godson at Bugs & Cranks
... and Felix Hernandez that poor pitch selection was to blame for his struggles. For many fans, U.S.S. Mariner is a panacea of sports — a place where coaches, players, but mostly fans can intelligently discuss their favorite team. ...

BASEBALL: Blogger's Dream
Published 7/10/2007 by Baseball Crank at Baseball Crank
... about mixing up his pitches in the first inning. Great work by Dave Cameron. ...

Game 87: Tigers at Mariners
Published 7/13/2007 by billfer at The Detroit Tiger Weblog
... It’s a great pitching match-up tonight with Andrew Miller taking on Felix Hernandez. Interesting story about the Mariners took place right before the break. The awesome blog USS Mariner wrote that King Felix was throwing too many fastball in the first inning. The post was handed to Hernandez by his pitching coach and mixed things up. The results were sparkling, 8 innings of 2 hit shut out ball. ...

2007 Sabermetric Year in Review: Seattle Mariners
Published 11/21/2007 by Pizza Cutter at Statistically Speaking
... in which he questioned out loud why Felix Hernandez was throwing so many fastballs in the first inning.  The night of his next start, Hernandez mixed his pitches more.  And not to mistake it for coincidence, Hernandez himself basically came out and said that he got the idea to do so from U.S.S. Mariner.  Mike Hargrove (too soon?) once said that there are two things that every man thinks that he can do better than anyone else: cook a steak and manage a baseball team.  (He said that after the 1999 ALDS, his last act as manager of the Cleveland Indians.)  Then ...