"Since the 1950's, there's only been one no-hitter in Fenway Park since World War II."
For our headline, we borrow the words of that magnificent artisan of the English language, Fox Sports Northwest's Brad Adam. Could anyone sum up Felix Hernandez' breathtaking, complete game shutout, no-hit-thru-seven-innings performance last night any better? Probably not, but let's take a look-see.
"He threw me a pitch my last at-bat, I'm not kidding you, it moved about 6 feet and it was a 95-mile-an-hour sinker. I mean, what can you do?" -- 2B Dustin Pedroia [Boston.com]
"He had everything going on tonight. He was just impossible." -- DH David Ortiz [AP]
"He lives up to his hype." -- P Joel Pineiro (who knows something about the other side of that equation) [AP]
"He's starting to find himself." Dr. Phil Mike Hargrove [Boston.com video]
"Stand up and take notice, because one out of every five Mariners games will be worth watching this year. Which, to be fair, is up from an aggregate of zero over the last two years" [With Leather]
More quotes and other sports news after the jump.
Image of Hernandez after striking out Youkilis to end the game by Adam Hunger of Reuters
"He threw some balls that looked like they were disappearing. I don't know as a hitter how you lay off that." -- Terry Francona [Seattle P-I]
"He definitely had no-hit stuff. They made some good plays to stop a few other hits, but his stuff was electric, all of it, the changeup, slider, curveball, fastball." -- C Jason Varitek [Seattle P-I]
"Felix was awesome. There was a lot of hype surrounding this game, and he really stepped up, rose the occasion on a big stage. If people weren't watching him before, they certainly are going to watch him now." -- Richie Sexson [Seattle Times]
In other news:
--The Huskies' Phil Nelson is transferring to Portland State. So Mac Hopson and Chris Matthews of Wazzu are also transferring, destination TBA. UCLA's Arron Afflalo is headed to the NBA.
--Ernie Kent got a big raise.
--The T-Birds are down 3-1 in their playoff series against Vancouver.
--Drew Bledsoe retired.
--Another Brandon Roy represents everything that's good about basketball and America piece.
--Roy had 20, but the Blazers lost. Rashard Lewis had 30, but the Sonics lost.
