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I was struck by two post-game comments.
Jaso in the Seattle Times, ""His past few starts, at least when I was catching him, it was his fastball that was getting guys out, and we were just dumping soft stuff in there for strike one, and then going right to the fastball," Jaso said. "Today, it was his slider, changeup and fastball that were getting guys out with two strikes."
Wow. It's amazing to me how far Felix has come in such a short time. It wasn't that long ago that the blogosphere was full of posts despairing at Felix's approach. It was FB first pitch for a strike, darn near every batter and especially in the first inning. It was Brandon-League-Predictable and just a matter if the batter could get wood on it or not. Now his standard attack is the a complete 180 from that.
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Ryan in the Tacoma News Tribune, regarding Felix's changeup:
“It defies science,” Ryan insisted.
Read more here: http://blog.thenewstribune.com/mariners/2012/08/04/felix-at-his-best-bla...