At 6 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, Aug. 15, as El Dookie was signing books and slamming down Pineda coladas with the literati at the Colgate Inn, Felix Hernandez was mowing down 27 consecutive Tampa Bay Rays at Safeco Field in Seattle. The game the Yankees gained on the Rays that day could turn out to be big for the Bombers, but it’s likely the last gift King Felix ever gives them (unless sending A-Rod to the DL still counts). In the aftermath of his perfect game, the dream of Felix coming to the Yankees in a trade or free agency is all but dead.  Felix deals in front of his "King's Court."Just as in the 1995 AL Division Series, Sodo Mojo trumps Yankee juju. The adulation heaped upon Felix by Mariners management, his teammates and Seattle fans since the perfecto has quashed any possibility of dealing him before his current contract expires (two more seasons, about $20 million per). And everything the King has said in every interview and press conference since that game ha...
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Felix Hernandez,
Jack Zduriencik,
Jesus Montero,
Michael Pineda
TEAMS: Seattle Mariners, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Rays, Syracuse Orange
TEAMS: Seattle Mariners, New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Rays, Syracuse Orange
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