To be 18 years old and the owner of a 95-mile-an-hour fastball. Also, his curveball is something special. Today, however, was not young Felix Hernandez’s day as he got hit around for a handful of runs. No doubt, he will start the season in Tacoma (AAA), but he will be up in “the show” shortly. Felix has great stuff--I mean classic Pedro, Gibson, Gooden type stuff. Hope he has lots of room on the mantle for all those Cy Young Awards.

Preceding today’s Seattle Mariners-Chicago White Sox Spring Training game, members of the U.S. Air Force Academy parachuted into Peoria Stadium. It reminded me of the scene with the Flying Elvis-es in “Honeymoon in Vegas.”