The first mention of Félix Hernández on Lookout Landing comes February 19, 2005. It’s in a Spring Training note, telling us Joel Piniero has taken on a mentoring role for Hernández.
~Sticking with pitching news, Joel Pineiro has been assigned the task of mentoring Felix Hernandez (who desperately needs an original nickname). The fit makes sense, as both speak Spanish, and Pineiro was invited to the big league camp when he was 19. While seeing Beltre and Sexson don their Mariner uni’s is going to be a big story, Hernandez (how about El Gato?