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'Phenom Felix ready to roll' -- The P-I had big hopes for King Felix from the start

On Aug. 3, 2005, a story in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer ran with the headline: "Phenom Felix ready to roll - 19-year-old gets the ball tomorrow."

The reporter, then-P-I staff writer and now MLB Network on-air personality Jon Morosi, wrote that the announcement for Felix Hernandez's major league debut was highly anticipated -- though a bit underwhelming.

Morosi wrote that the news "was neither the day's biggest news, nor an official transaction.

"Less than a half hour after Ryan Franklin addressed reporters as he began his 10-day suspension under Major League Baseball's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program, Hernandez met with the media for the first time as a big-league player.