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Mariners ace Felix Hernandez still hurting a day after getting hit on his right forearm by a line drive

The Mariners put no timetable on his return to the mound or when he will even pick up a ball and resume throwing.

PEORIA, Ariz. — Given his arms and the array ink that is permanently adorned on them now, the odds of that line drive that struck Felix Hernandez in his right forearm on Monday not hitting at least one specific tattoo were pretty slim.

That the tattoo the highly superstitious Hernandez pointed to was of a star with a No. 13 — signifying his 2013 all-star selection — well that just writes itself.

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