At this point, the Mariners need to do a favor to everyone involved and keep Felix Hernandez off the mound.
In an ideal world, Felix Hernandez would have thrown his back out on the pitch that stuck Adrian Beltre out Tuesday. That should have been the lasting image fans had of him this season — one of him keeling over with laughter after dumbfounding his good friend in the second inning.
Unfortunately, reality and idealism rarely intersect, so we were instead forced to watch the fallen King allow 11 runs (seven earned) in his most humiliating outing of the season.