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1 hour ago, BRobinsonfan said:

He was exciting and fun to watch.  In his first couple of years in the Majors, he was otherworldly good.  Definitely gone too soon.  

Fernando for about a 3 month stretch was a very good pitcher for the Orioles in 1993. He was the AL Pitcher of the Month for July of that season.

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16 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

Fernando for about a 3 month stretch was a very good pitcher for the Orioles in 1993. He was the AL Pitcher of the Month for July of that season.

Yeah, I remember him being surprisingly good...and better than the final stat line showed.  In July, 3-0 with a 1.56 ERA in 40.1 innings.  Only 13 strikeouts against 14 walks.  0.942 WHIP.  

He had a 3.54 ERA in May and a 3.79 in June.  He got clobbered in August for a 13.95 ERA.  

 

 

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I went to one of Fernando's starts, I guess it was in 93 (I was thinking he was w/ the team in 94 but I guess not).  Anyway, it was probably during the July stretch that Moose mentioned above.  He loaded the bases w/ nobody out in the top of the first inning, then proceeded to get out of that jam w/ no damage, and went on to pitch a complete game shutout.  Fun game.

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4 minutes ago, Fiver6565 said:

I went to one of Fernando's starts, I guess it was in 93 (I was thinking he was w/ the team in 94 but I guess not).  Anyway, it was probably during the July stretch that Moose mentioned above.  He loaded the bases w/ nobody out in the top of the first inning, then proceeded to get out of that jam w/ no damage, and went on to pitch a complete game shutout.  Fun game.

Game I was at was on June 30, v Toronto.  6 hits, no BBs, only 2 Ks in the game...

 

 

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Loved him as a kid and then was unreasonably excited when the Orioles signed him.

I randomly called the box office on gameday for a Saturday or Sunday start and they hooked me up with awesome seats behind home plate for the price a college kid could afford.

I dove down half a flight of stairs to get a foul ball he pitched - I still have that ball on my shelf next to my other Os memorabilia.

RIP 🐐

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