It was reported today in the Seattle Times that Mariners' pitching coach and none other than our young El Cartuela himself (seen above) both read and took to heart an open letter from a well known local Mariners' blog/commentary, in which the authors' analyzed his pitch selection and recommended a change.

This particular blog entry confirmed something that Chaves has been working with Felix on for a time now, since his return from the DL. A copy of it was handed to the Mariners' bullpen at McAfee Coliseum, from whence it was passed on to Chaves, who then passed it on directly to Felix.

The result of his having read it?  He decided to try following Chaves' (and USS Mariners') advice, and pitched eight innings of two hit baseball, ending up with a 4-0 shutout against the A's (now if Evil Empire version 1.0 could have done just as well against John Lackey today, all would be well with the world).  Who knows what might happen if he learned something more permanent from this and continues to follow the advice?  The return of King Felix?  One can but hope so.

But, back to my point as alluded to in the title of this post.  This just goes to show that you never know who might be reading what you write and taking it to heart.  I know that there is a bit of a controversy going out there in the Fox blogosphere right now about the quality of bloggers' writing and posts.  I tend to take responsibility for what I write, and I have been known to write the fluff and or off-topic piece, but I try to pose some serious issues as well.

So, keep on writing and talking about things that you know or desire, and you may see your name in an article like the one in the Times some day.