Jose Fernandez :(

[udbrky]

What horrible news to wake up to. I really enjoyed watching him play. He had so much fun on the baseball field.

It's been great seeing the stories about the things he did for kids in the community.

 

This is my all-time favorite moment of his much too short of a career:

 

http://m.mlb.com/video/v32464747/atlmia-fernandez-bluffs-throw-to-first-throws-home/

[stkjock]

24.  What a shame.  Saw this at breakfast on ESPN. Testosterone and horsepower has caused the early loss of many talented young men. 

[udbrky]

They should put some lights on that thing.

[LittleBlue]

It's so sad. I was working an adult rec game when the news came out. Somebody in one dugout read it on their phone and it spread to all the players as well as me and my partner. The rest of the game took on a different demeanor. When I got home and saw the pictures of where the boat crashed, I was shocked that they didn't have lighths on the jetty. I think I heard that he and his friend were going fishing at 3 AM and that speed played a role in th accident. Even so, how would they have been able to see the jetty in time if it was not lit up? Hopefully change comes from a tragedy like this.

[Jimurray]

25 minutes ago, LittleBlue said:

It's so sad. I was working an adult rec game when the news came out. Somebody in one dugout read it on their phone and it spread to all the players as well as me and my partner. The rest of the game took on a different demeanor. When I got home and saw the pictures of where the boat crashed, I was shocked that they didn't have lighths on the jetty. I think I heard that he and his friend were going fishing at 3 AM and that speed played a role in th accident. Even so, how would they have been able to see the jetty in time if it was not lit up? Hopefully change comes from a tragedy like this.

Government cut has flashing lighted channel markers. There is one near the tip of that jetty. Wonder if it was working.

[LittleBlue]

@Jimurray that's an interesting question. Even if the lights were working properly, if the boat was traveling at full speed, they may not have been able to see them. I also read that alcohol and drugs were not suspected to have played a role in the accident, which makes me think this is just a terrible accident.

[udbrky]

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/jose-fernandezs-death-hit-hard-even-for-mondays-plate-umpire-092716

 

Can't go a day this week without a tearjerking story about him.

[Thunderheads]

Great story ..........

Had the pleasure of meeting John Hirschbeck in Chicago back in 2011 .... great guy ....... sad story

[JaxRolo]

It's a shame these things have to happen.  RIP