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Post by atzar on Sept 25, 2016 10:06:14 GMT -5
Awful news. Best wishes to his loved ones.
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Post by soxfan06 on Sept 25, 2016 10:10:34 GMT -5
Wow, it makes you realize that this sport we love truly is just ag ame.
Tragic really. RIP. Worst part is his wife was pregnant. Ugh.
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Post by ericmvan on Sept 25, 2016 10:16:05 GMT -5
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Post by jamesmcgillstatue on Sept 25, 2016 10:30:49 GMT -5
What a shock, and terrible loss, as everyone has said. It does remind me of Steve Olin and Tim Crews; Nick Adenhart and Oscar Taveras, who might have become superstars. It reminds me of Bostock because of the time of year it happened -- in the closing days and weeks of the season. And then, the next year, the mid-season death of Thurman Munson, ex-ROTY and ex-MVP, at 32 with probably 4-6 years ahead of him. Even a Sox fan like me would expect that he'd be in the Hall if his career had continued.
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Post by soxfansince67 on Sept 25, 2016 10:56:28 GMT -5
Tragic. Rest in peace, Jose - thoughts, and wishes for peace, to family and those close to him.
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Post by ryantoworkman on Sept 25, 2016 11:15:54 GMT -5
Deeply saddened by this tragic news. Baseball, and the Cuban community have lost a great ambassador. My prayers for his family.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Sept 25, 2016 11:38:12 GMT -5
Awful news. He had announced earlier this week that his girlfriend was pregnant too. The reports that his mother died while traveling from Cuba at sea and now this. For what it's worth, this isn't true as far as I know. He did jump in the water to save her (successfully) after she was thrown overboard when they were defecting, in case that's what you may have seen.
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Post by nomar on Sept 25, 2016 11:38:43 GMT -5
This is absolutely horrifying.
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Post by jimed14 on Sept 25, 2016 11:40:03 GMT -5
I broke down in tears, and I'm still crying. I know, it shouldn't matter that he was so great. I know I didn't cry when Bobby Ojeda's two teammates died in the boating crash he survived. There's too much unexpected death in the world to cry every time it happens. So I think I'm crying for the game of baseball, and for the fans of Miami who pinned much of their hopes on his brilliance, and for fans everywhere who looked forward to seeing that brilliance for another dozen years. When was the last time a player of his caliber was killed? Lyman Bostock was very good, but he was not elite. Ed Delahanty, maybe, and no one alive remembers that. But he was 35. There's never been anything like this. I'm not a big enough fan of the other major sports to make a comparison. Pelle Lindberg died at age 26. He won the Vezina trophy for best goalie the year before in 1985. That's the only person who comes to mind.
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Post by radiohix on Sept 25, 2016 11:46:03 GMT -5
Nobody was happier to be in a baseball park more than this young man. What a terrible, terrible news!
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Post by TearsIn04 on Sept 25, 2016 11:50:40 GMT -5
Lyman Bostock. He's the terrible comp for me. He was a few years older than JF but was still a young player and had already established himself as a star when he died unexpectedly.
Horrific news to hear first thing on what was going to be a relaxing Sunday morning.
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Post by Don Caballero on Sept 25, 2016 12:19:41 GMT -5
There is an instagram photo going around that he posted of his pregnant girlfriend 5 days ago. Life is so unfair.
RIP, one of the best I ever watched.
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Post by jerrygarciaparra on Sept 25, 2016 12:20:18 GMT -5
Terrible news....so sad.
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Post by bluechip on Sept 25, 2016 14:36:59 GMT -5
RIP. Terrible when a young person leaves us far too soon.
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Post by bluechip on Sept 25, 2016 15:10:25 GMT -5
I broke down in tears, and I'm still crying. I know, it shouldn't matter that he was so great. I know I didn't cry when Bobby Ojeda's two teammates died in the boating crash he survived. There's too much unexpected death in the world to cry every time it happens. So I think I'm crying for the game of baseball, and for the fans of Miami who pinned much of their hopes on his brilliance, and for fans everywhere who looked forward to seeing that brilliance for another dozen years. When was the last time a player of his caliber was killed? Lyman Bostock was very good, but he was not elite. Ed Delahanty, maybe, and no one alive remembers that. But he was 35. There's never been anything like this. I'm not a big enough fan of the other major sports to make a comparison. Addie Joss who tragically died at the age of 31 is the comparison. Ross Youngs and Ray Chapman, were also young talented players who passed away in their primes.
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Post by atzar on Sept 25, 2016 15:17:34 GMT -5
I broke down in tears, and I'm still crying. I know, it shouldn't matter that he was so great. I know I didn't cry when Bobby Ojeda's two teammates died in the boating crash he survived. There's too much unexpected death in the world to cry every time it happens. So I think I'm crying for the game of baseball, and for the fans of Miami who pinned much of their hopes on his brilliance, and for fans everywhere who looked forward to seeing that brilliance for another dozen years. When was the last time a player of his caliber was killed? Lyman Bostock was very good, but he was not elite. Ed Delahanty, maybe, and no one alive remembers that. But he was 35. There's never been anything like this. I'm not a big enough fan of the other major sports to make a comparison. Len Bias is all I've got as a comp. But he was a draft pick with through-the-roof expectations... Not already dominant like Fernandez. So not a perfect analogy. Both are tragic.
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Post by ray88h66 on Sept 25, 2016 15:24:51 GMT -5
Sad day, no interest in talking baseball today. I enjoyed watching the young man pitch.
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Post by telson13 on Sept 25, 2016 16:07:08 GMT -5
It's just surreal to me.
All of the talk about him, trade proposals, arguing about his next contract, waiting to see him evolve as a pitcher...
We'll never see any of it. And it's not because he blew his arm out, or busted his knee up. And really, none of that matters anyway, because it's not about what we, as fans will miss. It's about his family, his baby, and most of all, him. Everything Jose Fernandez will miss, because he's not injured, he's dead.
Thanks for doing you, while you were here, Jose. I'll miss you.
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Post by libertine on Sept 25, 2016 18:03:39 GMT -5
I broke down in tears, and I'm still crying. I know, it shouldn't matter that he was so great. I know I didn't cry when Bobby Ojeda's two teammates died in the boating crash he survived. There's too much unexpected death in the world to cry every time it happens. So I think I'm crying for the game of baseball, and for the fans of Miami who pinned much of their hopes on his brilliance, and for fans everywhere who looked forward to seeing that brilliance for another dozen years. When was the last time a player of his caliber was killed? Lyman Bostock was very good, but he was not elite. Ed Delahanty, maybe, and no one alive remembers that. But he was 35. There's never been anything like this. I'm not a big enough fan of the other major sports to make a comparison. Addie Joss who tragically died at the age of 31 is the comparison. Ross Youngs and Ray Chapman, were also young talented players who passed away in their primes. Yeah, I immediately thought of Youngs and Joss...two Hall of Famers who died in their primes. The other one was Ken Hubbs, 1962 NL Rookie of the Year, who died in 1964 in a plane crash, because of their comparable ages.
But what horrible news. RIP Jose and I'd like to extend my deepest sympathies to his family.
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Post by radiohix on Sept 25, 2016 18:35:37 GMT -5
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Sept 25, 2016 19:16:51 GMT -5
Considering the circumstances, this might be the worst tragedy in MLB history.
I brought up in the Jose Fernandez thread that I would of traded a ton to get him because of the age and talent. Not only that but this was my favorite non Sox player.
None of this will ever be argued about or talked about again. Life is so cruel.
Baseball lost a Pedro Martinez like talent. I'm going to be sick to my stomach for years thinking about this.
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Post by pedrofanforever45 on Sept 25, 2016 19:20:00 GMT -5
The Marlins should retire his number tomorrow and MLB should put him in the HOF. RIP Jose Fernandez.
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Post by terriblehondo on Sept 25, 2016 19:31:20 GMT -5
As much as I will miss watching that electric fastball and wipeout slider. The thing I will miss most about him is the ear to ear smile and the absolute joy he showed pitching or cheering on his team from the dugout. He loved his family so much and was such a Mama's boy I hope that Boras had made provisions for the family in case anything happened to Jose because that is all Jose would have wanted. He lived life to the fullest and died doing something he loved. It is a shame it was so short with a child on the way but there are worse ways to go.
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Sept 25, 2016 20:34:12 GMT -5
Horrendous news. Before today he always that fantastic young pitcher that we figured the Red Sox would get into a bidding war to get if he became a free agent in the winter of 2017-2018, a guy so many of us were dreaming about having on our team.
Now, this is one of baseball's worst tragedies in a long time. All those earlier thoughts fly out the window as you realize that a very young (way too young) and talented man along with two other men lost their lives today. Such a very, very sad day.
I find myself watching baseball a lot to escape a lot of the sadness that the world has to offer, but today there's no escape from that unfortunately. It just goes to show you how fragile life is.
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Post by ericmvan on Sept 25, 2016 20:56:55 GMT -5
Considering the circumstances, this might be the worst tragedy in MLB history.I brought up in the Jose Fernandez thread that I would of traded a ton to get him because of the age and talent. Not only that but this was my favorite non Sox player. None of this will ever be argued about or talked about again. Life is so cruel. Baseball lost a Pedro Martinez like talent. I'm going to be sick to my stomach for years thinking about this. I think so. He was the young cornerstone of a Miami franchise that had hopes of building an a .500 season and had just built a beautiful new stadium, and he was the game's Cuban superstar in the city with the largest Cuban population. It would be hard to invent circumstances where a player was more important to his team and city in addition to being this established as a top-tier elite talent and this loved as a person. Click on MLB pitching leaders at FanGraphs, he's the fWAR leader. And then there's all the rest of it. The only comparison I can think of is Damon Rutherford being killed by a line drive. And that's fiction (within fiction).
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