“She’s the love of my life... my everything,” Fernandez said.
The day before winning the Rookie of the Year Award, a shocked Fernandez was reunited with his grandmother in Florida with help from Miami Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria.
Posted on 09/25/2016 7:21:40 AM PDT by Hojczyk
MIAMI, Sept. 25 (UPI) — Miami Marlin’s 24-year-old ace pitcher, Jose Fernandez, was killed early Sunday in a boating accident.
The team confirmed his death in a statement. “The Miami Marlins organization is devastated by the tragic loss of Jose Fernández. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family at this very difficult time.”
The team cancelled Sunday’s game against the Atlanta Braves.
ESPN reported that, according to multiple reports, police got a call of a possible boating accident about 3 a.m.
Law enforcement officials found a 30-foot boat that had crashed in to the rocks off Miami Beach and overturned. Three people, including the promising left-hander, were found dead and authorities were looking for survivors.
Fernandez, a star young pitcher who was initially scheduled to start in the Sunday game, had that start pushed back to Monday so Adam Conley, returning from the disabled list, could start.
A Cuban defecter, Fernandez played baseball at a Tampa high school before being drafted as the Marlin’s first-round pick in 2011, the Sun Sentinel reported.
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So what did he have on Hillary?
BWI, it’s a killer.
ewwwwwwww that’s nasty
Alcohol probably involved.
The waters off Miami Beach are clear of rocks, shoals, etc.
Must have crashed into the Government Cut rock jetty.
Sad..rip
Rule..... Red Right Returning
“She’s the love of my life... my everything,” Fernandez said.
The day before winning the Rookie of the Year Award, a shocked Fernandez was reunited with his grandmother in Florida with help from Miami Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria.
Boating is not an activity you partake in at 3:00 am in the morning... Unless one of you is loaded drunk.
Sad, but true. Not sure who changed the pitching rotation, but as fate would have it that was what sealed his fate. Then again, lliving reckless can catch up to you at any moment.
3am
classic drunk scenario with engines wide open, glad the knucklehead didn’t kill an innocent boater
This item isn't really correct. They pushed Fernandez back to Monday because the team has had a simmering dispute with the New York Mets over the last few years, and the team wanted to do as much damage as possible to the Mets' playoff standing by having their ace pitch against them.
Boating? At 3:00 am? In the middle of the season? The day before a scheduled start???
That takes some effort.
Reminds me of the Cleveland Indians boating accident during spring training about 25 years ago when I was still a kid. Tim Crews (I think) and another pitcher were killed and Bob Ojeda had his scalp ripped off but lived. They were drunk as hell.
Bad way to go, RIP
I saw the pic. It was the jetty. Boat was sticking straight up in the air. Looks like they caught the end of the jetty.
“Three people, including the promising left-hander, were found dead and authorities were looking for survivors.”
He was a righty. His slider was filthy. RIP with no RISP.
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