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Miami Marlins Jose Fernandez killed in boating accident
Breitbart ^ | September 25,2016 | UPI

Posted on 09/25/2016 7:21:40 AM PDT by Hojczyk

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To: stillfree?

Hey idiot if you don’t realize we have just lost one of the up and coming greats of major league baseball that effects millions of people than do us all a favor and just STFU.


61 posted on 09/25/2016 9:24:44 AM PDT by rodguy911 (Go Sarah go! America home of the free because of the brave.)
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To: wardaddy

Square grouper is what I heard they were called, but with the money he was making I really doubt that’s what he was doing. He probably WAS fishing and maybe drinking he may have been coming back after fishing for swordfish which is often done at night.


62 posted on 09/25/2016 9:28:10 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: from occupied ga
Good post. Would have been a pretty good night for swordfishing as well as it wasn't all that rough. Also,the reef bite is pretty good off Miami as well. The possibilities are almost endless.

This time of year the mangrove snapper bite only gets better after dark,yellowtail are a good bet, mutton snapper are available,porgies,stray kingfish,there is a lot you can catch at night.

63 posted on 09/25/2016 9:33:28 AM PDT by rodguy911 (Go Sarah go! America home of the free because of the brave.)
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To: Hojczyk

RIP. He was an outstanding pitcher for the Marlins. This truly is a sad story for Florida and the Cuban community.

He seemed like a very nice young man.


64 posted on 09/25/2016 9:34:15 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper
I started watching the Marlin games on TV around the beginning of this season.I was totally hooked on the team.The TV announcer is a great guy with loads of insight and the entire team is a group to be proud of if you are a citizen of South Florida.
Without a doubt the team leader was Jose Fernandez.The entire team revolved around him and the coach. His loss is incalculable.
65 posted on 09/25/2016 9:40:21 AM PDT by rodguy911 (Go Sarah go! America home of the free because of the brave.)
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To: Vinnie
Rule..... Red Right Returning

and conversely,

Red Left Port

66 posted on 09/25/2016 9:41:55 AM PDT by TheRightGuy (I want MY BAILOUT ... a billion or two should do!)
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To: rodguy911

A few years ago the St Louis Cardinals lost a promising young rookie...I forget his name, but I think he was in a motorcycle crash in the Dominican Republic (perhaps that was his home country?). Another very sad case.

And I still remember Thurman Munson (is that right?) the Yankee catcher dying in a plane crash sometime around 1977...sad.


67 posted on 09/25/2016 9:43:00 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: kevinm13
Nothing good ever comes at 3:00 AM on the water or roads.

Always sage advice. Except I say 1:00 AM. Pretty much 99.9% of the time, I am home and in bed by 1AM. As a result, I am still alive, healthy and out of trouble.

68 posted on 09/25/2016 9:49:03 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (It is a wise man who rules by the polls but it is a fool who is ruled by them)
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To: sheana
We don’t boat at night. When it’s dark we are safely at a guest dock or anchorage.

A number of years ago a friend and his son were passengers on a boat on Lake St. Clair (S.E. Michigan) being driven by a guy who was drunk and they T-boned another boat, killing one of those passengers.........The drunk driver was rightfully convicted of manslaughter.......

69 posted on 09/25/2016 9:49:58 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (If only Hillary had married OJ instead......)
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To: rodguy911

Yes, your comment that everyone on the thread knows nothing about nighttime navigation was a beautiful tribute. Now you STFU until I ask you what worm to use when I fish.


70 posted on 09/25/2016 9:53:48 AM PDT by stillfree? (My My My)
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To: Dacula
If you only knew.

Callous jerk is only the tip of the rather large iceberg.

But I do appreciate the observation!

71 posted on 09/25/2016 9:59:34 AM PDT by going hot (Happiness is a Momma Deuce)
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To: from occupied ga

We called them moon groupers as well in my era because they fell from the sky or at least were tossed from the deck of a freighter

I did not mean to imply that is what he was doing but it was a reply to no one being on the water in the middle of the night

I am extremely familiar with Florida coast waters from Egmont Key off Tampa to Stump Pass and Boca Grande to Naples/Marco

And not so much from Cape Romano to Sable and Florida Bay but then Largo to Haulover I’m again my familiarity realm

And plenty people are on the water at night fishing and just having fun

And btw the first reports are there no signs alcohol was involved

We used to blast out of govt cut in daytime just messing with the Leos just cause we could

That SeaVee 32 with trip 300s is a damn nice center console gofast

My guess is they just misjudged the jetty

I was on an Everglades 27 I rented in Naples last month

Fishing boats have come a long way from the 70s and 80s and what people pay for them

Well powered a new SeeVee 32 is over 300k

Bought like an Everglades

You get old like me you see over and over young men die with the world by the tail just from bad luck mistake

Running into a jetty at night at speed is one of those

His poor parents

Btw I love Miami

It gets pissed on a lot here like New Orleans but I love the place

I love Cubans and Colombians

Unfortunately black lives matter thuggery sorts have taken over the southern end of the beach below Lincoln road


72 posted on 09/25/2016 10:06:26 AM PDT by wardaddy (free republic is an aging demographic)
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To: from occupied ga

I never swordfished but I hear it’s deep Gulf Stream canyon fishing


73 posted on 09/25/2016 10:08:48 AM PDT by wardaddy (free republic is an aging demographic)
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To: Hojczyk

American freedom killed him. Had he stayed in cuba this never would have happened.


74 posted on 09/25/2016 10:11:48 AM PDT by BRL
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To: SoFloFreeper

Sad for those who recall I’m sure.


75 posted on 09/25/2016 10:57:45 AM PDT by rodguy911 (Go Sarah go! America home of the free because of the brave.)
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To: stillfree?

Wasn’t directed to everyone on the thread just you.


76 posted on 09/25/2016 10:59:06 AM PDT by rodguy911 (Go Sarah go! America home of the free because of the brave.)
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To: wardaddy

Swordfishing has been done at night for some time both off the East Coast and the Keys. We run to 1600’-1750’ off here in the Keys,mostly in the daytime and fish the bottom. At night they come closer to the top and are usually caught from 300 feet down to near the surface.
One of our captains was instrumental in starting the daytime rage for swordfishing down here about ten years ago. Now his son is following in his footsteps as are hundreds of others.


77 posted on 09/25/2016 11:06:16 AM PDT by rodguy911 (Go Sarah go! America home of the free because of the brave.)
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To: rodguy911

I wasn’t on the thread then, but ok.


78 posted on 09/25/2016 11:13:22 AM PDT by stillfree? (My My My)
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To: rodguy911

Here it seems wherever you go you have to cross a shipping lane. I hate them at daytime let alone at night.


79 posted on 09/25/2016 11:14:14 AM PDT by sheana
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To: SoFloFreeper
Oscar Tavares was the Cardinal player killed in an auto accident, just days after the 2014 season ended for St. Louis. Like Fernandez, he was expected to be a star for years to come.

Tavares was driving drunk and speeding. The crash killed him and his girlfriend.

Too early to know if alcohol was involved here, but in any case, life is fragile under the best of circumstances. But, we don't often consider the risks of things we do.

Thoughts and prayers for the Fernandez family. He was every thing they say he was and more. A huge loss for the Marlins and Miami.

80 posted on 09/25/2016 11:21:57 AM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment
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