24 year-old pitcher, Jose Fernandez, of the Miami Marlins died in a tragic boating accident earlier today.
The Mets hung his number and name on a Mets jersey in the dugout.
Bigger than baseball. #RIPJose #brothers pic.twitter.com/YOc1TGqEKK
— New York Mets (@Mets) September 25, 2016
The Marlins and the Braves canceled their game. Many players didn’t feel much like playing today. Fernandez was an all-star this year. Players from all around the league got to know him. He was a well-liked guy who just announced 5 days ago that he was going to be a father.
The show must go on, however, and the Mets took apart the Phillies 17-0, the largest blowout in their history, to take the lead in the national League wildcard.
RIP Jose Fernandez.
The Mets head to Miami tomorrow to play the Marlins. Jose Fernandez was to be the starting pitcher.
Jose Fernandez had a great career ahead on him. He & his mother tried to leave Cuba 3 times, before successfully arriving. On the voyage someone fell overboard & he dove over the boat to rescue them … it ended up being his mother
(before you clamber on about Illegal Aliens … if any Cuban can come & land on US soil, they have ‘political refugee’ status … ain’t my rule, I’m just the messenger)
NL Rookie of the Year 2013, he went through Tommy John surgery in 2014 & was coming back this year w/ a 16-8 record, leading the league in strike outs per 9 innings & a candidate for the Cy Young Award (best pitcher in baseball… he became a US citizen in 2015)
… very sad end to a potentially enormous talent
High speed boating during nighttime is one of the scariest things ever. Especially if one hasn’t taken the most basic of boating safety classes.
Funny thing about boat ownership. You write the check and they give you your boat. No training required.
I got so lost in the waters between Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard during night time. And I got lost in Chesapeake Bay at night time.
Night time boating is treacherous.
Sorry about Jose Fernandez, but they hit a jetty, a rock wall, at high speed. They probably never even knew what they hit.
If you get a boat, get some training on the basics of safety. Seriously. The sea, and obstacles at sea, are unforgiving.
He was outstanding and his death was avoidable. A similiar accident occured many years ago in Cleveland with a boat hitting a pier at high speed. I don’t recall all the details, but I do remember one of the dead was a profesional athelete.
PHenry is correct. Boats don’t have headlights and you can only use a spotlight to land your boat when docking. I sold my boat, but when I had it, I never went out when it was dark.
Sadly, PHenry, mariners have know the truth of your words for thousands of years, yet incautiousness remains. See: Widows-walk.
I have a young friend that knew him in a casual way. Thought the world of him. It is a bad news story.
PHenry – true dat. I never run at full throttle in the night time. Throttle it back and poke along at 20kts and have the ability to understand what all the blinking lights out there represent (COLREGS). If you are in congested water, throttle it back to No Wake speed. I tell newbies that No Wake speed means your family won’t need to have a Wake for you.
Back before GPS we relied on charts, but even after some experience the eyes can be deceiving at night. I remember seeing what I thought was flashing white 4 seconds on the chart. When we got closer to shore we realized that there was a road perpendicular to the shore that required a 90 degree right turn for motorists and we were actually looking at headlights. Not a buoy.