RIP Jose Fernandez

[hockeyrobot]

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/marlins...131251128.html

Terrible terrible news.

[Dobber]

RIP
This is so shocking, my gawd

Still digesting this

[PatyOFurniture]

http://i.imgur.com/VHduDtG.gif

[The Black Panther]

Not to take away from sadness. I wonder why this happened. Found vessel 3-330am.

[als_revenge]

Very sad indeed. Based on the picture of the upturned boat, one would have to think that darkness played a major role. They must have hit the rocks at a very high speed

[The Black Panther]

Happened at night I'd think

Fernandez was on a 32-foot vessel that had a "severe impact" with a jetty, said FWC's Lorenzo Veloz.

[StuntMan12]

Very sad indeed. I haven't followed much baseball for the past few years but I always remember hearing about Fernandez and how good he was doing. 253 strike outs as a 24 year old. So talented and so young

[Call of Doughty]

There it is.

[Godin]

There it is.

Thanks for that. I didn't know what a 'jetty' was. He sure was a talent. He tried to leave Cuba 3 previous times before finally escaping.

[Eskimo Brother]

Awful news. Thoughts go out to his family and to the Marlins.
Really difficult for me to even wrap my head around it.

[ztking]

Incredibly sad. Got the notification when I woke up. Was one of the pitchers I always thought I'd have time to see him live. Pretty amazing talent. Tough to digest for sure. Thinking of his family and team in this time

[2014olympicgold]

He was like a pitcher out of a video game. He had such an infectious smile and attitude. Cuba born, defected, grew up in Tampa, and lived in Miami playing MLB. Sounds like a plot out of a movie.

It’s going to be tough to even finish the season for the Marlins.

[Godin]

He was like a pitcher out of a video game. He had such an infectious smile and attitude. Cuba born, defected, grew up in Tampa, and lived in Miami playing MLB. Sounds like a plot out of a movie.

It’s going to be tough to even finish the season for the Marlins.

I definitely see a movie in the future about his trials and tribulations getting to the majors.

[2014olympicgold]

Couldn’t speak English in highschool, skipped class to just call his grandma to settle himself down, shot at and jailed, Tommy John, became a US citizen during his rehab yr from TJ. Hilarious guy. Would be a great movie actually.

A funny story I read was he didn’t believe his dad that it was unlimited food at a buffet when he first went to one in the states. Or how he used to call a hockey puck a ball.

[butch]

what a tragedy indeed .

RIP Jose