Jose Fernandez killed in boating accident

[BTS]

A lot of these teams take over players when they are minors with no college education. Same with the NHL.

 

18 year olds and 19 year olds that lack maturity. And the team is not responsible? If you get a job just any job you employer has development programs in place. When you are at university you have professors and other role models helping your development.

 

So yes I do think there is something wrong with a system that takes young teens and makes baseball their no.1 priority. As log as they perform other behaviors are overlooked.

 

Shut the f*** up

[Captain Adama]

People like Fernandez die too young, yet the Dogg lives on....

[THANOS]

Shut the f*** up

 

Seriously. This isn't the time for a soap box moment. That's temp ban worthy imo. Dogg should be ashamed.

[vdartanian]

Absolutely floored hearing this, feel bad for his family, the Marlins and the sport of baseball. A once in a lifetime talent who looked like he had a clear path to baseball royalty.

 

Never Forget!

[pickoff22]

Terrible in every way. Incredible talent and story behind him getting to the bigs. So sad.

 

Yahoo fantasy gave me an alert that his status changed from "healthy to day to day". Geez...

[KingKat]

That's temp ban worthy imo.

 

Agreed and enforced.

[Jonzo]

Terrible news.

[saskjayfan]

Agreed and enforced.

 

I'm not one to jump to the defense of the Dogg, but his comments were temp ban worthy and this comment was perfectly okay? Give me a break.

 

People like Fernandez die too young, yet the Dogg lives on....

[vanland]

I can't believe how hard this news hit me. 24. Could have been the best. Pregnant girl.

Hug the ones you love, boys. Life is so fragile.

[Bobthe4th]

Just got off a flight, now waiting for my connection - check out the board and see this thread. Shocking news.

[havok24]

I was reading a news article on the Toronto Sun when at the bottom of the page a headline read "Marlins Pitcher Fernandez Killed". I looked at it for a few minutes in disbelief thinking and hoping that it was a mistake. I can't even believe this

 

RIP Jose

[Inklink]

Another young life lost

 

RIP

[Swervin81]

Don't really know what to say. Haven't felt this stunned and saddened by an active pro sports player's death since Sean Taylor way back. Seeing the Redskins line up with 10 men on the field on their first defensive play since his death gets me everytime.

 

Rest in Peace, Jose. You were one of the brightest personalities and most electrifying talents we had seen from a pitcher in a while. The dude was just electric and my favorite young pitcher in the game. Words fail me to describe how tragic this is.

[Boxcar]

I'm sorry... I don't see the difference in this/Taveras or Adenhart's tragic deaths. I feel the same as I did when their stories broke. It's just awful news, they were all just kids.

 

How about the fact that Taveras was piss drunk and also murdered his girlfriend in the process? No difference?

 

This is a much bigger tragedy also because Fernandez was one of the faces of change in the game, fiery, passionate and really f***ing good.

[Boxcar]

If you read my other posts you can see I don't care about his talent... It's different hearing about a person you barely know about vs. A guy who seems like a genuine good kid happy with life

 

If someone like Jose Fernandez talent wise but a POS person I'd hardly care

 

I care about his talent. The whole reason I give a s*** that he died in the first place is because he played a sport I like and was good at it.

[Horses Fart]

I scared the s*** out of my wife when I screamed out WHAT!! Followed by the jaw hanging for minutes. RIP!

[burlingtonbandit]

How about the fact that Taveras was piss drunk and also murdered his girlfriend in the process? No difference?

 

This is a much bigger tragedy also because Fernandez was one of the faces of change in the game, fiery, passionate and really f***ing good.

 

Well to be fair if Fernandez was driving the boat drunk then he would be responsible for the other 2 killed as well.

[West Texas Forever]

s***** news. I got to see him pitch in Miami and he was electric. He was the future of the MLB as far as aces go.

[King]

[BTS]

Well to be fair if Fernandez was driving the boat drunk then he would be responsible for the other 2 killed as well.

 

Has anyone suggested that Fernandez was either a) driving the boat, or drunk?

[Jonn]

Well to be fair if Fernandez was driving the boat drunk then he would be responsible for the other 2 killed as well.

 

It's not even f***ing fair to speculate on something like that right now. This is a tragedy and not time for theories or comparisons of loss. Awful just awful

[Zaun of the Dead]

I'm drinking.

[Dick_Pole]

It's live on CP24 right now. Coast Guard and Fire Rescue.

 

"As of right now, no alcohol or drugs were found from the accident... cause of death was full speed into the jetty, all victims were 24 to 27 and the boater was familiar with the area, all close friends, and visibility was very bad last night."

 

Marlin players were frequent passengers of the boat, man, the team must be devastated, again my heart goes out to all victims, families friends and the Marlins Org, just tragic.

 

Well to be fair if Fernandez was driving the boat drunk then he would be responsible for the other 2 killed as well.

 

If you're going to speculate at least make sure you have the facts straight first...f***.

 

Now I could be wrong but the fact that they said "the boater" was familiar with the area instead of using Fernandez's name, that he was not the boater.

[FrozenRopes]

A lot of these teams take over players when they are minors with no college education. Same with the NHL.

 

18 year olds and 19 year olds that lack maturity. And the team is not responsible? If you get a job just any job you employer has development programs in place. When you are at university you have professors and other role models helping your development.

 

So yes I do think there is something wrong with a system that takes young teens and makes baseball their no.1 priority. As log as they perform other behaviors are overlooked.

 

WTF are you talking about? The blame in this is the guy driving the boat at high speed and low visibility. EVERYTHING else is tragic. STFU.

[vanland]

No one just idiots on here. Autopsy forthcoming but no drugs/alcohol was apparent at the accident

[UKBlueJaysFan]

Absolutely tragic. Was hoping the Jays would've been able to get him at the trade deadline. RIP JF16

[FrozenRopes]

As a Canucks fan, this feels eerily similar to when Luc Bourdon died in a motorcycle crash. So young, so loved and so much more to accomplish. Its a sickening feeling.

[Spanky99]

I had empathy for him, he was just a kid, his girlfriend was 18. People make mistakes, especially adolescents. Jose was a passenger, like you said, the details will come out sooner or later. Adenhart was killed by a DD after he won his ballgame earlier that night.

 

How about the fact that Taveras was piss drunk and also murdered his girlfriend in the process? No difference?

 

This is a much bigger tragedy also because Fernandez was one of the faces of change in the game, fiery, passionate and really f***ing good.

 

I guess you missed that post above... P.S. Go f*** yourself, *******.

[Spanky99]

If you're going to speculate at least make sure you have the facts straight first...f***.

 

Now I could be wrong but the fact that they said "the boater" was familiar with the area instead of using Fernandez's name, that he was not the boater.

 

No, Fernandez and other players were always the passengers. They were well known on the water.

[EdwinsParrot]

Absolutely terrible news. He was such a great talent.