Yordano Ventura has passed away after a car accident, RIP

[fatcowxlive]

 

Just saw this this morning, RIP another young person gone before his time

[Jonzo]

Wow, too young.. really sad. RIP.

[Jonzo]

Horrible. Tweet from the DR Police.

 

[Melvin]

Rip

[Pinkfloid]

Horrible news

[Dr. Dinger]

He didn't pass away, he died.

[THANOS]

Terrible .

[Maahfaace]

He was a complete douchebag, but did not deserve to have to his life cut short at such a young age. RIP Yordano.

[Effit]

It's a shame that these guys don't seem to be learning from the mistakes of their fallen comrades(if the reports are true).

 

RIP

[Krylian]

It's a shame that these guys don't seem to be learning from the mistakes of their fallen comrades(if the reports are true).

 

RIP

 

Same mentality as anything else I'm sure. 'It won't happen to me.'

[Bobthe4th]

Remember when Ventura pitched the game of his life in the World Series while wearing a tribute on his hat, a few days after his friend Taveras died? That was less than three years ago.

[tazsub3]

is that the guy that the jays had problems with 2 years ago?

[Bobthe4th]

is that the guy that the jays had problems with 2 years ago?

 

Yes, though he had issues with a lot of other teams too - notable Machado and the Orioles.

[baseballsss]

Yes, though he had issues with a lot of other teams too - notable Machado and the Orioles.

 

Ventura was an extreme hot head on the mound. Pretty sure a couple of years ago he tweeted and said Bautista was a nobody lol.

 

Either way he was to young and very talented. RIP.

[reedjohnsonfan]

Andy Marte also died in an unrelated car accident

[burlingtonbandit]

It's a shame that these guys don't seem to be learning from the mistakes of their fallen comrades(if the reports are true).

 

RIP

 

I'm sure there are countless other players who will continue to drive under the influence even after this. The most dangerous part is probably the speed they are driving at. Its one thing to drive after one too many, but when you drive like 160Km/H all it takes is a split second and you're dead.

[Bobthe4th]

Ventura was an extreme hot head on the mound. Pretty sure a couple of years ago he tweeted and said Bautista was a nobody lol.

 

Either way he was to young and very talented. RIP.

 

Ventura said Bautista was overrated, and they had a bit of a back and forth through the media. Then in spring training last year there was a story that Ventura was saying in the clubhouse that he couldn't wait until he faced Jose again so that he could throw at him - and some of the KC veterans called him out on it.

[Sorrow]

It's always sad to see young people with 40+ years of expected life in front of them die, regardless of what we think of them as a personality inside baseball.

 

With that being said if someone's stupid enough to drive under the influence or texting or whatever and they die because of it a lot of my sympathy tends to just disappear.

[TheHurl]

RIP Andy and Ventura. Yordano was OT best friend too.

[Stangstag]

Holy s*** that's terrible. I was just watching videos of his hot head moments a few days ago... The little argument with Trout, beaning Machado and getting charged on the mound, etc.

 

He was a huge douche but didn't deserve to have his life ended at 25. Crazy.

[bowld]

Holy s***. When will these kids learn? This is happening far too often.. Taveras, Ventura and Fernandez... Brutal news

[bzapple]

f***, this is upsetting. Another young talent lost.

[Inklink]

RIP

 

Andy Marte also died in an unrelated car accident

 

Not sure if it's true, but someone in MLB's post's Facebook comments said that in Marte's last MLB game, Ventura was the opposing pitcher.

 

 

Edit:

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jan/22/yordano-ventura-andy-marte-killed-car-crashes-baseball

Ventura was 25 and Marte was 33. In a bitter twist of fate, Marte’s final MLB game was against the Royals, whose starting pitcher that day in August 2014 was Ventura.

[TheHurl]

Prior to the next CBA lets get more education academies into the DR. Not saying education would stop people from doing stupid things (like driving fast on roads that aren't set out for those speeds, cause a lot of educated people do that too). But this is a perfect excuse to change a very flawed system that has kids being pulled from school at a very young age. This doesn't need to be about the most profit now, it's about bettering a country that has given a lot for Major League Baseball.

[43211234]

Yordano Ventura, Andy Marte, Jose Fernandez, Oscar Taveras, Victor Sanchez, Yorman Landa. All dead from car or boat accidents in latin america in the past 27 months.

 

 

Edit: Fernandez died off the coast of Florida I should say.

[bendera3]

Prior to the next CBA lets get more education academies into the DR. Not saying education would stop people from doing stupid things (like driving fast on roads that aren't set out for those speeds, cause a lot of educated people do that too). But this is a perfect excuse to change a very flawed system that has kids being pulled from school at a very young age. This doesn't need to be about the most profit now, it's about bettering a country that has given a lot for Major League Baseball.

 

I don't know the details but does anyone know how well enforced laws on drunk driving are down in the DR? Is it illegal to serve a visibly drunk person in a bar?

[fatcowxlive]

He didn't pass away, he died.

 

Oops, there's a difference?

 

I ran a quick Google search, is the difference between the two death that was inevitable (ex. someone who was in a coma that died) passing away vs. dying on impact/immediately like this accident? I was always under the impression "passing away" is a more tame way of saying "died"

[EdwinsParrot]

crazy..another young talent gone

 

hopefully things change over there

[Grant77]

Prior to the next CBA lets get more education academies into the DR. Not saying education would stop people from doing stupid things (like driving fast on roads that aren't set out for those speeds, cause a lot of educated people do that too). But this is a perfect excuse to change a very flawed system that has kids being pulled from school at a very young age. This doesn't need to be about the most profit now, it's about bettering a country that has given a lot for Major League Baseball.

 

They destroyed baseball in the last country that they tried to help. This is a very unfortunate incident, but hopefully it isn't used as an excuse to meddle in the affairs of Dominican people and make things even worse.

[Jonn]

The carnage doesn't stop. Another young talent gone. Ventura was a hot head and under performed to his expectations. But he was still so young and could have broken out seemingly at any time. Major blow to the Royals.