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09-25-2016 , 10:45 AM

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Goddamn this is the first sports death in a while that has shaken me. To see someone overcome having to defect from Cuba and a major injury all before 25, and still come back and be a top 3 pitcher in baseball, it's just such a tragedy to see this happen. Then add in that he's legitimately one of the most fun players in baseball and it's extra sad.

Then throw in that he was excited to be a new father and it makes me ****ing cry. So sad.

RIP Jose.

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09-25-2016 , 10:45 AM

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JFC. This world...

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09-25-2016 , 10:49 AM

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09-25-2016 , 11:08 AM

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http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/ml...104075221.html

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09-25-2016 , 11:10 AM

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get up turn on tv to watch some fantasy football and see this on the screen. legit first time Ive seen a death announcement and been upset. his starts made baseball worth watching for me

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09-25-2016 , 11:36 AM

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Terrible.

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09-25-2016 , 12:04 PM

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fernandez was on track to be the best pitcher in baseball. Already way more prolific a strikeout pitcher than kershaw and by 24 had accomplished more than kershaw had to that point if not for innings limits imposed by the franchise. Already leads pitchers in WAR despite only throwing 182 innings

Dude was an unbelievable pitcher and easily the most fun to watch

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09-25-2016 , 12:05 PM

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This really sucks. Dude was fun to watch bc how much fun he had playing

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09-25-2016 , 12:07 PM

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Truly awful news

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09-25-2016 , 12:15 PM

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09-25-2016 , 12:16 PM

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Hard not to enjoy life when your success in America comes after this:

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José Fernández died in a boating accident early this morning. He was a lot of things to a lot of people. First and foremost, he was Cuban. Cuban baseball players turn up frequently enough in the United States that we sort of discount how hard it must be for them to get here, from the island. We should not do that, as it is extraordinarily difficult. It is a journey that most people born in this country likely have no way of comprehending, and so we don’t try to. But Fernandez’s journey started there.

José Fernández was a prisoner. After his stepfather succeeded on his 14th try to defect from Cuba, he would eventually earn enough money for Fernández and his mother to try. Caught, Fernández would spend time in a Cuban jail among murderers, his only crime trying to leave Cuba, to pursue a better life. As a 14-year-old. From a 2013 profile by Grantland’s Jordan Ritter Conn:

He doesn’t ever want to think about the food again — “I have no idea how I would even describe it in English,” he says, “but believe me, you don’t want to know.” He tries not to remember all those bodies cramped into so little space. And he doesn’t let his mind dwell on the inmate killings. “To them, their lives were already over,” Fernández says. “What did it matter to them if they killed you? That’s just one more murder.”

José Fernández was a son. When he finally successfully did escape the undercover Cuban agents and police whose job it is to turn back defectors, his journey was just beginning. Again, from Ritter Conn:

And then he remembers the splash. He heard it one night while he was making small talk with the captain. After the splash, he heard the screams. A wave had crashed over the boat’s deck and swept Fernández’s mother out to sea. He saw her body and before he had time to think, he jumped in. A spotlight shone on the water, and Fernández could make out his mother thrashing in the waves about 60 feet from the boat. She could swim, but just barely, and as Fernández pushed his way toward her, he spat out salty water with almost every stroke. Waves — “stupid big,” he says — lifted him to the sky, then dropped him back down. When he reached his mother he told her, “Grab my back, but don’t push me down. Let’s go slow, and we’ll make it.” She held his left shoulder. With his right arm — his pitching arm — he paddled. Fifteen minutes later, they reached the boat. A rope dropped, and they climbed aboard. For now, at least, they were going to be OK

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09-25-2016 , 12:16 PM

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He was on LeBatard's radio show his rookie year and he talked about how when he first came to American from Cuba, to live with his dad, his dad took him to a buffet.

He thought his dad was pulling a prank on him when he said he could get whatever he wanted.

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09-25-2016 , 12:19 PM

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Also remember him crying when his teammates told him what was up about hitting the opposing team and how retribution worked, he felt so bad.

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09-25-2016 , 12:20 PM

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He's going to be baseball's James Dean. No one this good has died this young that I'm aware of.

Clemente was near 40.

The Bob Ojeda and Tim Crews boating accident happened back in the day, I'm sure that's being referenced in stories tho.

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09-25-2016 , 12:23 PM

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Watching the Marlins press conference is tough.

I hope players around the league think about Jose and start having more fun playing baseball.

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09-25-2016 , 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by DodgerIrish

Not as good, but notable was

Thurman Munson
Nick Adenhart
Lyman Bostock.

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09-25-2016 , 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by StoppedRainingMen

Hard not to enjoy life when your success in America comes after this:

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09-25-2016 , 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Oski

Not as good, but notable was

Thurman Munson
Nick Adenhart
Lyman Bostock.

I thought of him. DUI dude driving a van, I believe, just nailed him while he was sitting at a red light intersection. I'd comment that he was an illegal as a descriptor but that would tend to have political undertones I'm looking to avoid.

Munson was 32.

Munson was almost more like Darryl Kile, different circumstances of death tho obv.

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09-25-2016 , 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by DodgerIrish

Yeah, didn't see the "as young" qualifier. Still a bit dizzy over this.

Definitely not close. Fernandez was a top player from the start of his career.