I just wanted to get back to this. For my money, Jose Fernandez was the best pitcher in MLB not named Kershaw. He may not finish in the top 3 in the Cy Young voting this year, but if I were starting a team tomorrow, the first pitcher I would take would have been Fernandez.Honest question: was Fernandez the best pitcher in baseball? I was trying to tell my wife what he had in front of him for a career. I know this year was something of a return to who he was supposed to be before the Tommy John surgery. And I know he hasn't had a typical Cy Young-type season yet. But he had to have at least been among the Top 5 in the game, right?
The trumpet solo of Take Me Out to the Ballgame did it to me. Then Gordon, my godThat was something out of a movie. Nobody is not crying in my house
It's hard to imagine a team fighting for a playoff spot is going to groove pitches regardless of the circumstances. But even if he did you don't just hit a HR on demand if you're a hitter like that. The guy doesn't hit home runs. It was magical or spiritual or whatever special description you want to give it.I don't know if Colon intentionally grooved that 85 mph pitch or not. Regardless, what Gordon did with it was absolutely magical.
More than dusty here. Wow. The whole game from pre-game to post-game was incredible to watch. The emotions that poured out. The incredible class of the Mets at the end of the ceremony. The Dee Gordon AB, the interview with David Samson, most of the stuff FSFL showed and then the post-game around the mound. Truly feel for those guys. Terribly heartbreaking for them. They handled an incredibly difficult situation remarkably well.Aw man the post-game tribute by the players. It's really dusty here.
Pretty hard to not cry when guys like Stanton and Barry Bonds are visibly fighting back tears and Gordon is literally bawling rounding the bases after hitting his first HR of the season. I've never seen raw emotion quite like that at a sporting event.That's the first time I ever cried watching sports. Holy shit that postgame around the mound was something else.
And in his post-game interview, he admits he had never hit a ball that far before, even in BP. Pretty damn remarkable.Dee Gordon takes the first pitch from the right side of the plate (he hits lefty), and then goes to the other side, and hits the third pitch longer than he's probably ever hit one before to lead off the game for Miami. Bursts into tears as he crosses the plate.
Yup.That article makes this even more depressing
Baseball's "Taps." Brutal, but fitting.I just heard the trumpet solo, and it went right through me.
I agree with this 100%.I wrote yesterday that we'll never know, but it's my honest belief that we may have just lost out on the chance to see the next Pedro. Shoot, just go compare his numbers through age 24 to Pedro's. It's no comparison. Fernandez has been better. As he got some more seasons under his belt, I think he would have piled up Cy Young awards.
Not that it matters much but after the initial shock and sorrows it begs the question; WTF are you doing on a speed boat at 3:00 in the morning with a pregnant girlfriend at home? The old adage that nothing good happens after midnight.https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/miami-marlins-were-reportedly-worried-205600953.html
Le Betard doing some early speculating and gossiping.
But unless and until we know who was driving and whether they were drinking, this just seems like a rush to be the first person to nail down the drugs or alcohol angle.Not that it matters much but after the initial shock and sorrows it begs the question; WTF are you doing on a speed boat at 3:00 in the morning with a pregnant girlfriend at home? The old adage that nothing good happens after midnight.
Based on my reading of the article, I'm guessing there isn't much of a "scene" on the water late at night; if there were, JF's desire to take a late-night boat ride wouldn't have struck his friend as a dangerous request. (I'm sure people hang out and drink at marinas, etc., but it sounds like not many people are moving through the waterways, let alone doing so at a high rate of speed.)At first I thought he was out fishing but if there is a night scene on the water (who the fuck knew that?) then he was probably out blowing off steam.
The article from yahoo linked above said multiple players did. I'm sure they all are fucked up about it.Marcell Ozuna turned down Jose's invitation to go out that night. The shit that must be going on in his head man.
It was not a speedboat.Not that it matters much but after the initial shock and sorrows it begs the question; WTF are you doing on a speed boat at 3:00 in the morning with a pregnant girlfriend at home? The old adage that nothing good happens after midnight.
Not that it matters much but after the initial shock and sorrows it begs the question; WTF are you doing on a speed boat at 3:00 in the morning with a pregnant girlfriend at home? The old adage that nothing good happens after midnight.
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/17893722/miami-marlins-pitcher-jose-fernandez-friends-reportedly-had-strong-odor-alcohol-deadly-boat-crashMiami-Dade County authorities say the strong odor of alcohol was found on Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez and two other men in a boat when they died in a crash last month, according to a search warrant affidavit obtained by the Miami Herald.
The warrant, released by the Miami-Dade state attorney, alleges investigators found evidence that the boat's driver was speeding and driving with "recklessness" that was "exacerbated by the consumption of alcohol." It does not identify who was driving.
Well, if it's an accurate recounting of what is in the warrant, I can't criticize ESPN for reporting it.Without a post mortem bac test, that's a pretty reckless account to report. But it's espn, so...yeah.
And if it was reported soon after the incident, I wouldn't criticize them. It's been far long enough that blood tests and autopsies have been done. Report on what is known, don't throw around speculation, even if it's typed in a police report.Well, if it's an accurate recounting of what is in the warrant, I can't criticize ESPN for reporting it.
There's something a little weird about all this. The original press conference said no indication of drugs or alcohol. People died. The boat was towed. I'm not sure what the police need a warrant for, since they can search with consent, and I can't imagine why the current legal owner would refuse to allow a search. Perhaps there's an insurance issue? Might the families of the friends be threatening to sue the Fernandez estate if Fernandez was boating while intoxicated?They also aren't releasing the driver's name yet. And, I'm not going to pretend to know anything about boat wreckage or odors of alcohol on dead people, but something tells me there was plenty of evidence on board that alcohol was involved in this 3 AM crash....