Bojang0301
Omar4Heisman
Boating accident according to multiple sources...
Not remembering names, but seem to think it was 3 Inidian players during Spring Training. Had the boat out at night and hit a dock / pier that they couldn't seeSad news. Wasn't there another boating accident a few years back that killed a few ball players?
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2013/03/20/indians-tim-crews-steve-olin-bobby-ojeda-boating-tragedy-still-haunts-20-years-later/2004887/Not remembering names, but seem to think it was 3 Inidian players during Spring Training. Had the boat out at night and hit a dock / pier that they couldn't see
Remember it well. Was still in college.
Had a wee bit of cocaine in his system well.Hypothetical
Say this turns into a worst case scenario. JF was drunk, driving the boat, speeding, putting not only his life, but other people's life in danger. If that's the case, how do the Marlins go about honoring him on a forward basis?
Initial reaction was they couldn't do enough to honor this kid. On the field, he embodied everything you wanted in a ball player. He was home grown (Marlins draft pick) and was the ideal person(cuban defector), in the ideal place (Miami) with the ideal demeanor (always having fun) to be the face of a franchise.
Retire his number (already done), statue in front of the park, Every home game played on the 16th month dedicated to his memory. The possibilities were endless and he warranted it by what he did when wearing that Marlins' uniform.
However, life itself is more important than what he did in a uniform. If the hypothetical I'm presenting, and he was in the wrong here, I don't know how you go about doing any of that. I think you have to turn him into some sort of cautionary tale, but how?
Your tone suggests that you think these people would be in the wrong.Well, now people will say the guy had it all in life and threw it away for coke, alcohol and thrill seeking.
Yeah. WTF were they thinkingDa Guru said:Reports just came out that Fernandez was the driver of the boat and intoxicated. Going 65MPH at the time of the crash.
I have been on a boat going 65 MPH on a clear day on Lake Michigan..it seemed like we were going 100. I was scared and the sun was out and nothing in front of us.