OT: MLBers Yordano Ventura, Andy Marte killed in separate car accidents
The link to MLB's Twitter on Ventura:
https://twitter.com/MLB/status/823209194295656448/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc…
Andy Marte:
http://m.mlb.com/news/article/214108460/former-major-leaguer-andy-marte…
I did not realize that Marte was no longer in the majors.
January 22nd, 2017 at 12:26 PM ^
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January 23rd, 2017 at 9:28 AM ^
What the hell kind of person downvotes this?
January 22nd, 2017 at 12:33 PM ^
January 22nd, 2017 at 1:17 PM ^
Very sad.
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January 22nd, 2017 at 1:00 PM ^
Does anyone have any knowledge on the driving conditions in the Dominican. Over the years I know there have been several of these incidents involving high-level athletes. Is it coincidence, or is there a bigger problem?
Regardless, two more unfortunate losses for the baseball community. Thoughts to the families.
January 22nd, 2017 at 1:15 PM ^
still in the bigs? Never heard of either of them. Streatching the OT definition a bit. Maybe time to bring Najee rumors back......
January 22nd, 2017 at 1:21 PM ^
Ventura was 25 and was considered a huge building block for Kansas City Royals future. At one point, people viewed him as a potential ace. He has had some struggles, but also had some good seasons. Many people on this board are huge Tigers fans, and this certainitly effects them, with KC being a divisional rival.
January 22nd, 2017 at 9:20 PM ^
You didn't even have to respond to that nonsense.
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January 22nd, 2017 at 1:46 PM ^
now, he did walk 5, and he also was staked to a big lead as the Royals put up a 7-spot in the bottom of the 2nd.
But, that was a fairly big performance from Ventura in a must-win game. Would have been interesting if Ventura pitched Game 7 instead of Jeremy Guthrie. Guthrie wasn't very good at all, SF got an early lead, and Madison Bumgarner took it all the way home after entering in the 4th.
January 22nd, 2017 at 1:50 PM ^
Instead of looking like a complete scumbag.
January 22nd, 2017 at 1:39 PM ^
So I did a little digging and found this interesting article. It claims that the DR has the world's second most dangerous roads in the world. As of 2014, there was a 3% chance of a MLB player from the DR being killed in a car crash each year.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/americasview/2014/10/road-safety-dominican-republic
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January 23rd, 2017 at 8:30 AM ^
Such a shame. I didn't know/remember much about Marte, but I love watching YV throw. It sucked that he pitched for the Royals, but when he wasn't starting against the Tigers it was worth the watch just to see if he was going to piss someone off.