OT:Another Young MLB Pitcher Killed
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Your post was the first I've heard of this and I haven't read a thing.
I'm gonna guess the accident happened in the Dominican Republic.
RIP
I'm gonna guess the accident happened in the Dominican Republic.
RIP
I played winter ball there, any time we got in a car and drove between cities, we were scared to death
In an eery coincidence, in Marte's last game, Ventura hit him with a pitch.
Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura, who awed fans with his precocious talent and scintillating fastball, was killed in a traffic accident in his native Dominican Republic, the team confirmed Sunday morning. Ventura was 25.
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/sports/mlb/kansas-city-royals/article128080059.html
Well, you spelled his first name wrong, and I searched the name you typed in quotes.
Thanks. Player's name was spelled wrong in OP.
Saw that earlier. They are now saying that he was under the influence. Crazy thing if true is that he was supposedly very close with the Cardinal's player who also died last year from injuries sustained from a car crash while driving under the influence. Tragic, sad, and stupid if true.
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I'll never forget when I went there for vacation. We're going around bends and youll see 10 people in the bed of a Piickup truck going around sharp turns
If you are a true fanatic you have seen every name on line ,in a box score on MLB. Very sad indeed regardless of the circumstances.
I'll take your place. Nice, reasonably priced beach vacations. Been there 3 times.
Spent a bunch of time there. We're they on motorcycles?
Motorcycles outnumber cars on the road by 3 to one., maybe more. And you see them speeding and zipping in and out of traffic. Seeing 3 or 4 people on one motorcycle is pretty common too. No helmets. When they go down it can be pretty bad. I've never seen an ambulance there either, although I'm guessing they have them. I have seen them loading people into the bed of a small police pickup truck to take them to the hospital.
Motorcycles outnumber cars on the road by 3 to one., maybe more. And you see them speeding and zipping in and out of traffic. Seeing 3 or 4 people on one motorcycle is pretty common too. No helmets. When they go down it can be pretty bad. I've never seen an ambulance there either, although I'm guessing they have them. I have seen them loading people into the bed of a small police pickup truck to take them to the hospital.
Can't even describe to you the horrific accidents we saw while playing there.
We had a team bus or you could drive yourself to away games, no air, no beer and no food was better than driving yourself, even the native players rode the bus.
On off days we'd go no where near crowded roads or paved highways, there was a maze of rural dirt roads that took us to several beaches in those days…if you ran over a goat or a chicken, don't stop, there was usually a farmer with a machete very close by.
We had a team bus or you could drive yourself to away games, no air, no beer and no food was better than driving yourself, even the native players rode the bus.
On off days we'd go no where near crowded roads or paved highways, there was a maze of rural dirt roads that took us to several beaches in those days…if you ran over a goat or a chicken, don't stop, there was usually a farmer with a machete very close by.
