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Unbelievable: Marlins' Jose Fernandez dies in boating accident

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David GOAT

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So messed up and sad, Passan has an article/texts what happened before they were going out on the boat... Basically Fernandez wanted to go out and one of the guys on the boat was texting with a friend to ask him to go with, he said no and tried to tell them not to go/warned them.

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/the-tragic-final-night-of-jose-fernandezs-life-023645408.html

 

Crazy. I saw somewhere that he had invited Ozuna to come out too, but he obviously declined.

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From GRB.....

"Is Fernandez going to get the same treatment as OT? His judgment may have been worse."

 

 

Holy [expletive] horsefeathers, what?!?!?

LMFAO. I almost posted about how distasteful I found it that Carlos Martinez managed to shoehorn his murderous drunk driving horsefeathers former teammate into the Fernandez tributes Sunday night.

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From GRB.....

"Is Fernandez going to get the same treatment as OT? His judgment may have been worse."

 

 

Holy [expletive] horsefeathers, what?!?!?

LMFAO. I almost posted about how distasteful I found it that Carlos Martinez managed to shoehorn his murderous drunk driving horsefeathers former teammate into the Fernandez tributes Sunday night.

 

same

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Geez. He hasn't even been laid to rest yet and Gordo is writing about how his death affects baseball awards. Sickening

imb MVP

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From GRB.....

"Is Fernandez going to get the same treatment as OT? His judgment may have been worse."

 

 

Holy [expletive] horsefeathers, what?!?!?

LMFAO. I almost posted about how distasteful I found it that Carlos Martinez managed to shoehorn his murderous drunk driving horsefeathers former teammate into the Fernandez tributes Sunday night.

 

well to be fair, boating that late at night was an awful decision, and his friend did say that he stopped at a restaurant super late at night. And if he was driving the boat that night ... well yeah it would be worse than oscar

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From GRB.....

"Is Fernandez going to get the same treatment as OT? His judgment may have been worse."

 

 

Holy [expletive] horsefeathers, what?!?!?

LMFAO. I almost posted about how distasteful I found it that Carlos Martinez managed to shoehorn his murderous drunk driving horsefeathers former teammate into the Fernandez tributes Sunday night.

 

well to be fair, boating that late at night was an awful decision, and his friend did say that he stopped at a restaurant super late at night. And if he was driving the boat that night ... well yeah it would be worse than oscar

 

Didnt it come out that there was no alcohol in his system? Or am I misremembering?

 

Edit: Looks like that was just initial speculation and autopsy results arent out yet.

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LMFAO. I almost posted about how distasteful I found it that Carlos Martinez managed to shoehorn his murderous drunk driving horsefeathers former teammate into the Fernandez tributes Sunday night.

 

well to be fair, boating that late at night was an awful decision, and his friend did say that he stopped at a restaurant super late at night. And if he was driving the boat that night ... well yeah it would be worse than oscar

 

Didnt it come out that there was no alcohol in his system? Or am I misremembering?

 

police just said they didnt find drugs or alcohol in the boat. no way they've gotten blood tests back

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LMFAO. I almost posted about how distasteful I found it that Carlos Martinez managed to shoehorn his murderous drunk driving horsefeathers former teammate into the Fernandez tributes Sunday night.

 

well to be fair, boating that late at night was an awful decision, and his friend did say that he stopped at a restaurant super late at night. And if he was driving the boat that night ... well yeah it would be worse than oscar

 

Didnt it come out that there was no alcohol in his system? Or am I misremembering?

I think they've only said no drugs or alcohol was found on the boat. Don't think they've announced the autopsy results yet. They did say Jose was not driving tho. However that is determined. Yes it's pretty dumb and reckless to be boating at night but if no drugs or alcohol were involved idk how you even think this is close to OT.

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if he wasn't driving then it isn't, but it was his boat, it was in his name and the yahoo article quoted the group's friend (who stayed behind) as pleading with them not to let jose take it out
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If I'm reading the article right, it makes it sound like they only docked at the restaurant because the guy they picked up lived in an apartment above it.

 

I mean, blasting around in a speedboat at night is never a good idea, but just being out on a boat by Miami at night isn't usual at all in and of itself.

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well to be fair, boating that late at night was an awful decision, and his friend did say that he stopped at a restaurant super late at night. And if he was driving the boat that night ... well yeah it would be worse than oscar

 

Didnt it come out that there was no alcohol in his system? Or am I misremembering?

I think they've only said no drugs or alcohol was found on the boat. Don't think they've announced the autopsy results yet. They did say Jose was not driving tho. However that is determined. Yes it's pretty dumb and reckless to be boating at night but if no drugs or alcohol were involved idk how you even think this is close to OT.

 

This is all true but from the sounds of the Passan article Fernandez was begging teammates and friends to go out with him, and going out at that time of night was said to be quite dangerous due to lack of lighting and lack of other people out on the water to save them in the event of an accident. The driving part doesn't matter at all assuming whoever drove was sober. From the sounds of it he encouraged others to do something fairly reckless and they paid for it with their lives. I don't know where that puts Fernandez in terms of his judgement tbh

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