Luis Valbuena killed in car accident

[David]

horsefeathers. I am incredibly saddened by this.

 

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[Cubswin11]

God damn it, this sucks. So sad. RIP to the bat flipping king.

 

[Sammy Sofa]

Holy horsefeathers. That fuckin' bites.

[Jaxbro]

Hit a rock in The road to cause the wreck in his homeland of Venezuela.

 

Loved his charisma. Guy could monster bat flip an infield single like a boss, but also would wink/tip his cap to a pitcher that made him look silly

[weis21]

God. RIP. Loved that dude

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Remember him hitting a 3 run bomb off Harden in DeRosa and Wood’s return to Wrigley with the Indians.

 

Little did we know then we’d love his bat flip and that he’d become a key piece in the Cubs path to a championship.

 

RIP Luis.

[Southpaw19]

Extremely sad.

 

A "rock" is an understatement... it was a boulder as it's being reported.

 

RIP

[ConstableRabbit]

I'm pretty sure everyone here knows this but I absolutely loved Valbuena. He was one of the bright spots during the rebuild. RIP.

[ConstableRabbit]

Also, lmao at the NYT.

"Never a star, he contributed mostly off the bench. He hit 25 home runs for the Astros in 2015, and his best batting average was .260 the next year."

 

I demand a correction noting his 3.2 fWAR campaign in 2014.

[Post Count Padder]

Man, it felt like I was hit in the stomach when I saw this. He was such a fun player.

[CubinNY]

I always wanted the Cubs to get him back. I had him on the Cubs team in all my MLB games. So sad.

[Rob]

Rumor has it that it may not have been an accident. Apparently bandits in Venezuela like to place boulders in the road to make people stop or cause accidents so that they can rob them.

 

This is heartbreaking stuff. He was always a favorite of mine.

[sneakypower]

RIP Bat Flip King

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/images/9/9/8/176657998/050616_valbuena_med_5i2s5r1i.gif

[Banedon]

Rumor has it that it may not have been an accident. Apparently bandits in Venezuela like to place boulders in the road to make people stop or cause accidents so that they can rob them.

 

This is heartbreaking stuff. He was always a favorite of mine.

 

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