RIP Yordano Ventura
 

Wow. Just wow. :(

[B]Cristian Moreno|ESPNVerified account ‏@CristianMorenoD
#Royals pitcher @YordanoVentura Dead at 25 after fatal car accident earlier today, confirmed by #Dominican police force. Terrible news. #MLB[/B]

Sure hope alcohol and/or drugs weren't involved.

What?! Are you sure that's not a mixup with the Andy Marte story?

Ugh. This is awful. He had electric stuff. RIP.

and this is why players need to get away from the DR, its a war zone down there...

Just saw this link

[url]http://www.elcaribe.com.do/2017/01/22/fallece-persona-accidente-vehiculo-yordano-ventura-investigan-trata-del-pelotero[/url]

unbelievable... unbelievable...

[QUOTE=mwash1983;11863004]and this is why players need to get away from the DR, its a war zone down there...[/QUOTE]

Car crashes happen everywhere.

[QUOTE=cpa85;11863008]Car crashes happen everywhere.[/QUOTE]

True but i've heard its drunk driving everywhere down there, people drive 90-100 MPH on dirt roads there...

What? Geez. This needs to stop

Ugh.

Jesse Spector ��Verified account ‏@jessespector
Yordano Ventura pitched the best game of his career while paying tribute to Oscar Taveras, who died in a car accident. Now this. Brutal.

RIP....

[QUOTE=cpa85;11862998]What?! Are you sure that's not a mixup with the Andy Marte story?[/QUOTE]

Same crash took both of them.

[QUOTE=mwash1983;11863010]True but i've heard its drunk driving everywhere down there, people drive 90-100 MPH on dirt roads there...[/QUOTE]

It's drunk driving everywhere in America too.

It had nothing to do with DR

[QUOTE=mwash1983;11863004]and this is why players need to get away from the DR, its a war zone down there...[/QUOTE]

I've been to the D.R. 3 times in the last 4 years on golf trips. It's very safe place to visit. I didn't witness a "war zone" or citizens acting crazy.

Terrible news about Ventura

The roads down there are horrible. Even the paved roads are brutal to drive on because they aren't maintained. That being said it's horrible when anyone dies this young. RIP

Unbelievable


Rip Yordano

Omg just woke up to this.

RIP DANO.

[QUOTE=Peties Army;11863034]It's drunk driving everywhere in America too.

It had nothing to do with DR[/QUOTE]

Not true. That is one of the most dangerous places in the world to drive. I believe the most dangerous on the entire western hemisphere, or very close to it.

Rest in Peace.

[QUOTE=Jaypers;11862993]Sure hope alcohol and/or drugs weren't involved.[/QUOTE]

If true..... :doh:

[B]Cristian Moreno|ESPN ‏@CristianMorenoD
Same day, separate sole death accidents of #MLB players @YordanoVentura & Andy Marte, similar circumstance; both said to be under influence.[/B]

[QUOTE=CoolG;11863035]I've been to the D.R. 3 times in the last 4 years on golf trips. It's very safe place to visit. I didn't witness a "war zone" or citizens acting crazy.

Terrible news about Ventura[/QUOTE]

I agree it's not a war zone or anywhere close to that, I was there a couple years ago and it's fine but people do drive pretty crazy down there, there's no control at stop signs and intersections in cities that I was in. Cars and motorbikes pushing their way through everything.

[QUOTE=CoolG;11863035]I've been to the D.R. 3 times in the last 4 years on golf trips. It's very safe place to visit. I didn't witness a "war zone" or citizens acting crazy.

Terrible news about Ventura[/QUOTE]

Depends where you go down there, had a former co worker get married down there. Some parts of the Island are beautiful, but lot of areas are terrible...

Geez this is terrible...RIP. It really makes one wonder why this happens so much in baseball and not any other sport ...

[QUOTE=Ottomatic;11863047]Not true. That is one of the most dangerous places in the world to drive. I believe the most dangerous on the entire western hemisphere, or very close to it.[/QUOTE]

His point was it was dangerous to drive there cause of all the people driving drunk. I just responded there are drunk drivers everywhere.

I don't care. It's sad either way.

Always on a Sunday. Taveras, Fernandez, Ventura ... Saturday Night's have not been kind to these kids.