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Old 01-22-2017, 10:53 AM   #1
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Thumbs down RIP Yordano Ventura
Wow. Just wow.

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#Royals pitcher @YordanoVentura Dead at 25 after fatal car accident earlier today, confirmed by #Dominican police force. Terrible news. #MLB

Sure hope alcohol and/or drugs weren't involved.
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Old 01-22-2017, 10:55 AM   #2
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What?! Are you sure that's not a mixup with the Andy Marte story?
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Old 01-22-2017, 11:06 AM   #3
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What?! Are you sure that's not a mixup with the Andy Marte story?
Same crash took both of them.
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Old 01-22-2017, 11:15 AM   #4
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Same crash took both of them.
I'm reading separate incidents. Same situation but seperate.
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Old 01-22-2017, 10:56 AM   #5
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Ugh. This is awful. He had electric stuff. RIP.
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Old 01-22-2017, 10:57 AM   #6
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and this is why players need to get away from the DR, its a war zone down there...
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Old 01-22-2017, 10:58 AM   #7
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and this is why players need to get away from the DR, its a war zone down there...
Car crashes happen everywhere.
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Old 01-22-2017, 11:00 AM   #8
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Car crashes happen everywhere.
True but i've heard its drunk driving everywhere down there, people drive 90-100 MPH on dirt roads there...
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True but i've heard its drunk driving everywhere down there, people drive 90-100 MPH on dirt roads there...
It's drunk driving everywhere in America too.

It had nothing to do with DR
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Old 01-22-2017, 11:10 AM   #10
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It's drunk driving everywhere in America too.

It had nothing to do with DR
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.
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Old 01-22-2017, 02:50 PM   #11
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It's drunk driving everywhere in America too.

It had nothing to do with DR
My buddy who is Dominican born and visits often tells me the roads are terrible. Many are windy with no signage. True it can happen anywhere but the conditions are generally worse there.

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and this is why players need to get away from the DR, its a war zone down there...
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
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Old 01-22-2017, 11:08 AM   #13
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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
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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
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.
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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
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...
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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
Those are just tourist areas not the real country.
It's like people going to Mexico and saying it's great...yeah a resort is great. Most of US is already a crap hole let alone Latino countries.
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Those are just tourist areas not the real country.
It's like people going to Mexico and saying it's great...yeah a resort is great. Most of US is already a crap hole let alone Latino countries.


I've also been to 2 different golf factories in the country as well which are far from tourist areas.
The DR is far from a war zone. Overall a very nice country which is quite safe for travel whether
business or pleasure.
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and this is why players need to get away from the DR, its a war zone down there...
Looks like he was at a Royals Charity event in the DR 10 days prior where $15,000 was donated

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unbelievable... unbelievable...
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What? Geez. This needs to stop
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Ugh.

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Yordano Ventura pitched the best game of his career while paying tribute to Oscar Taveras, who died in a car accident. Now this. Brutal.
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