RIP Yordano Ventura

[metsandweezer]

Horrible way to start the day. Wow.

[Matt Ryan]

Originally Posted by Keyser Soze

Same crash took both of them.

I'm reading separate incidents. Same situation but seperate.

[daeve]

wow very sad news. Every season I felt like we had yet to see him really put it together.

[mwash1983]

Originally Posted by NeedChapmans

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

It's called being young and being stupid, most of us were there at that point...

[mwash1983]

Don't put the picture of the accident up, Ventura's body is there hanging out the car...

[TarjetasBéisbol]

WTF!!! This is so sad!!

[RedsRule]

When are people going to learn not to drink/use drugs and drive? Such a sad, preventable situation.

[tkraft24]

Originally Posted by RedsRule

When are people going to learn not to drink/use drugs and drive? Such a sad, preventable situation.

It's only a matter of time before MLB establishes a mandatory education program. Players from other countries didn't necessarily grow up with all of the education and awareness campaigns against drunk driving or substance abuse that are offered in the U.S.

[Bader]

Crazy day first Marte now Ventura ...RIP

[Orange October]

Very tragic news. From what I read on MLBTR, this was a separate crash from the one that killed Andy Marte.

[TarjetasBéisbol]

[Jaypers]

Originally Posted by Bader

Crazy day first Marte now Ventura ...RIP

Robert Ford ‏@raford3
Andy Marte's last MLB game was 8/6/14 w/ Arizona, against KC. Royals starting pitcher that day? Yordano Ventura. Both gone too soon. RIP.

[Orange October]

It appears that alcohol was involved


Cristian Moreno|ESPN ‏@CristianMorenoD 38m38 minutes ago
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Same day, separate sole death accidents of #MLB players @YordanoVentura & Andy Marte, similar circumstance; both said to be under influence.

[kyleuk21]

Originally Posted by TarjetasBéisbol

Sad...hopefully ppl can use these alcohol-induced accidents as lessons...

[TWard]

Holy crap. That's so sad. RIP. Only a year younger than me. Damn, that's so sad.


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[centereacan06]

Incredibly sad, but even sadder that the same mistake is happening over and over. Especially to Yordano who was one of the most emotional players after the Taveras incident.

[Hollywood42]

Definitely still sad, but I struggle with cases like this where news comes out they were drinking and driving or something like that. Make bad decisions like that, what do you expect? It's a tough situation for me to deal with

[slugger82685]

Originally Posted by Hollywood42

Definitely still sad, but I struggle with cases like this where news comes out they were drinking and driving or something like that. Make bad decisions like that, what do you expect? It's a tough situation for me to deal with

While that's true and all, it's a different culture. Seems like it's the norm for people to go out drinking and driving and I'm not sure but maybe there aren't laws against it either. There was a time in our country where there weren't laws against drinking and driving as well.

[rngrdanny22]

Originally Posted by TarjetasBéisbol

And this guy could have attempted to "change the culture" when he saw it happen in real time.

As the post above, I have a tough time with situations like this. "Lack of education" definitely can't be used this time since he knew damn well what happened with Oscar Taveras. He knew the risks and took them anyways.

[tkraft24]

Originally Posted by Hollywood42

Definitely still sad, but I struggle with cases like this where news comes out they were drinking and driving or something like that. Make bad decisions like that, what do you expect? It's a tough situation for me to deal with

It's just sad. MLB needs to do better, clearly different cultures look at drinking and driving differently. These young players from other countries don't have access to the same campaigns and information growing up. It wasn't that long ago where drinking and driving was accepted in the U.S. MLB and the players union need to get its players up to speed with regards to the issue.

[ToppsCollector1]

as some people have said, this really needs to be stopped or at least controlled in some form

[TarjetasBéisbol]

Originally Posted by slugger82685

While that's true and all, it's a different culture. Seems like it's the norm for people to go out drinking and driving and I'm not sure but maybe there aren't laws against it either. There was a time in our country where there weren't laws against drinking and driving as well.

It's not the norm for people to drink and drive there but I am sure that the police look the other way when it comes to MLB players or prospects. There are laws against it in DR, in the U.S. its been a law since 1910.

[JWBlue]

Originally Posted by mwash1983

It's called being young and being stupid, most of us were there at that point...

Yup. I laugh at how dumb I was in my early 20s. All males evolve this way.

[cnewby]

Thankful no innocent lives were taken.

[tkraft24]

Originally Posted by TarjetasBéisbol

It's not the norm for people to drink and drive there but I am sure that the police look the other way when it comes to MLB players or prospects. There are laws against in DR and in the U.S. its been a law since 1910.

Just because something is illegal doesn't mean it's enforced. It's been illegal in the U.S. for a long time but officers used to let people go except in extreme cases and certainly weren't vigilantly looking for offenders. The culture is absolutely different.