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"Now comes good sailing. Moose. Indian."

Wasn't that their stud prospect?

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

Good lord that's horrible...

Wow. That is terrible.

Baseball America had him ranked as the #3 prospect in baseball going into the season.

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"Now comes good sailing. Moose. Indian."

Oh my god that's awful. God damn it.

Chus is going to be devastated.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

This is sad. Wow.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Unreal. Can't remember a player of his standing dying in any sport since Nick Adenhart. Both at 22. Just sucks.

Darryl Kile.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

Dale Earnhardt Sr

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

Kyle was clearly a roids thing, which is still really sad. He also was a bit older than both Adenhart and Taveras.

I'm not trying to break the level of these tragedies into tiers, it's just another reminder that they are people.

Time to invest in teddy bear futures ...

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Awful. Just gut-wrenching when I heard it.

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I feel awful but my second thought (after "That's terrible") was "fucking cardinals wont miss a beat"

If it were Kris Bryant the Cubs would come undone.

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"Now comes good sailing. Moose. Indian."

Drazen Petrovic

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I thought similarly. In no way is this some thing negative to Cubs but something like this is what I mean by no plan is guaranteed.

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Elections have consequences.

Definitely

I think most organizations would be a little fucked

Len Bias is probably the best NBA comparison.

I saw the headlines on this a few times before I realized they weren't talking about Pittsburgh legend Frank Taveras.

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You know me like that.

If Mike Matheny wasn't such a shitty manager, this guy would be alive right now.

Cardinal blogs are abuzz with this kind of comment.

It's terrible. So young, so much talent. He and his girlfriend had a young son, who now has no mother and father.

This is your moment, etched forever in my mind now Oscar. We hardly knew ye.

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Beats this memory

I enjoy that memory. IIRC he was called in from the back fields to pinch-run for one of the veterans, and they gave him a uniform that didn't exist. FOX was flabbergasted about who #91 was that they just went with MINOR LEAGUE GUY

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His talent was obvious. He made it to the majors despite having only one arm.

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"Now comes good sailing. Moose. Indian."

I'm sure he'll have the classiest funeral possible.

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

Sounds like he was speeding. Second person to hit that tree and die




Officials in the Dominican Republic do NOT believe alcohol was a factor in the crash that killed St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Oscar Taveras and his girlfriend ... TMZ Sports has learned.

We spoke with reps at the Metropolitan Police Department in the D.R. who tell us ... Taveras was driving "very, very fast" on a wet road when he lost control and slammed into a huge tree.

Both Taveras and his GF were killed in the crash.

Officials tell us an autopsy is currently being conducted on Oscar -- but we're told there was no immediate evidence at the crash scene to lead officials to believe he was drunk behind the wheel.

Officials tell us the weather may have played a role -- because it had been raining around the time of the accident and the roads were slippery.

We're told ... Taveras is not the first person to have lost control and slammed into that particular tree -- another person died in the same exact spot last year under similar weather conditions.

Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2014/10/27/oscar-tav ... z3HROE3C9c

I've been to Puerto Plata (button 48). Its a beautiful part of the country. People in the DR (at least in PP) drive like maniacs. There are seemingly no lanes, no rules on when or when not to turn, and there are hundreds of little scooters all over the place. I cannot imagine it would be a very safe place to drive with any sort of excessive speed.

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Reads a lot like Paul Walkers death. Fancy car and let's play Steve McQueen.

Reckless and dumb=death

Just like JFK Jr.

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