http://images.ftw.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/tulojose.gif
― mookieproof, Sunday, 25 September 2016 17:15 (seven years ago) link
After Kershaw, I'm not sure there was a better pitcher in baseball. Who knows what kind of career he could have gone on to have.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 25 September 2016 17:28 (seven years ago) link
Very sad news. Rest in peace.
― Michael F Gill, Sunday, 25 September 2016 17:35 (seven years ago) link
horrible, horrible. rip.
― maura, Sunday, 25 September 2016 17:49 (seven years ago) link
Really devastating. Reminds me of nick adenhart of the angels not so long ago
― carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Sunday, 25 September 2016 19:36 (seven years ago) link
RIP -- terrible news.
― aaaaaaaauuuuuuuuu (melting robot) (WilliamC), Sunday, 25 September 2016 20:43 (seven years ago) link
this is just awful. what a talent, what a character. should have been one of the greats.
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 25 September 2016 21:58 (seven years ago) link
http://m.mlb.com/assets/images/8/6/4/184414864/cuts/DiazLittleLeague1280_0hzgnvt4_hsuzv7b2.jpg
Jose Fernandez, front row, third from the right in the yellow hat. (His good friend Aledmys Diaz also in the front row, wearing a red hat)
That infamous GIF above is so good because you can just tell how well liked and respected Fernandez was, even when he was trouncing people. He will be missed.
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Sunday, 25 September 2016 23:39 (seven years ago) link
this is so fucking unfair
― k3vin k., Monday, 26 September 2016 00:19 (seven years ago) link
i can't remember ever being this upset about a celebrity death
http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/jose-fernandezs-final-pitch-is-as-perfect-as-it-is-painful-092516
― nomar, Monday, 26 September 2016 00:23 (seven years ago) link
i've been unable to process this all day, i just can't comprehend it
― qualx, Monday, 26 September 2016 01:19 (seven years ago) link
Casey McGehee and Fernandez were teammates in Miami in 2014 and half of 2015. The news hit him every bit as hard as it hit Iglesias. Fernandez formed a special bond with McGehee’s son Mack, who has cerebral palsy.“The toughest part for me is having to tell my son what happened,” McGehee said. “A lot of people, they don’t really know how to treat Mack. For some reason, Jose had a heart for him. You get to the field, and it wasn’t like ‘Hey, Jose, do you want to keep an eye on him?’ Jose would come and grab him, and they were together from the time they got on the field to the time my wife came to pick him up.“I think that really says a lot about what was truly in his heart, and what kind of guy he was.”
“The toughest part for me is having to tell my son what happened,” McGehee said. “A lot of people, they don’t really know how to treat Mack. For some reason, Jose had a heart for him. You get to the field, and it wasn’t like ‘Hey, Jose, do you want to keep an eye on him?’ Jose would come and grab him, and they were together from the time they got on the field to the time my wife came to pick him up.
“I think that really says a lot about what was truly in his heart, and what kind of guy he was.”
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2016/09/25/iglesias-tigers-grief-stricken-over-death-jose-fernandez/91080104/
― Andy K, Monday, 26 September 2016 02:28 (seven years ago) link
joe posnanski's obit of sorts http://sportsworld.nbcsports.com/jose-fernandez-remembrance/
jay jaffehttp://www.si.com/mlb/2016/09/25/jose-fernandez-miami-marlins-death
― k3vin k., Monday, 26 September 2016 04:34 (seven years ago) link
this is so very sad, RIP.
― Bee OK, Monday, 26 September 2016 05:05 (seven years ago) link
guess I'm going to be sobbing all day today toohttp://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/i-cant-wait-to-tell-my-son-about-jose-fernandez/
― k3vin k., Monday, 26 September 2016 15:25 (seven years ago) link
good one from j0rdhttp://deadspin.com/jose-fernandez-was-why-we-watch-sports-1787072922
― mookieproof, Monday, 26 September 2016 17:37 (seven years ago) link
this is the worst, really. he was imo on the cusp of becoming better than kershaw and reeling off some kind of ridiculous pedro level of dominance over the next 7-8 years.
― nomar, Monday, 26 September 2016 17:44 (seven years ago) link
yup. you ask what pitcher you would want on your team and after Kershaw it is (was) Fernandez without any hesitation, in my mind.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 26 September 2016 17:57 (seven years ago) link
great piece from jordan
― k3vin k., Monday, 26 September 2016 18:08 (seven years ago) link
@clarkspencerIn honor of Jose Fernandez, all Marlins players will wear his No. 16 tonight against the Mets.
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 26 September 2016 18:22 (seven years ago) link
good one, J
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 26 September 2016 18:27 (seven years ago) link
that fireworks photo in the fangraphs piece is just perfect. it's beautiful.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Monday, 26 September 2016 19:50 (seven years ago) link
thanks guys
gonna be a tough one to watch tonight
― J0rdan S., Monday, 26 September 2016 20:46 (seven years ago) link
that fireworks photo on fangraphs is really wrenching
i can't stop thinking about dee gordon out by the mound by himself yesterday https://twitter.com/AFFerrer_/status/780077228285505536
― J0rdan S., Monday, 26 September 2016 20:47 (seven years ago) link
http://m.mlb.com/images/3/5/6/188728356/070816_cinmia_jose_fernandez_LO_xh1eq1ih.gif
― nomar, Monday, 26 September 2016 20:51 (seven years ago) link
i didn't get around to this my piece but i always felt like... a certain urgency in watching jose. given his past TJ surgery and the sheer explosion of all his pitches i couldn't help but think about his elbow snapping again, even when he was in the midst of mowing some team down. watching him was like 98% exhilaration and 2% fear that it would all just be taken away again, maybe this time for good, but obviously his fucking death just does not feel real in any way shape or form.
i got to see him earlier this season vs the tigers from two rows behind home plate. he had one of those weird games where he was practically unhittable but when he did get touched the ball went a long way. he struck out 13 in 5.2 innings but also gave up 5 ER--i think it was the only time a loss went onto his record in a home start. needless to say, seeing him from that close, i literally have no idea how anyone ever got a hit off him, his breaking pitches seemed inconceivable
― J0rdan S., Monday, 26 September 2016 20:58 (seven years ago) link
As soon as Waltz's voice started trembling, man...
Juan Pierre in the crowd with his son.
― Andy K, Monday, 26 September 2016 23:06 (seven years ago) link
This game is going to make us tear up every other pitch, huh?
― Andy K, Monday, 26 September 2016 23:25 (seven years ago) link
p much, the effect of seeing his jerz on every player is like a weird bittersweet being john malkovich reality
― johnny crunch, Monday, 26 September 2016 23:41 (seven years ago) link
http://m.mlb.com/news/article/203512406/marlins-dee-gordon-honors-fernandez-homers/
i'm crying uncontrollably
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 27 September 2016 00:46 (seven years ago) link
unbelievable
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 27 September 2016 00:48 (seven years ago) link
yeah that was just unreal
― Spottie, Tuesday, 27 September 2016 00:49 (seven years ago) link
Wow.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 00:50 (seven years ago) link
http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/mlb/miami-marlins/article104329251.html
― Andy K, Tuesday, 27 September 2016 12:03 (seven years ago) link
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/09/jose-fernandez-miami-marlins-baseballs-checkbook-bag-crash
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 27 September 2016 12:42 (seven years ago) link
not sure why i'm doing this to myself, but i'm watching the pre-game and 1st inning on mlb.tv now. it was blacked out for me last night.
:'(
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 27 September 2016 17:28 (seven years ago) link
Jeff Passan:
This sounded bad. Bernal had ridden on a boat at night once, and it was terrifying. Not just the darkness, but the choppy waves from the rain earlier in the day and the threat of other boats and the objects obscured by the night.
“I told him it was a horrible idea,” Bernal said. “Do everything you can to get him off the boat. Do whatever you can to get him on land.”
... After Saturday’s game, Fernandez had asked a number of teammates to join him on the boat. One by one, they declined. And there they were Monday, back in uniform, the uniform he was supposed to be wearing, too, thinking that if not for the instinct that told them to say no, it could’ve been them.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/the-tragic-final-night-of-jose-fernandezs-life-023645408.html
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 27 September 2016 21:23 (seven years ago) link
bonds supposedly out as marlins hitting coach
― mookieproof, Monday, 3 October 2016 21:48 (seven years ago) link
the marlins have exercised their 2017 option on ichiro suzuki
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 5 October 2016 15:18 (seven years ago) link
http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2016/10/13/must-click-link-chris-johnson-on-jose-fernandez-he-changed-me
― mookieproof, Thursday, 13 October 2016 18:26 (seven years ago) link
aw thats great
― Spottie, Thursday, 13 October 2016 18:28 (seven years ago) link
supposedly loria has a 'handshake agreement' to sell the marlins
rumors going around that the buyer is charles kushner loooool
― mookieproof, Thursday, 9 February 2017 22:42 (seven years ago) link
I can't believe it's only been like 4 months since Fernandez died. Feels like it's been ages...
― why ruin a good tradition? (Will M.), Friday, 10 February 2017 17:39 (seven years ago) link
http://pbs.twimg.com/media/C4vg7kaWYAA6r9z.jpg
― maura, Wednesday, 15 February 2017 23:24 (seven years ago) link
https://twitter.com/darenw/status/841698434637811716
― na (NA), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 18:48 (seven years ago) link
http://deadspin.com/report-jeb-and-jeets-team-up-to-make-bid-for-marlins-1794465949
― nomar, Wednesday, 19 April 2017 20:15 (seven years ago) link
yeah jeets
― ein Sexmonster (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 19 April 2017 22:59 (seven years ago) link
please clap
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 20 April 2017 00:45 (seven years ago) link
http://deadspin.com/reports-jeb-and-jeets-got-the-marlins-1794640432
― ein Sexmonster (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 25 April 2017 19:53 (seven years ago) link