{"id":8377,"date":"2016-09-25T15:43:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-25T15:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2016\/09\/25\/marlins-pitcher-jose-fernandez-dies-in-boating-accident\/"},"modified":"2016-09-25T15:43:00","modified_gmt":"2016-09-25T15:43:00","slug":"marlins-pitcher-jose-fernandez-dies-in-boating-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/marlins-pitcher-jose-fernandez-dies-in-boating-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Marlins Pitcher Jos\u00e9 Fern\u00e1ndez Dies In Boating Accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:16px\">By  <a class=\"colorbox\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2016\/09\/25\/495364882\/marlins-pitcher-jose-fernandez-dies-in-boating-accident?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=sports\">Rebecca Hersher<\/a><\/span>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2016\/09\/25\/495364882\/marlins-pitcher-jose-fernandez-dies-in-boating-accident?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=sports\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2016\/09\/25\/ap_13060818207-3565c49381ae9e86f45719319dad821ffaa13958-s1100-c15.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><button>Enlarge this image<\/button><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Miami Marlins starting pitcher Jose Fernandez in the 2nd inning of a game against the New York Mets in June 2013. Fernandez died Sunday morning in a boating accident. <strong>Paul Bereswill\/AP<\/strong> <strong>hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>toggle caption<\/strong> <span>Paul Bereswill\/AP<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Miami Marlins ace pitcher Jos\u00e9 Fern\u00e1ndez died in a boating accident early Sunday morning. He was 24 years old.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Miami Marlins organization is devastated by the tragic loss of Jos\u00e9 Fern\u00e1ndez,&#8221; the team <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Marlins\/status\/780036718019969024\">posted in a statement on Twitter<\/a>. &#8220;Our thoughts and prayers are with his family at this very difficult time. Today&#8217;s game against the Atlanta Braves has been cancelled.&#8221; Neither the team nor the league announced when the game would be rescheduled.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2016\/09\/25\/ap_483678697335-c47058e8c60f8048c94a635d436ec6b26ce580d4-s800-c15.jpg\" alt=\"\"><button>Enlarge this image<\/button><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>An image from Sunday morning of the boat that crashed into a jetty off Miami Beach, killing 3 people including Miami Marlins pitcher Jos\u00e9 Fern\u00e1ndez. <strong>Gaston De Cardenas\/AP<\/strong> <strong>hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>toggle caption<\/strong> <span>Gaston De Cardenas\/AP<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>At a press conference, a spokesperson for the U.S. Coast Guard said Fern\u00e1ndez was one of three people killed in the accident when a 32-foot boat crashed into a rocky jetty off Miami Beach.<\/p>\n<p>Coast Guard Captain Megan Dean told reporters a Coast Guard ship on routine patrol noticed the overturned vessel around 3:15 in the morning on Sunday. A rescue effort with divers from the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue recovered two bodies from under the boat, and a third from the water nearby. Dean said the Coast Guard has confirmed there are no additional victims.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Florida Fish and Wildlife department, Lorenzo Veloz, told reporters at the press conference there was &#8220;no indication of alcohol or any illegal drugs involved,&#8221; and that &#8220;it does appear speed was involved, due to the impact.&#8221; All three victims, he said, were between 24 and 27 years old, and described the other two victims as personal friends of Fern\u00e1ndez.<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Flowers for Jose Fernandez beginning to collect in front of the <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Marlins?src=hash\">#Marlins<\/a> Park stadium entrance <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NhwlKrtYb7\">pic.twitter.com\/NhwlKrtYb7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Manny Navarro (@Manny_Navarro) <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Manny_Navarro\/status\/780066787660529664\">September 25, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>In an interview with NPR&#8217;s Rachel Martin on <em>Weekend Edition Sunday<\/em>, Miami Herald sports reporter Manny Navarro called Fernandez one of the best young pitchers of the game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was one of the most exciting pitchers in the game,&#8221; Navarro said. &#8220;Armed with a fastball close to 100 miles an hour, a devastating curveball that batters couldn&#8217;t hit. And the thing that people loved so much about Jos\u00e9 Fern\u00e1ndez was how exuberant he was when he pitched, and even when he didn&#8217;t pitch, he was the kind of teammate who was on edge in his seat in the dugout cheering on his teammates.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Jos\u00e9 was the kind of guy who would try and hide from the manager so he wouldn&#8217;t take him out of the game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jos\u00e9 Fern\u00e1ndez was a young pitching phenomenon. The Marlins drafted him in the <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.milb.com\/news\/article.jsp?ymd=20140603&amp;content_id=77897730&amp;fext=.jsp&amp;vkey=news_milb\">first round in 2011<\/a>, when he was still a teenager. His debut season was in 2013, and that year he played so well he was given Major League Baseball&#8217;s <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/strike-zone\/2013\/11\/11\/rookie-of-the-year-jose-fernandez-wil-myers\">Rookie of the Year award<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For Fern\u00e1ndez , this award crowns what was one of the best rookie seasons by a pitcher in the game&#8217;s long history,&#8221; <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/strike-zone\/2013\/11\/11\/rookie-of-the-year-jose-fernandez-wil-myers\">reported Sports Illustrated<\/a> in 2013.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>[embedded content]<\/div>\n<div><strong>YouTube<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This season, Fern\u00e1ndez&#8217;s pitching statistics were the best of his career. After a <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/m.mlb.com\/news\/article\/75701554\/fernandezs-tommy-john-surgery-successful\/\">2014 Tommy John surgery<\/a> to repair his elbow, the ace pitcher came roaring back. In his first start following his surgery, he hit the second home run of his career.<\/p>\n<p>This season, he had 16 wins and 8 losses as a starter. Going into Sunday&#8217;s game, he had the second most strikeouts of any pitcher in the National League.<\/p>\n<p>According to his <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/m.mlb.com\/player\/605228\/jose-fernandez\">Major League Baseball player bio<\/a>, Fern\u00e1ndez was born in Cuba and went to High School in Tampa, Florida. He was scheduled to start on Monday in a game against the New York Mets.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w5JW7fcf1qg\">2014 interview posted online<\/a>, Fern\u00e1ndez described a difficult journey from Cuba to the U.S. as a 15-year-old. That year, his grandmother Olga Fern\u00e1ndez traveled from Cuba for the first time to see him play for the Marlins.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>[embedded content]<\/div>\n<div><strong>YouTube<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/\">Let&#8217;s block ads!<\/a><\/strong> <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/fivefilters\/block-ads\/wiki\/There-are-no-acceptable-ads\">(Why?)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source:: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2016\/09\/25\/495364882\/marlins-pitcher-jose-fernandez-dies-in-boating-accident?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=sports\" class=\"colorbox\" title=\"Marlins Pitcher Jos\u00e9 Fern\u00e1ndez Dies In Boating Accident\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2016\/09\/25\/495364882\/marlins-pitcher-jose-fernandez-dies-in-boating-accident?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=sports<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2016\/09\/25\/495364882\/marlins-pitcher-jose-fernandez-dies-in-boating-accident?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=sports\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2016\/09\/25\/ap_13060818207-3565c49381ae9e86f45719319dad821ffaa13958-s1100-c15.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><button>Enlarge this image<\/button><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Miami Marlins starting pitcher Jose Fernandez in the 2nd inning of a game against the New York Mets in June 2013. Fernandez died Sunday morning in a boating accident. <strong>Paul Bereswill\/AP<\/strong> <strong>hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>toggle caption<\/strong> <span>Paul Bereswill\/AP<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Miami Marlins ace pitcher Jos\u00e9 Fern\u00e1ndez died in a boating accident early Sunday morning. He was 24 years old.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Miami Marlins organization is devastated by the tragic loss of Jos\u00e9 Fern\u00e1ndez,&#8221; the team <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Marlins\/status\/780036718019969024\">posted in a statement on Twitter<\/a>. &#8220;Our thoughts and prayers are with his family at this very difficult time. Today&#8217;s game against the Atlanta Braves has been cancelled.&#8221; Neither the team nor the league announced when the game would be rescheduled.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2016\/09\/25\/ap_483678697335-c47058e8c60f8048c94a635d436ec6b26ce580d4-s800-c15.jpg\" alt=\"\"><button>Enlarge this image<\/button><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>An image from Sunday morning of the boat that crashed into a jetty off Miami Beach, killing 3 people including Miami Marlins pitcher Jos\u00e9 Fern\u00e1ndez. <strong>Gaston De Cardenas\/AP<\/strong> <strong>hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>toggle caption<\/strong> <span>Gaston De Cardenas\/AP<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>At a press conference, a spokesperson for the U.S. Coast Guard said Fern\u00e1ndez was one of three people killed in the accident when a 32-foot boat crashed into a rocky jetty off Miami Beach.<\/p>\n<p>Coast Guard Captain Megan Dean told reporters a Coast Guard ship on routine patrol noticed the overturned vessel around 3:15 in the morning on Sunday. A rescue effort with divers from the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue recovered two bodies from under the boat, and a third from the water nearby. Dean said the Coast Guard has confirmed there are no additional victims.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Florida Fish and Wildlife department, Lorenzo Veloz, told reporters at the press conference there was &#8220;no indication of alcohol or any illegal drugs involved,&#8221; and that &#8220;it does appear speed was involved, due to the impact.&#8221; All three victims, he said, were between 24 and 27 years old, and described the other two victims as personal friends of Fern\u00e1ndez.<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Flowers for Jose Fernandez beginning to collect in front of the <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Marlins?src=hash\">#Marlins<\/a> Park stadium entrance <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NhwlKrtYb7\">pic.twitter.com\/NhwlKrtYb7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Manny Navarro (@Manny_Navarro) <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Manny_Navarro\/status\/780066787660529664\">September 25, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>In an interview with NPR&#8217;s Rachel Martin on <em>Weekend Edition Sunday<\/em>, Miami Herald sports reporter Manny Navarro called Fernandez one of the best young pitchers of the game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was one of the most exciting pitchers in the game,&#8221; Navarro said. &#8220;Armed with a fastball close to 100 miles an hour, a devastating curveball that batters couldn&#8217;t hit. And the thing that people loved so much about Jos\u00e9 Fern\u00e1ndez was how exuberant he was when he pitched, and even when he didn&#8217;t pitch, he was the kind of teammate who was on edge in his seat in the dugout cheering on his teammates.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Jos\u00e9 was the kind of guy who would try and hide from the manager so he wouldn&#8217;t take him out of the game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jos\u00e9 Fern\u00e1ndez was a young pitching phenomenon. The Marlins drafted him in the <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.milb.com\/news\/article.jsp?ymd=20140603&amp;content_id=77897730&amp;fext=.jsp&amp;vkey=news_milb\">first round in 2011<\/a>, when he was still a teenager. His debut season was in 2013, and that year he played so well he was given Major League Baseball&#8217;s <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/strike-zone\/2013\/11\/11\/rookie-of-the-year-jose-fernandez-wil-myers\">Rookie of the Year award<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For Fern\u00e1ndez , this award crowns what was one of the best rookie seasons by a pitcher in the game&#8217;s long history,&#8221; <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/strike-zone\/2013\/11\/11\/rookie-of-the-year-jose-fernandez-wil-myers\">reported Sports Illustrated<\/a> in 2013.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>[embedded content]<\/div>\n<div><strong>YouTube<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>This season, Fern\u00e1ndez&#8217;s pitching statistics were the best of his career. After a <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/m.mlb.com\/news\/article\/75701554\/fernandezs-tommy-john-surgery-successful\/\">2014 Tommy John surgery<\/a> to repair his elbow, the ace pitcher came roaring back. In his first start following his surgery, he hit the second home run of his career.<\/p>\n<p>This season, he had 16 wins and 8 losses as a starter. Going into Sunday&#8217;s game, he had the second most strikeouts of any pitcher in the National League.<\/p>\n<p>According to his <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/m.mlb.com\/player\/605228\/jose-fernandez\">Major League Baseball player bio<\/a>, Fern\u00e1ndez was born in Cuba and went to High School in Tampa, Florida. He was scheduled to start on Monday in a game against the New York Mets.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a class=\"colorbox\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w5JW7fcf1qg\">2014 interview posted online<\/a>, Fern\u00e1ndez described a difficult journey from Cuba to the U.S. as a 15-year-old. 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