STL Cards' Oscar Tavares dead

His girlfriend died as well. Sigh.

 

Just horrible. RIP & condolences to the families.

 

****. RIP to both young souls. If there is any positive, they were together to the end (he and his GF)

 

RIP. That kid had the tools to be special

 

What a tragedy. RIP, and condolences and prayers go out to his friends and family. Such a talented kid, the future was going to be really bright for him. Just 22 years old? Life is precious, and moments like this really put it all in perspective.

 

Any relation to the old Astros speedster Willy Taveras?

 

http://www.si.com/mlb/2014/11/12/cardinals-oscar-taveras-fatal-crash-bac

Apparently he was really drunk... obviously still a tragedy but he had to know the risk. I wonder if his girlfriends family will attempt a wrongful death suit

 

I would if it were my daughter.

 

BAC limit in the DR is .03 for "young/novice" drivers and .05 for everybody else, so his BAC was somewhere between .15 and .25

 

Pardon me if I'm missing something, but who would they sue exactly?

 

Had goosebumps when Yordano Ventura threw that fantastic game in his honor.

 

I was actually in Puerto Plata when this happened. Not too far from where I was staying. There was a pretty bad storm that night. The locals were really sad about it. Horrible stuff.