RIP Oscar Tavares

[irishdenny]

Originally Posted by DerekMichael

So awful.

It reminds me of when I was a kid and a young man in the Mets organization named Brian Cole was killed in a car cash.

Horrible, horrible, horrible.

Derek, I Remember Him Well...
I'm a Life Long Met Fan at Heart. I was born iN Astoria, NY.
When I pulled this Card I was Sooo Excited!

And Now Oscar... Blessings to the Family's... Always!

[deadballfreaK]

I am reminded of the death of Herman Hill. Herman was supposed to be a can't miss guy. I saw him play many times when he was with the Evansville Triplets in 1970. He had the talent. Got a cup of coffee with the Twins in 1970, but didn't impress. The Twins traded him to the Cardinals that winter and he was to get a shot at the RF job. Hill had great speed and it was hoped that Lou Brock might be his mentor. The Cards sent him to play winter ball in Venezuela and he drowned there while swimming in the ocean. Ray Fosse and and a couple of teammates tried desperately to save him. Fosse nearly drowned himself. It was 5 days before his body washed ashore. I've often wondered what he might have done.

[JakeStahl'sGloveSHows]

What a sad story. The stats quoted in various posts above speak for themselves. My experience playing future seasons of OOTP was he projected to a top tier player.

A blow to the Cardinals organization as well.

Such an incredibly sad, untimely death. Thoughts to both his family and his Cardinals family.