Oh shit, that's right!!!The_Powa_of_Seiji_Ozawa said:Thinking back to the trade deadline and those pipe dream scenarios of somehow getting Taveras in a Lackey package of some sort.
Andrew said:If the Cardinals had beaten San Francisco he wouldn't have been home tonight and...
no, can't think like that. Just so stunning, though.
Frank said:
HOLY FUCK. I did not think of that.
So did I, it's a horrible thought but it's there and I can't unthink it.Bergs said:I did. Mike Matheny killed him.
Yes that's what he posted. If someone here wants to see his tweet they can Twitter search it. I am NOT going to post it hererembrat said:I'm reading that he posted a pic Oscar's corpse? That's fairly common in the DR. I had a friend who lost his life in a motorcycle accident have images of his lifeless body posted to a Dominican news blog.
Perez got through an interview in the Giants clubhouse after the game. He didn't break down, but his eyes were red. He said he met Oscar playing winter ball, maybe a couple of seasons. That was the biggest hit of Perez' life, and he made a nice catch in left.Hank Scorpio said:Supposedly Juan Perez saw the Taverez autopsy photo in the dugout. He's good friends with Oscar, had to compose himself, but still managed to play.
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) -- Dominican officials say St. Louis Cardinals rookie outfielder Oscar Taveras was drunk at the time of his fatal car crash last month.
Tessie Sanchez, a spokeswoman for the attorney general's office in the Dominican Republic, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that toxicology reports showed Taveras had a blood-alcohol level five times the legal limit when he lost control of his car Oct. 26 on a highway in Puerto Plata.
She says the 22-year-old Taveras was ''legally intoxicated when he crashed.''
Taveras was among the majors' top prospects. He hit .239 with three homers and 22 RBIs in 80 games this year.
Taveras' 18-year-old girlfriend was in the car and also died.
Agreed. Makes it even sadder for his girlfriend's family.Papelbon's Poutine said:I was really, really hoping that detail would not come out, though I feared it would. Ugh. The roads down there are bad enough, but I imagine a lot of people D&D. That's just the cherry on a shit sundae.
Don't want to turn this into a V&N thread, but no, you haven't seen people in those conditions.dixielandbandana said:Not that this matters at all, but those are all just general averages. I've seen people you wouldn't even know are intoxicated at .3, and only somewhat drunk seeming at .4. Highest I've seen was .55ish, and she was wasted but mostly oriented and awake. It doesn't change how much of a tragedy this is at all, but he may not have seemed that drunk at the time.
Average Reds said:Don't want to turn this into a V&N thread, but no, you haven't seen people in those conditions.
dixielandbandana said:I don't want to fight either, but I have definitely seen those numbers. I'm an ER doctor who trained in a city with a lot of alcoholics, homeless people, and drunk college students. Those are all BACs from blood draws from patients I took care of. Not urban legends, but numbers I actually saw come back from the lab. I totally agree they aren't very common, but not everyone with a .25 is going to be borderline unconscious.
This.Papelbon's Poutine said:
You'd be amazed what Adderall can do for a person's tolerance.