28 સપ્ટેમ્બર, 2016

"After Fatal Boat Crash, Baseballs Apparently Signed by Jose Fernandez Wash Ashore."

Very poignant, haunting, evocative...

Too poignant, haunting, and evocative?

I'm sad this young man died in this boat accident, but I'm really skeptical about the autographed baseballs washing up on the beach.

22 ટિપ્પણીઓ:

Expat(ish) કહ્યું...

It does smell like the "conversations" that Reich or Krugman have when they want to write a column.

OTOH, when I was a kid in St. Pete we used to find bales of pot washed up on the beach frequently enough that it wasn't worth comment.

-XC

Jaq કહ્યું...

Too good to check.

Jaq કહ્યું...

Like the dishwasher Trump refused to pay wages to.

rhhardin કહ્યું...

Pilots refer to the Cessan Citation as the Munson Burner.

Another go-fast celebrity death.

Ignorance is Bliss કહ્યું...

Expat(ish) said...

OTOH, when I was a kid in St. Pete we used to find bales of pot washed up on the beach frequently enough that it wasn't worth comment.

I hear that's nasty, dangerous stuff. So dangerous that the only safe way to dispose of it is to burn it, and then only in small quantities at a time.

mccullough કહ્યું...

The bag with the signed balls had his checkbook in it. Maybe he was signing the balls for charity auctions.

Expat(ish) કહ્યું...

@Ig - @LOL

Sydney કહ્યું...

He might have taken them with him to sign while on the boat. That seems like the kind of activity you would do to get it finished while at the same time trying to enjoy a nice day. Why stay cooped up in your house signing balls when you could do it in the fresh air and sunshine on the ocean?

Curious George કહ્યું...

"I'm really skeptical about the autographed baseballs washing up on the beach."

I would be if the finder had kept them and the story was written. There would be a definite financial motive. But turning them over to authorities...

Fritz કહ્યું...

Trust in God . . .
But Steer Away from the Rocks.

Curious George કહ્યું...

"Fritz said...
Trust in God . . .
But Steer Away from the Rocks."

Pretty sure they never saw them, or saw them too late. Not too different than snowmobile drivers hitting islands on frozen lakes.

Bob Boyd કહ્યું...

"Why stay cooped up in your house signing balls when you could do it in the fresh air and sunshine on the ocean?"

Texting while driving?

Laslo Spatula કહ્યું...

What is poignant are the balls he signed saying "Dear God Help Me I'm Drowning".


I am The Replacement Laslo.

Big Mike કહ્યું...

If I was going to forge the signature of Jose Fernandez on something in that bag, his checkbook would be more remunerative than the baseballs.

Darrell કહ્યું...

The baseballs, I might buy. But the 200 signed jerseys and the completed handwritten novel? I'm calling bullshit.

Fritz કહ્યું...

He was a passenger, not the boat operator. But the charts and GPS almost surely had the rock pile marked, and with a little care, this need never have happened.

traditionalguy કહ્યું...

Nothing good happens to people out at 3:00 AM in Miami. And the Baseball season was not over.

DanTheMan કહ્યું...

1200 horsepower + dense fog + idiot operator = boat in bar

Not a sand bar. An actual bar.

http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/accidents/vessel-slides-up-ruskin-shoreline-and-crashes-into-little-harbor/2218816

Add another 300HP and he could have made the parking lot...

Just_Mike_S કહ્યું...

baseballs float for only about 10-20 seconds then they sink. So perhaps they rolled ashore on the bottom of the bay. Sure. Why not?

Big Mike કહ્યું...

@Just_Mike_S, go here. The baseballs were in a zipped-up waterproof bag.

Joe કહ્યું...

The sad part is that his arrogant, foolish recklessness cost other people their lives and will deprive his child of a father.

Earnest Prole કહ્યું...

Are you kidding? Beginning with OJ’s butchery and slow-motion chase twenty years ago, we have experienced event after event that even the boldest novelist would be embarrassed to write because they are too implausible for real life and too on-the-nose for a satirist.

ટિપ્પણી પોસ્ટ કરો

Please use the comments forum to respond to the post. Don't fight with each other. Be substantive... or interesting... or funny. Comments should go up immediately... unless you're commenting on a post older than 2 days. Then you have to wait for us to moderate you through. It's also possible to get shunted into spam by the machine. We try to keep an eye on that and release the miscaught good stuff. We do delete some comments, but not for viewpoint... for bad faith.