It seems like I have had
writer’s block over the last few days, probably even a week. I just cannot come
up with content and fortunately I have had a number of posts already written
and ready to go for just this type of occasion. My mind has been elsewhere and
when I sit down to write I start out fine but hit a point where I just get side
tracked and I cannot get back on point.
I actually have five or
six posts begun, some just notes and some just need to be finished but I cannot
seem to do it. None the less when events in the sporting world happen it is
something I need to give full attention to and write something original.
Today we lost two, one
in his prime and one a legend.
Early this morning the
Coast Guard was dispatched to a boat accident off of Miami Beach, a boat
carrying three occupants had hit a jetty and was overturned. When the Coast
Guard arrived they found that all three of the occupants were deceased
including Miami Marlins ace Jose Fernandez.
Over four seasons with
the Marlins he was 38-17 with a 2.58 ERA including two All-Star appearances.
The news took me back to the 1993 boating accident that took the lives of
Cleveland Indians pitchers Steve Olin and Tim Crews and severely injured Bob
Ojeda. That one was a case of alcohol being involved while the accident that
took Fernandez life does not appear to be alcohol or drug related. RIP Jose
Fernandez
Then this afternoon we lost golfing
legend Arnold Palmer. He passed away while being prepared for surgery at the
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. When it came to golfing he was in rare
air and was in a pantheon of men like Jack Nicklaus, Ben Hogan and Bobby Jones.
He won 7 major championships, 62 wins on the PGA Tour and PGA Player of the
Year twice. RIP Arnold Palmer
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