Today, I am starting a blog about baseball news, and history. I am a die-hard Mets fan, so this blog will have a lot of Mets news.

What a day to start it! This morning, Marlins ace Jose Fernandez was killed in a boating accident. The two-time All-Star and 2013 Rookie of the Year finished the season with a 2.86 ERA in 29 starts, and was originally supposed to pitch today, but the Marlins wanted him to pitch the last game of the season, so they pushed him forward to Monday. Today’s Marlins game against the Braves has been canceled. This is very similar to  Roberto Clemente and Thurman Munson’s sudden deaths. All three were stars when they died, and all had died in either a boat or a plane accident. Both Clemente and Fernandez were Latino American stars, but Clemente was from Puerto Rico and did not need to defect. Fernandez attempted to leave Cuba, but failed many times and ended up in jail. He successfully defected from Cuba to Mexico at age 15.

  Fernandez was dominant against the Mets this year. Their team average against him
this year was .187. The Mets however, paid their respects to him in this video: http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=17633214