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Reds mourn loss of Marlins’ Fernandez
- Updated: September 25, 2016
MILWAUKEE — Like everywhere else in the baseball world, the tragic news that Marlins 24-year-old ace Jose Fernandez was killed in a boating accident in Miami overnight left the Reds shocked and saddened on Sunday morning. Some players watched the television coverage on the visitor’s clubhouse televisions at Miller Park.
For Reds bullpen coach Ted Power, it brought him right back to a terrible day in Florida on March 22, 1993. Then a pitcher with the Indians, Power’s teammates Steve Olin and Ted Crews were killed when their fishing boat crashed into a lake pier on a dark evening. Pitcher Bobby Ojeda was also seriously injured. Power was supposed to be on the fishing trip with the other three players but changed his mind at the last minute and stayed home to relax on the team’s Spring Training off day.
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“Bad memories. Really bad memories,” Power said. “I went exactly through it. My story isn’t important. I know exactly what those guys and what those people on that team are going through from the owner of the team right down to the clubhouse guys. “
The Marlins canceled Sunday’s game vs. the Braves while they grieved the loss of Fernandez, a two-time All-Star who defected from Cuba and arrived …
