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09-28-2016, 10:56 PM
Childhood friend from Cuba ho**rs José Fernández with poignant grand slam
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One home run hit by a tearful former teammate in ho**r of José Fernández (http://mashable.com/2016/09/27/jose-fernandez-tributes/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) was poignant e**ugh Monday night. But a grand slam hit by a childhood friend from Cuba the very next day?*
This is getting surreal.*
SEE ALSO: From José Fernández to Roberto Clemente, 10 star athletes who died way too soon (http://mashable.com/2016/09/25/jose-fernandez-athletes-who-died-young/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
On Monday night, Dee Gordon hit a home run in his first at-bat since Fernández, a beloved Miami Marlins teammate, died. It was Gordon's first homer in 304 at-bats this season and immediately hailed as one of the most dramatic in baseball history (http://mashable.com/2016/09/26/dee-gordon-home-run-jose-fernandez/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial). *
Then, on Tuesday night, Aledmys Díaz hit the first grand slam of his career. The four-run dinger came in Díaz's first game back with his St. Louis Cardinals team after briefly leaving the club to visit the family of Fernández, a friend since they were both baseball-obsessed kids in Cuba. * Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/28/aledmys-diaz-grand-slam/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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One home run hit by a tearful former teammate in ho**r of José Fernández (http://mashable.com/2016/09/27/jose-fernandez-tributes/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) was poignant e**ugh Monday night. But a grand slam hit by a childhood friend from Cuba the very next day?*
This is getting surreal.*
SEE ALSO: From José Fernández to Roberto Clemente, 10 star athletes who died way too soon (http://mashable.com/2016/09/25/jose-fernandez-athletes-who-died-young/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
On Monday night, Dee Gordon hit a home run in his first at-bat since Fernández, a beloved Miami Marlins teammate, died. It was Gordon's first homer in 304 at-bats this season and immediately hailed as one of the most dramatic in baseball history (http://mashable.com/2016/09/26/dee-gordon-home-run-jose-fernandez/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial). *
Then, on Tuesday night, Aledmys Díaz hit the first grand slam of his career. The four-run dinger came in Díaz's first game back with his St. Louis Cardinals team after briefly leaving the club to visit the family of Fernández, a friend since they were both baseball-obsessed kids in Cuba. * Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/28/aledmys-diaz-grand-slam/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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