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Marlins Pitcher¹ José Fernández Dies In Boating Accident

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It's time for sports. And this morning, we have some sad news from the world of baseball. Jose Fernandez, the 24-year-old star pitcher for the Miami Marlins, died early this morning in a boat crash. At least two other people also died in that accident.

The Marlins released a statement saying they're devastated³ by the tragic⁴ loss of their teammate. Today's game against the Atlanta Braves has been canceled. We're joined now by Manny Navarro. He's a sports reporter for The Miami Herald⁵.

Manny, what more do we know at this point about how Jose Fernandez died?

MANNY NAVARRO: Well, you know, Jose was supposed to pitch today, Sunday, originally. And the Marlins moved his start back a day to Monday. So I'm sure he was probably enjoying the evening out with some friends on his boat. One thing about Jose is he loved the outdoors. He loved boating. He loved biking. And so, you know, this accident was obviously tragedy. I guess we'll figure out what the details are in the coming hours but just a sad day overall for the city of Miami. As a Cuban-American myself, somebody who enjoys the game of baseball so much, to see a young man lose his life at age 24 who loved the game as much as Jose Fernandez did, it's just as tragic a day as it has ever been here in South Florida.

MARTIN: Can you tell us about his career? He was a rising star pitcher.

NAVARRO: Yeah, he was one of the game's best pitchers⁶, you know, one of the most exciting pitchers in the game, armed with a fastball that was close to a hundred miles an hour, a devastating⁷ curveball that batters⁸ couldn't hit it. And this thing that people love so much about Jose Fernandez was just how exuberant⁹ he was when he pitched. And even when he didn't pitch, he was the kind of teammate who was on edge in his seat in the dugout cheering on his teammates, you know.

He never got a chance to pitch a complete game, you know, go all nine innings. Usually the manager would take him out in the seventh or eighth, and Jose was the kind of guy who would try and hide from the manager so he couldn't take him out of the game.

MARTIN: (Laughter).

NAVARRO: You know, he just - he wanted to stay in the game so badly. And when he would come out, he would just sit there and just jump up and down for his teammates when they would win. And, you know, he truly loved the game of baseball. It was his passion. And very few athletes nowadays had that kind of exuberance¹⁰, and Jose was special. He was one of those rare ones.

MARTIN: You knew him. What was he like off the field?

NAVARRO: Jose was just a fun-loving person, you know. He was always positive. He was never really down. You know, he loved his mother and grandmother. He was able to reunite with them here. They were able to - he was able to get them out of Cuba - his grandmother out of Cuba. He actually, you know, tried to escape Cuba as a teenager on a boat. He actually jumped in the boat to save his mother's life. She was in the water drowning, and he saved her life, got her back on the boat.

He tried multiple times to leave Cuba and was finally able to do so as a teenager, came to Tampa, Fla., grew up there, played high school baseball. And the Marlins drafted him with their first pick. He was just a superstar person on the field and just a great, positive person off of it. He loved - like I said, he loved his grandmother. He loved his mother. Every time he would pitch, he would look into the crowd, point to them - they were his life. And now his life is gone at age 24.

MARTIN: Manny Navarro is a sports reporter for The Miami Herald. And we've been remembering Jose Fernandez, the 24-year-old star pitcher for the Miami Marlins who died early this morning.

Manny, thank you so much and our condolences.

NAVARRO: Thank you.

1 pitcher   

n.(有嘴和柄的)大水罐；(棒球)投手

参考例句：

• He poured the milk out of the pitcher.他从大罐中倒出牛奶。
• Any pitcher is liable to crack during a tight game.任何投手在紧张的比赛中都可能会失常。

2 browser   

n.浏览者

参考例句：

• View edits in a web browser.在浏览器中看编辑的效果。
• I think my browser has a list of shareware links.我想在浏览器中会有一系列的共享软件链接。

3 devastated   

v.彻底破坏( devastate的过去式和过去分词)；摧毁；毁灭；在感情上（精神上、财务上等）压垮adj.毁坏的；极为震惊的

参考例句：

• The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
• His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。

4 tragic   

adj.悲剧的，悲剧性的，悲惨的

参考例句：

• The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。
• Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。

5 herald   

vt.预示...的来临，预告，宣布，欢迎

参考例句：

• In England, the cuckoo is the herald of spring.在英国杜鹃鸟是报春的使者。
• Dawn is the herald of day.曙光是白昼的先驱。

6 pitchers   

大水罐( pitcher的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Over the next five years, he became one of the greatest pitchers in baseball. 在接下来的5年时间里，他成为了最了不起的棒球投手之一。
• Why he probably won't: Pitchers on also-rans can win the award. 为什麽不是他得奖：投手在失败的球队可以赢得赛扬奖。

7 devastating   

adj.毁灭性的，令人震惊的，强有力的

参考例句：

• It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
• Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。

8 batters   

n.面糊（煎料）( batter的名词复数 )；面糊（用于做糕饼）；（ 棒球） 正在击球的球员；击球员v.连续猛击( batter的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The pitcher has beaned as many as three batters in this game. 在这？热？投手投球竟打中了三个击手的头。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• A storm batters the ship. 一场风暴袭击了这条船。 来自辞典例句

9 exuberant   

adj.充满活力的；（植物）繁茂的

参考例句：

• Hothouse plants do not possess exuberant vitality.在温室里培养出来的东西，不会有强大的生命力。
• All those mother trees in the garden are exuberant.果园里的那些母树都长得十分茂盛。

10 exuberance   

n.丰富；繁荣

参考例句：

• Her burst of exuberance and her brightness overwhelmed me.她勃发的热情和阳光的性格征服了我。
• The sheer exuberance of the sculpture was exhilarating.那尊雕塑表现出的勃勃生机让人振奋。