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Former pitcher Geremi Gonzalez dies
« on: May 26, 2008, 03:02:07 PM »
This one was surprising, to say the least.

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Former pitcher Geremi Gonzalez dies

Right-hander, who pitched for five teams, killed by lightning
The Associated Press

CARACAS, Venezuela -- Former Major League pitcher Geremi Gonzalez, who won 11 games for the Chicago Cubs in 1997, was killed by a lightning strike in his native Venezuela on Sunday. He was 33.
 
Emergency management official Herman Bracho said Monday that Gonzalez was struck by lightning at a beach.

There's only three more paragraphs.  He was a Met in '06.  He was pretty ineffective, but he wasn't as bad as Jose Lima and he actually got a win for the Mets.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080526&content_id=2774705&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

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