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The Bar => Sports => Topic started by: thundley4 on May 23, 2010, 12:07:27 PM
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NEW YORK -- Former All-Star right-hander Jose Lima died Sunday morning at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 37.
The cause of death was ruled a heart attack, according to his wife, Dorca Astacio.
"Jose was complaining while sleeping and I just thought he was having a nightmare," Astacio told ESPNdeportes.com. "I called the paramedics, but they couldn't help him."
ESPN (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5212413)
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I just saw this. Even though he was pretty useless as a Met, just damn! Gotta get the aspirin now.
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I enjoyed watching him.. His bright clothing off the field.. " Its Lima Time!" so young 37
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I found this on ESPN New York's site.
Updated: May 29, 2010, 1:28 AM ET
'Lima Time' ended before its time
'We've lost a great human being,' Yankees' Pena says at wake for Jose Lima
By Adry Torres
Special to ESPNNewYork.com
NEW YORK -- Many, perhaps, didn't warm up to Jose Lima and his "Lima Time," whether it was his gestures after striking out a batter or any of his other antics when he was having a good time.
You don't know what you were missing.
My Lima Time experience took place on a May night in 2001 after an Astros-Mets game at Shea Stadium. After wrestling for a spot to get a player to sign my baseball, I managed to call out to Lima, then with the Astros, in Spanish while other players walked to the team bus or their cars.
"Lima, firmame la pelota [Lima, sign the ball]!" I said.
Through the two locked fences, my hands managed to get the ball to him and we chatted for a few seconds. He joked around. I had heard that he loved singing, so I asked if this was true. "Claro que si [Yes, of course]," Lima said. He couldn't stay any longer because the bus had to leave, but I bet he would have if he didn't have to go that night.
Even though he couldn't pitch worth a hoot for the Mets in '06, from what I've read, he was a great presence in the clubhouse, and he always seemed to be having a lot of fun in the dugout.
http://sports.espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/news/story?id=5230840