Raúl Hernandez doesn’t remember anything from the worst day of his life. His family had to tell him the tragic details after he woke up in the hospital with brain trauma and little motor function on the left side of his body.
Jairo Capellán, Emilio Garcia and Hernandez were in a car headed for their hometown, Santo Domingo, after participating in the Cincinnati Reds’ instructional league all week in the Dominican Republic. They all played together for the Reds’ Dominican Summer League team in 2018, the lowest level in the minor leagues. It was supposed to be about a 40-minute drive.