The world of baseball players is like a big fraternity.
And on Sunday morning, that fraternity was shaken up.
Two Dominican players – Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Yordano Ventura and former major league infielder Andy Marte – died in separate car crashes in the Dominican Republic.
The news rippled through baseball circles with the same kind of sadness experienced months earlier, when Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez died in a boating accident.
Perhaps the Tiger most affected by the news was first baseman Miguel Cabrera, who tweeted: “I can’t believe it.