What a way to wake up Sunday morning. I admit, I’m a late sleeper on the weekends, and I was in bed when my sister called just after 11 a.m.. “Did you hear who died?” That’s never a good way to start the day. Fortunately, it was no one close in my life. Unfortunately, it was Kansas City Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura.
I’m not one to jump on the saint bandwagon. We do that too often in death, and in a way, it cheapens who the person was. Ventura was likely not a saint, but there is still plenty of reason to be sad.