On the night of July 30, 2006, one day before that season's trade deadline, Mets reliever Duaner Sanchez suffered a season-ending shoulder injury during a late-night cab accident while traveling to a restaurant in Miami.
"I guess if I could do it again, I'd convince him to eat at the hotel," Mets assistant GM John Ricco recently told MLB.com's Anthony DiComo.
Sanchez emerged early in 2006 to be one of the league's elite set-up men with a 2.60 ERA in 49 appearances, including a 21-inning scoreless streak to start the season.
"Our bullpen was among the best in baseball at that point, and Duaner was a huge part of that," Ricco explained to DiComo.