In August 2016, Jose Fernandez's girlfriend, Maria Arias, presented him with a special cake at a family dinner to celebrate that they were going to have a baby. For Fernandez, becoming a father marked a new milestone in a young life that had already been brimming with milestones: fleeing Cuba multiple times before making it to freedom in the United States; drafted by the Miami Marlins in the first round in 2011; making the 2013 and 2016 All-Star teams; winning the National League Rookie of the Year award in 2013, and becoming a U.S. citizen last year. Suddenly, early in the morning of September 25, his life came to a tragic end in a boating crash that left his family, friends, and the baseball world devastated. This book is a Miami Herald tribute to baseball's unforgettable young pitching sensation and lover of life.
- ISBN10 1633536130
- ISBN13 9781633536135
- Publish Date 15 February 2017 (first published 22 November 2016)
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint Herald Books
- Format eBook
- Pages 192
- Language English