Former MLB Pitcher Pascual Perez Killed In Home Invasion Robbery

[Frank the Tank]

He was stabbed in the neck at his home in Haina. One of the more colorful characters to put on a uniform. RIP.

http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2012/11/1/45628/Embattled-Major-Leaguers-life-ends-in-tragedy

 

[suarezn]

Sad ending for someone who could have been great. He had the potential, but just like Daryl Strawberry was a troubled man involved in drugs, etc...and just couldn't realize his full potential. RIP Pascual...

 

[Castle]

Sad to know he was dying anyway, at only 54. I just checked his MLB numbers. He had some very good seasons, including 15w in 1983 for the Braves. A decent lifetime 3.44 ERA.
He played for 11 years, so I guess he qualified for the $100,000/year MLB pension, which is not half bad for someone living in the DR. RIP.

 

[yacht chef]

RIP I 285 . Very sad i grew up watching him at spring traning booth for the braves and expose in WPB . How could he not have had ample security ?????? Any more news would be greatly appreciated . Not getting much on Gugle so far .

 

[Hillbilly]

I knew the guy kinda well as an ?guila. He was a great athlete and a real idiot! He had the couth of a ox's hoof. He was the model of the Dominican-York with money! He had bling on his bling, and made Mr. T squint with envy! His .45 with the gold handles must not have been around or he was too sick to get to it. I am really sorry for him, since that was no way to go. He was kind and had no idea that his weird behavior was so off-the-scale of strange...I am sure he was much liked in his barrio..

The bast!rds that did this should be strung up. He was certainly not one to hide his wealth so I am sure he was a target.

Just goes to show you that nobody is immune to this kind of violence.

HB

 

[cobraboy]

I watched live and in person often as a Brave. He was quite the clown, but could pitch. I recall well when he got lost coming to the stadium and earned the "I-285" nickname..

Sad ending, very sad.

All these athletes just pi$$ing their life away after their skill failed...really makes you appreciate those who went on to become productive citizens well after their youthful passion faded...

 

[Castle]

I am sure he was much liked in his barrio..

Must've been. Even if he burned all the money he earned while active, with his pension alone he could've lived in a much nicer neighborhood. Guess you can always take the guy out of the barrio but never the barrio out of the guy...

 

[keepcoming]

This is sad..Speaks volumes about the crime situation here. Whether he was barrio or whatever here was a guy rather famous and well known and not really in the state of health to defend himself but yet some scum types decided there was money to be had and they were going to have it.

 

[Berzin]

Regardless of how he carried himself, he didn't deserve to go out like that. But that seems to be the prevailing sentiment on DR1-"crime isn't that bad in the DR, so if something happens to you it's because you deserved it or actively participated in said criminal act being perpetrated upon yourself".

The whole "don't flaunt material possessions in the DR" mantra isn't in the typical Dominican mindset, especially with people who come from extreme poverty like ball players. Even native Dominicans who work low-paying, dead-end jobs in the states can't wait to go home to flaunt whatever they have. And they are no more ostentatious than natives driving around in $100,000 US dollar jeepetas and building enormous houses in their campos.

I met a cat during Carnival who had a really cool-looking car, but for whatever reason no one was paying him or the car much mind. The people who lived there had probably seen it already a million times, but as I approached to take photos he was more happy to not only let me take them, but to have my friends and I pose in front of it. He seemed like a nice enough cat, but I got the impression he enjoyed the attention.

Why have something nice when there's no one to sweat you over it? Part of the reason some people flaunt their stuff is so others can either envy them or think they're important, and this seems to be a priority in certain social circles in the DR.

Yes, this puts a person in the line of fire, but let's put blame squarely where it belongs-on the shoulder of the delinquentes who needlessly took this man's life.

 

[niceguy]

Regardless of how he carried himself, he didn't deserve to go out like that. But that seems to be the prevailing sentiment on DR1-"crime isn't that bad in the DR, so if something happens to you it's because you deserved it or actively participated in said criminal act being perpetrated upon yourself".

The whole "don't flaunt material possessions in the DR" mantra isn't in the typical Dominican mindset, especially with people who come from extreme poverty like ball players. Even native Dominicans who work low-paying, dead-end jobs in the states can't wait to go home to flaunt whatever they have. And they are no more ostentatious than natives driving around in $100,000 US dollar jeepetas and building enormous houses in their campos.

I met a cat during Carnival who had a really cool-looking car, but for whatever reason no one was paying him or the car much mind. The people who lived there had probably seen it already a million times, but as I approached to take photos he was more happy to not only let me take them, but to have my friends and I pose in front of it. He seemed like a nice enough cat, but I got the impression he enjoyed the attention.

Why have something nice when there's no one to sweat you over it? Part of the reason some people flaunt their stuff is so others can either envy them or think they're important, and this seems to be a priority in certain social circles in the DR.

Yes, this puts a person in the line of fire, but let's put blame squarely where it belongs-on the shoulder of the delinquentes who needlessly took this man's life.

i agree. What good is it to have all the money in the world....locked away in the bank? is it not better to grandstand, show off, and generally be seen by those that can barely afford a chicken or a peice of toast? I mean come on. If i were a Dominican and i had been left to always hold the "**** end of the stick" all of my life. I swear, i would dream about driving my ferrari through the streets of sosss-ua so that my family members and friends working there could see how wonderful i was, because i was able to throw a ball. I mean look at the black basketballers in the US... the first thing they do is buy a $3000 suit that they wear TO the game... that they are playing in WTF??? Why do you need a $3000 suit?? The answer is because everyone of us likes to display how successful we are. Some buy fancy cars, others jewelry whilst others flaunt their women or intelligence ( that would be me. I personally had 5 last month, and i scored 100 on my IQ test a perfect score as i understand it. I digress!). Is it that hard to imagine that Diego the Dominican dreaming of pulling up to the local car wash in his $50 jeans, designer sun glasses, and being able to choose whether to eat beans, carne, or salad or to eat all of those options. Naaaahhhh it isn't.....

 

[rice&beans]

i agree. What good is it to have all the money in the world....locked away in the bank? is it not better to grandstand, show off, and generally be seen by those that can barely afford a chicken or a peice of toast? I mean come on. If i were a Dominican and i had been left to always hold the "**** end of the stick" all of my life. I swear, i would dream about driving my ferrari through the streets of sosss-ua so that my family members and friends working there could see how wonderful i was, because i was able to throw a ball. I mean look at the black basketballers in the US... the first thing they do is buy a $3000 suit that they wear TO the game... that they are playing in WTF??? Why do you need a $3000 suit?? The answer is because everyone of us likes to display how successful we are. Some buy fancy cars, others jewelry whilst others flaunt their women or intelligence ( that would be me. I personally had 5 last month, and i scored 100 on my IQ test a perfect score as i understand it. I digress!). Is it that hard to imagine that Diego the Dominican dreaming of pulling up to the local car wash in his $50 jeans, designer sun glasses, and being able to choose whether to eat beans, carne, or salad or to eat all of those options. Naaaahhhh it isn't.....

Ahh,

Not quite there Mr niceguy (I think I'm super intelligent, but I'm really not)

Normal is between 85-100....


Estimated IQs of the Greatest Geniuses

I'm seeing a little regress, as opposed to the digress.......

No biggie, good luck with the cars, jewelry, $50.00 jeans, and those designer sunglasses, while pulling up to the car wash.....

 

[niceguy]

Ahh,

Not quite there Mr niceguy (I think I'm super intelligent, but I'm really not)

Normal is between 85-100....


Estimated IQs of the Greatest Geniuses

I'm seeing a little regress, as opposed to the digress.......

No biggie, good luck with the cars, jewelry, $50.00 jeans, and those designer sunglasses, while pulling up to the car wash.....

come on man.... did you not see the masked humor in my IQ comment??. Did you miss it. I'm well aware of IQ, standard deviations and the norm. Im also aware for the record that it is not marked out of 100. Come onnnnnnnnnnnnn that was funny. Its marked out of 50 and i scored twice as much as the average testeecle.

 

[JMB773]

i agree. What good is it to have all the money in the world....locked away in the bank? is it not better to grandstand, show off, and generally be seen by those that can barely afford a chicken or a peice of toast? I mean come on. If i were a Dominican and i had been left to always hold the "**** end of the stick" all of my life. I swear, i would dream about driving my ferrari through the streets of sosss-ua so that my family members and friends working there could see how wonderful i was, because i was able to throw a ball. I mean look at the black basketballers in the US... the first thing they do is buy a $3000 suit that they wear TO the game... that they are playing in WTF??? Why do you need a $3000 suit?? The answer is because everyone of us likes to display how successful we are. Some buy fancy cars, others jewelry whilst others flaunt their women or intelligence ( that would be me. I personally had 5 last month, and i scored 100 on my IQ test a perfect score as i understand it. I digress!). Is it that hard to imagine that Diego the Dominican dreaming of pulling up to the local car wash in his $50 jeans, designer sun glasses, and being able to choose whether to eat beans, carne, or salad or to eat all of those options. Naaaahhhh it isn't.....

The NBA has a dress code and a 3,000USD suit to a NBA player is like a 100 dollar suit to the average "joe"

 

[Hillbilly]

Just to bring this up to date:
The Police have rounded up the people who did this. He had cashed his pension check of over $2000. He was a very sick man at 56 or so years of age. 3 x a week on dialysis!! Means his kidneys were totally shot. He had trouble walking and could not use his right arm.

His brother is the mayor of Nigua and another brother also lives there.

The pigs that did this were after money and "things"...they sold one of the cell phones for RD$250...

HB