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Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez is reported dead in a boating accident.

Asked how he would remember Fernandez, Manager Don Mattingly could barely speak through his sobs.

“When I think about Jose, it’s going to be thinking about a little kid,” Mattingly said. “I see such a little boy in him when — the way he played, there was just joy with him when he played and when he pitched, I think that’s what the guys would say too.

“As bad as he would make you [look] with some of the stuff he would do, you just see that little kid you see when you watch kids play Little League or something like that. That’s the joy that Jose played with and the passion he felt about playing. That’s what I think of.”
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Fernandez owned a high-90s fastball and a devastating slider that he mixed with a changeup and occasional curveball. The combination could be nearly unhittable, and he combined them with a competitive swagger that could be imposing. Several opposing players and executives said, over the course of his career, that Fernandez was the one pitcher they would least like to face in a crucial game.
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Fernandez’s last start came Tuesday against the Washington Nationals, and he was vintage Fernandez – eight innings of three-hit ball in which he struck out 12 and walked none in a 1-0 Miami victory.

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ADDED: In the comments:

tripe
12:27 PM CDT
The baseball community has lost a great person and baseball player. What an incredible competitor. I will never forget his last pitch against us last week in the eighth inning getting out of a jam to keep the score 1-0.

I will always remember Jose Fernandez walking off the mound I could see him shaking his head "No, No, No! They are not going to beat us today!" That was his last game.

I am so saddened and my thoughts and prayers go to his family, friends, and teammates.