Octavio Dotel, who played for 13 different Major League Baseball teams across a 15-year pitching career, has been trapped in rubble following a nightclub roof collapse in the Dominican Republic, according to
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There are a few reports saying that Dotel has been rescued and is alive. I hope that is the case.
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He was alive and buried, the story I read said.
World Series champ Octavio Dotel was one of the lucky few pulled alive from the rubble of a Dominican Republic nightclub after a roof collapse that left at least 27 people dead Tuesday, according to sources and local media reports.
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Now seeing reports that Dotel has passed away. Terrible news if true.
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Chronicle confirms Dotel died in the incident.
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Wow, was he alive when rescued or were those reports wrong?
ETA: the Chronicle answered that.
Also among those killed in the incident is Nelsy Cruz, sister of Nelson Cruz and governor of the D.R. province of Montecristi. The singer, who they went to see perform, is Rubby Perez, brother of Neifi Perez.
I will never forget the 4-strikeout inning he threw in the combined no-hitter against the Yankees.
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I was in a pitched battle here with some adversary whose name escapes me. The issue was Dotel as a failed starter and what the team should do with him. My opponent said trade him or release him because he could not be a reliable starter. My argument was my oft-repeated mantra about others every now and then: The Astros cannot/should not give up on an arm like he has. When he became a lights-out reliever, I felt vindicated.
Lidge to Dotel to Wagner. Games were over with a lead after 6.
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Yuli DFA’d by the Padres
What a great Astro.
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