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As we open the file of stuff you never in a million years thought would happen: Former major leaguer Geremi Gonzalez was killed by lightning on Sunday while riding a personal watercraft on a lake in his native Venezuela. You may recall that Gonzalez won 11 games for the Cubs as a rookie in 1997, but are you aware that he was the guy who delivered the pitch to Sammy Sosa in the infamous corked bat incident on June 3, 2003? And now he's been taken in the most surreal way imaginable. Lightning? Really? More »
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