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Yordano Ventura's Mom Threw Out The First Pitch For The Royals' Home OpenerThe Royals played their first home game today since 25-year-old starting pitcher Yordano Ventura died in a January car crash in his native Dominican Republic....

Yordano Ventura's Toxicology Report Will Not Be Made PublicThree weeks ago, Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports reported that the fate of the $20 million left on Yordano Ventura’s contract would depend on whether he was legally drunk when he died in a car crash last month. A clause in the Kansas City Royals pitcher’s contract noted that payment would be invalidated...

Yordano Ventura/Andy Marte Autographed Combo Pack Is A Morbid Deal Of The DayCongrats to memorabilia website Insider Sports Deals for the baldest display of opportunism in recent memory with this pairing of Andy Marte and Yordano Ventura autographed baseballs, marked down in price and marketed as the deal of the day....

Report: The Fate Of Yordano Ventura's $20 Million Depends On Whether He Was Legally Drunk

It feels almost meaningless to discuss the money still remaining on the contract of Yordano Ventura, the 25-year-old Royals pitcher who was killed in a one-car crash early Sunday in his native Dominican Republic. But it’s obviously not meaningless to his family, which would be in line to receive the...

"Becoming Yordano"

Something worth revisiting after the death of Yordano Ventura this morning—the Kansas City Star’s 2015 series “Becoming Yordano,” which followed the pitcher home to the Dominican Republic and traced his background from his childhood small town to the Royals Academy in Santo Domingo....

Royals Pitcher Yordano Ventura Killed In Car Crash

Kansas City Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura died in a car crash today in his native Dominican Republic, according to several reports....

A Lot Of People Were Happy To See Yordano Ventura Get Thumped

I can’t recall a player or a team being so unrepentant—so proud—of a bench-clearing brawl as Manny Machado and the Orioles were of Machado charging the mound and delivering a haymaker/DDT combo. But then, I can’t recall a player that so many around baseball have wanted to see take a punch to the fac...

Manny Machado Charges The Mound, Lights Up Yordano Ventura

After throwing at him earlier in the game, Yordano Ventura plunked Manny Machado in the fifth inning, prompting Machado to quickly remove his helmet, limp to the mound, and light into Ventura. It looks like he landed a decent string of punches before he got pulled off the Royals pitcher....