A somber anniversary

10 years after Jose Fernandez's major league debut, here's a remarkable conversation he and I shared in the spring of 2013

Jose Fernandez threw his first major league pitch, a strike to the Mets’ Collin Cowgill, 10 years ago last week. I took this photo on my iPhone from my seat in the visiting radio booth at Citi Field.

Last Friday marked the 10-year anniversary of Jose Fernandez’s major league debut.

A decade later, I maintain he’ll go down as arguably the greatest “what if” in Baseball history, based on what he achieved—and the manner in which he achieved it—all prior to his 25th birthday in a life and career that ended far too soon.