Jose Lima (Lima Time, R.I.P.)

[buckeyemania11]

Obituary, baseball, Dodgers: Jose Lima, pitcher who helped send Dodgers to 2004 playoffs, dies at 37 - latimes.com

Jose Lima, whose high-energy brand of pitching he called "Lima time" helped send the Dodgers to the playoffs in his only season in Los Angeles, has died. He was 37.

Lima died Sunday, Dan Evans, his agent, told The Times. According to Pasadena Police Lt. Tracey Ibarra, paramedics were called to Lima's home just after 6 a.m. He had suffered an apparent cardiac arrest and was taken to Huntington Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Ibarra said. The cause of death will be determined by an autopsy, said Los Angeles County coroner's investigator Kelli Blanchard.

Evans said Lima had been out with his family Saturday night and had gone dancing and exhibited no signs of ill health.

Lima won 13 games for the Dodgers in 2004, helping the team win the National League Western Division title. He pitched a five-hit shutout in the playoffs against the St. Louis Cardinals, the Dodgers' first postseason win since 1988.

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[exhawg]

I would like to apologize for ruining Jose's career and causing his early death. I drafted him on my fantasy baseball team the year after he went to the All-Star game and he never recovered from it. I guess the pressure of being the ace of Two Tarry Hesticles was too much for him and he went off the deep end.

 

[sepia5]

I just did an impassioned fist pump in his memory.

 

[Jaxbuck]

NO ONE gave up tape measure HR's like Lima.

RIP.

 

[Jake]

I saw him pitch in Kansas City during the Royals' surprising winning season in 2003. He was fun to watch.

I'd also like to offer my condolences to his wife.

 

[brodybuck21]

NO ONE gave up tape measure HR's like Lima.

RIP.

^^^^what he said^^^^


RIP

 

[bimboslice]

rip!​