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Jose Lima Autopsy Finds Pitcher Likely Died of Cardiac Arrhythmia

By FanHouse StaffSep 9th 2010 – 4:20PM

An autopsy on former major league pitcher Jose Lima did not reveal a definitive cause of death but did determine his system was free of any illegal substances when he died May 23. The autopsy and toxicology tests found moderate levels of alcohol in Lima, who was 37, and notes that he likely died of cardiac arrhythmia....

Big Papi Shares Spoils of Derby Triumph

By John HickeyJul 13th 2010 – 12:11AM

ANAHEIM -- David Ortiz wasn't the only winner of the Home Run Derby Monday night. Second place finisher Hanley Ramirez, a close friend of Ortiz's, said he felt like a winner, too. And Jose Lima, an Ortiz contemporary who died six weeks ago, had the win dedicated to him by Ortiz "Lima was my man," Ortiz said. "To see him...

The Dugout: LIMA

By Brandon StroudMay 25th 2010 – 3:10PM

Time keeps going about its business. People who are funny jokes to us in the Dugout aren't supposed to die, they're supposed to keep being funny and live out their lives as rich spoiled steroid millionaires. They aren't supposed to die at age 37, when nobody should die. A human being is the only animal on the Earth who...

Head9s: The Non-Stephen Strasburg Prospect Edition

By Paul BourdettMay 24th 2010 – 12:30PM

With June just around the corner, Head9s speculates on the arrival of baseball's top prospects (non-prospect hunters, fear not; we've got some links for you too.). • You can't begin to understand the why/when of prospect call-ups without first wrapping your cabesa around the "Super-2" concept. If you're unaware of...

Jose Lima, 1972-2010: Video Tribute

By FanHouse TVMay 23rd 2010 – 9:15PM

Former major league pitcher Jose Lima passed away on Sunday from an apparent heart attack. Lima, who pitched for five major league teams over 13 seasons, was 37 years old. One of those teams, the Los Angeles Dodgers, posted this video tribute.

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José Desiderio Rodriguez Lima (September 30, 1972 – May 23, 2010) was a Dominican right-handed pitcher who spent thirteen seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Detroit Tigers (1994–1996, 2001–2002), Houston Astros (1997–2001), Kansas City Royals (2003, 2005), Los Angeles Dodgers (2004) and New York Mets (2006).

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