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Nick Cafardo, Longtime Boston Globe Baseball Writer, Dies
The 62-year-old died Thursday at the Red Sox spring training facility in Florida.
BOSTON, MA – Longtime Boston Globe baseball writer Nick Cafardo died Thursday in Fort Myers, FL, according to the publication. The 62-year-old suffered an apparent embolism at JetBlue Park, where the Red Sox hold spring training.
Cafardo covered the Red Sox for the Patriot Ledger before joining the Globe in 1989. In addition to covering baseball, he wrote the 2002 book "The Impossible Team: The Worst to First Patriots' Super Bowl Season."
Cafardo is survived by his wife and two children.
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Members of the team and the media quickly reacted to news of Cafardo's death.
There are no words. Nick was a legendary journalist, but an even better person. He was hard-working, well-connected, and witty. He always had time to help and advise his colleagues. He was a great story-teller who made you laugh. My deepest condolences to his family. RIP, Nick. https://t.co/iDVDNXBHEI
— Christopher Gasper (@cgasper) February 21, 2019
Please have some good thoughts for Nick, his family and his many friends. Thank you. https://t.co/zJWaaBhGmk
— Pete Abraham (@PeteAbe) February 21, 2019
Nick died at the ballpark on his off day. He loved baseball, making him the perfect guy to write about it. A truly good man and a pleasure to work with. https://t.co/EEl6I9yGBl
— Jeff Wagenheim (@jeffwagenheim) February 21, 2019
I'm stunned and heartbroken. Nick was kind and funny, and he almost instantly went from being someone I knew and respected to being someone I considered a friend. I genuinely looked forward to seeing him each day and will forever be grateful to have known him. Thank you, Nick. https://t.co/crxdr4Cegl
— Chad Jennings (@chadjennings22) February 21, 2019
So shocked at the passing of Nick Carfardo. For the last year and a half we have been working on a book. Became very close. My condolences to the family.
— Jerry Remy (RemDawg) (@Jerry_Remy) February 21, 2019
It was truly an honor to work with Nick. I learned so much about baseball from him. https://t.co/oIECP1uEZh
— Matt Pepin (@mattpep15) February 21, 2019
This is just awful. Just a nice, humble, down-to-earth man. Came up the right way, working hard every day at the Patriot Ledger and earning his shot at the Globe https://t.co/wxNXwZXlRq
— Gerry Callahan (@GerryCallahan) February 21, 2019
This is just awful. Just a nice, humble, down-to-earth man. Came up the right way, working hard every day at the Patriot Ledger and earning his shot at the Globe https://t.co/wxNXwZXlRq
— Gerry Callahan (@GerryCallahan) February 21, 2019
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