Over this past weekend, the sports world lost two important figures. MLB starting pitcher Jose Fernandez was found dead in the Miami Beach area. His cause of death was a boating accident that reportedly occurred around 3 am that Sunday morning. Also on Sunday, golf legend and mogul Arnold Palmer passed away in Pennsylvania.

Fernandez was born in Cuba in 1992, and defected to the United States when he was 13, where he pursued baseball. Jose quickly became a fan favorite for the Miami Marlins, as he ascended the ranks to their ace. He was beloved by the organization and Southern Florida as a whole, and his passing hits home for most Miami natives. Jose’s teammate Martin Prado said that “We’re not robots. We’re humans, and we feel. He made an impact on every single person on this team in different ways.” Through his four-year big-league career, Jose accumulated 38 career wins, 589 strikeouts, and an ERA of 2.58.

Arnold Palmer was born in 1929 in Pennsylvania. He began playing golf, and got a full ride scholarship to Wake Forrest College in North Carolina. Palmer then went pro, and grabbed his first tour win in the 1955 Canadian Open. His personality was a major reason he was able to bring celebrity status to golfers, and gained the sport enough popularity so that it is still watched around the nation and enjoyed around the world. Palmer then went on to win 7 major championships, including four Masters, one U.S. Open, and two The Open Championships. Palmer was ranked as the 6th greatest golfer of all time, and has a very popular drink named after him! He will be missed greatly in the golfing community.

The sports community lost two great idols this weekend, but as Babe Ruth famously said in “The Sandlot,” “Heroes get remembered, but Legends never die.”