Mets minor leaguer dies of apparent heart attack
Posted Oct 24, 2009 10:10 PM
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NEW YORK -New York Mets minor league pitcher Rafael Castro has died of an apparent heart attack. He was 18.
Castro died Friday at the Mets' academy in Carabobo, Venezuela. The Mets announced his death Saturday.
Castro had spent two years with the Mets' team in the Venezuelan Summer League. The right-handed pitcher was from Colombia.
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Ralphgmiami
2:31PM Oct 25 2009 
An 18-year-old dying from a heart attack? Someone should check his body for steroids during an autopsy as steroid use takes it out on vital organs. If he test positive, this will be just what major league baseball needs to show kids that steroids are dangerous.
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