{"id":44824,"date":"2025-04-29T01:59:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T01:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=44824"},"modified":"2025-04-29T01:59:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T01:59:13","slug":"red-soxs-brayan-bello-honors-victims-of-jet-set-nightclub-collapse-in-d-r","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=44824","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox&#8217;s Brayan Bello honors victims of Jet Set nightclub collapse in D.R."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mb-0 md:mb-9 relative md:mx-10 md:mb-9\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"overflow-hidden bg-lightGrey\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full\" title=\"Apr 27, 2025; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Brayan Bello (66) throws a pitch during the first inning against the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field. 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Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-Imagn Images\" data-uw-rm-alt=\"ALT\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"ml-1 pb-2 mt-4 md:m-3 text-darkGrey font-group-tiny\">Apr 27, 2025; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Brayan Bello (66) throws a pitch during the first inning against the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-Imagn Images | Ken Blaze-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex flex-wrap\">\n<div class=\"flex mr-4 lg:w-[calc(70%-3em)] max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"hidden md:block md:mx-4 hidden md:block\" data-testid=\"share-menu\">\n<div class=\"sticky top-20 mb-3\" data-testid=\"share-menu-inner\">\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">In the wee hours of the morning of April 8, the roof of the Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, caved in with hundreds of people inside.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Frances Robles and Hogla Enecia P\u00e9rez\u00a0of\u00a0<em>The Washington Post<\/em>\u00a0report that 232 people died in the collapse and nearly 200 others were injured. The repercussions of the tragedy echoed across the MLB community \u2014\u00a0not only did former players have family members\u00a0in the club at the time of the collapse, but former MLB reliever Octavio Dotel and former prospect Tony Blanco were killed in the accident. The night&#8217;s performer, merengue singer Rubby P\u00e9rez, also died that day.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">In his second Boston Red Sox start of the year, Brayan Bello, a Dominican native, honored the victims of the tragedy. He donned light blue cleats adorned with the names of some deceased clubgoers, including\u00a0Blanco, Dotel and P\u00e9rez, along with a black ribbon.\u00a0The heels of the spikes featured a Dominican flag.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">&#8220;It was a big tragedy for the country and for us, and obviously it is a tough time for all the people that lost their loved ones in there,&#8221; Bello said through a translator after Boston&#8217;s April 27 game. &#8220;For me to be able to honor them at least with the cleats, it was very important to me and meant a lot.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Red Sox&#8217;s Brayan Bello donned special cleats in honor of victims of the Jet Set nightclub roof collapse in Santo Domingo, D.R.<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"min-h-[550px]\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfdGltZWxpbmVfbGlzdCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOltdLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2ZvbGxvd2VyX2NvdW50X3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9iYWNrZW5kIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19yZWZzcmNfc2Vzc2lvbiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZm9zbnJfc29mdF9pbnRlcnZlbnRpb25zX2VuYWJsZWQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib24iLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X21peGVkX21lZGlhXzE1ODk3Ijp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRyZWF0bWVudCIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3Nob3dfYmlyZHdhdGNoX3Bpdm90c19lbmFibGVkIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19kdXBsaWNhdGVfc2NyaWJlc190b19zZXR0aW5ncyI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdXNlX3Byb2ZpbGVfaW1hZ2Vfc2hhcGVfZW5hYmxlZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdmlkZW9faGxzX2R5bmFtaWNfbWFuaWZlc3RzXzE1MDgyIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRydWVfYml0cmF0ZSIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfbGVnYWN5X3RpbWVsaW5lX3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9mcm9udGVuZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9fQ%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1916603778565840974&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fbosoxinjection.com%2Fred-soxs-brayan-bello-honors-victims-of-jet-set-nightclub-collapse-in-dr&amp;sessionId=7d8256d1109d7a52f9927bffd79d4655d437fb51&amp;siteScreenName=bosoxinjection&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1916603778565840974\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Bello grew up in Saman\u00e1, a beach town on the north side of the Dominican Republic, opposite Santo Domingo. His mentor and Red Sox legend, Pedro Martinez, shared soon after the collapse that he had family in the club at the time.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Bello put on a show to honor the victims of the Jet Set accident. He posted five scoreless innings against the Guardians, but surrendered a no-out, three-run homer to Nolan Jones in the sixth inning. He finished out the frame without allowing another run.\u00a0Bello has clocked a 3.27 ERA in 11 innings\u00a0over his first two starts.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Bello&#8217;s cleats and performance were a great way to honor and bring awareness to the Jet Set nightclub collapse and the root cause of the disaster. 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