This entire San Diego Union-Tribune profile on Tony Tufano -- the motorcyclist run over last spring by former major leaguer Matt Bush -- is worth a read. But here’s the part that really sticks out:
Bush, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2004 MLB Amateur Draft, was charged with driving under the influence and inflicting serious bodily injury. It was his third DUI and he will be in that Florida prison until 2016.
Because of the damage his body incurred — because of all the muscles, bones and organs that caught hell in the crash — his every day is filled with pain.
Which makes it all the more remarkable that his heart is filled with mercy.
“People argue with me about this, but I would like to see him make it. I just want to see him straighten his life out,” said Tufano of the man who hit him — a man currently serving a 51-month prison sentence in Jasper, Fla. “He’ll only be 30 when he gets out, and if he can still throw a ball 99 miles an hour, someone will pick him up.”
Bush, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2004 MLB Amateur Draft, was charged with driving under the influence and inflicting serious bodily injury. It was his third DUI and he will be in that Florida prison until 2016.
Tufano, a 74-year-old lifelong marathon enthusiast, will never run or ride a motorcycle again.
