Since news of young St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Oscar Taveras' death — in a car accident at age 22 — started to spread Sunday evening , we've seen it resonate a number of ways across the baseball community. San Francisco Giants outfielder Juan Perez, heart heavy because Taveras was a good friend of his, had a big hit in World Series Game 5 . Cardinals players, meanwhile, remembered his youthful energy and looming potential.