A sad day for baseball

Tragedy struck the baseball world Thursday morning, as Angels 22-year-old rookie Nick Adenhart, hours removed from making his season debut, died in a car crash. In just his fourth-ever big-league start, Adenhart threw six shutout innings against the Athletics and left with his team leading 3-0, only to see the Angels’ bullpen surrender the lead and lose 6-4. Sadly, Adenhart is not the first active player in recent memory to lose his life prematurely. Darryl Kile was found dead in his Chicago hotel room in 2002. Cory Lidle crashed a small plane into a New York apartment building in 2006. Josh Hancock crashed a car into a tow truck in 2007. Joe Kennedy died suddenly of hypertensive heart disease in 2007. All five players, coincidentally, were pitchers.Continue reading "A sad day for baseball"