Say it ain't so. There is just no fantasy in the sport today.
Angels rookie right-hander Nick Adenhart died early Thursday morning after a car accident in which two others were killed and another was seriously injured. Authorities were blaming the accident on a motorist who ran a red light with his van and then fled the scene on foot. He was later captured and charged with felony hit-and-run.
Adenhart, 22, made his season debut against Oakland on Wednesday night, shutting out the A's for six innings in a game the Angels eventually lost, 6-3.
A 14th-round Draft choice in 2004, Adenhart made his Major League debut on May 1 last season and made three starts, winning one of them.
Hours ago, I was watching this young man on satellite tv, kicking myself for not acquiring him in more leagues. Last year, he was one of my hottest prospects, a hard throwing right hander for a great team. Last nite, I saw him work his way in and out of trouble playing a game in a sport he loved. "This kid," I thought to myself, "is going to be very good." He was denied a win when the bullpen blew the game. That is probably what he was thinking on his way home.
But on the highways of LA, in the road of real life, late at nite, he ran into trouble he could not escape. And there is a void in baseball today, in my heart as well. Once more, a young life is snuffed out by a terrible tragedy that leaves you without words, feeling only an emptiness in your heart. This young man, so much alive on a ballfield just last nite, so very gone today.
What a tragedy.
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