Awful
August 2nd, 1979, I can still recall the moment on that day when I heard that Thurman Munson had died in a plane crash. I thought of that a lot this morning when I heard about Nick Adenhart of the Angels being killed in a car crash. It is always a tragedy when someone dies young and this is much worse because it sounds like it could have been prevented because the person who crashed into Adenhart was under the influence.
It's sadly ironic that less than 24 hours after Joba Chamberlain talked about how badly he had screwed up driving under the influence this happens. Hopefully, between this and Joba's experience more people learn that you just have to turn the keys over to someone if you have been drinking. Sadly, it always seems that the innocent person gets hurt when someone drives drunk. It was certainly that way for Nick Adenhart.
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Peter,
Hopefully Joba comes to appreciate just how lucky he was that night, because he ran into a cop and not into someone or something. He was driving 70 mph in a 55 mph zone, with an open bottle of whiskey in his car and an appallingly high blood alcohol count. That's serious. I personally think he got off light (probation, license suspended for 60 days). I frankly have zero sympathy or tolerance for him (or Leyritz, for that matter, who also killed someone).
Posted by: Greg | April 11, 2009 11:59 AM |