Saddness Strikes

Hello all. I know it's been a long while since i last posted, but it seemed to be the most appropriate time. The baseball season is finally upon us, and already hearts are heavied. Following Wednesday nights Angels-A's game, 22 year old right hander, Nick Adenhart, of the Angels, was involved in a hit-and-run traffic collision in Fullerton, California. Adenhart and three friends where driving early Thursday morning, when a mini-van ran a red light striking the the car with the four friends and sending it into a street light. Three of the four young men, including Adenhart, where pronounced dead while the fourth is in intensive care. The young man driving the mini-van was found shortly after fleeing on foot, it turns out the 22 year old was driving on a suspended license with a blood alcohol content well above the legal limit. So, instead of taking a cab home after going out drinking and getting home safe, albeit with a little less money in his pocket, he decided to drive home and not only got in legal trouble but took the lives of three young men. Now instead of spending the money on a taxi he may spend the rest of his life behind bars, facing felony hit-and-run, felony DUI, and, now, murder charges. It's a shame that one act of stupidity can ruin so many lives.

Later in the day rookie right hander Joe Martinez was struck in the head with a batted ball. In the top of the ninth inning with two outs , in the Giants-Brewers game, Martinez toed the rubber stared in to get his sign rared back and fired a pitch towards the waiting Mike Cameron. Cameron squared up the pitch a drove it on a line right back where it came from, literally, unfortunately Martinez was unable to get out of the way or get his glove up in time. The ball hit with such force that it ricocheted directly off of his forehead to the backstop, dropping Martinez to the ground. You could see the pain even on Cameron's, who suffered a similar incident while with the Mets, face as he ran down the line. Martinez was able walk off the field under his own power. It is expected that he will make a full recover, suffering three hairline fractures on his face and a concussion. As of now he is on the 15-day disabled list, but it is hoped that when he is eligible to come off he will be ready to take the mound again. This is a happy ending to what could have been devastating. (link to video: http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090410&content_id=4209782&vkey=news_sf&fext=.jsp&c_id=sf)


May all of our thoughts be with these families and all of the families that face tragedy on a daily basis.


-Daemon