Wednesday night's game at Angels Stadium against the Oakland A's was just another major league contest, or so it seemed. The Angels had young Nick Adenhart on the mound pitching 6 flawless innings, and keeping the A's in check. The final score had the visitors winning the game, but Adenhart had given the Angels a solid sign that their future was on the right track. His father was on hand to proudly witness his son's solid performance after Nick had told him that it would be a special night.
After the game, all of this came to a sudden end with the running of a red light by a drunk driver. Among the four people in the passenger car hit by the drunk driver was Nick Adenhart. Two people died instantly while Adenhart passed away later during surgery. The fourth remains in critical condition.
With that, a promising career came to an end, and whether you follow baseball or any other sport or not even at all, you have to at least recognize the depth of such a tragedy. At 22 years of age, life is still technically in its' development stage, and all that has been worked for and conquered by these young people was lost in a matter of seconds. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families and friends of these innocent victims.
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