Wow, I just heard this on my local sports talk show in CA. He was 22 and just pitched 6 scoreless last night. He has been one of the Angels top prospects for a few years now and many thought he had ace potential.

Apparently hit by a drunk driver in Fullerton, CA.

And apparently some fan was killed in a fight at an Angels game too this week.

RIP

[Edited on April 9, 2009 at 11:34 AM. Reason : he was 22... I thought he was born in 84 not 86]

4/9/2009 11:32:02 AM

wow

4/9/2009 11:35:45 AM

poor kid

4/9/2009 11:47:49 AM

regardless of whether they were a professional athlete or someone not well known at all drunk drivers killing people always ticks me off

[Edited on April 9, 2009 at 11:58 AM. Reason : ]

4/9/2009 11:53:43 AM

Irrelevant

[Edited on April 9, 2009 at 11:56 AM. Reason : asdf]

4/9/2009 11:55:55 AM

Quote :

"LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Los Angeles Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart was among three people killed in a crash in Fullerton, California, early Thursday, according to media reports. CNN affiliates KTLA and the Los Angeles Times as well as TMZ.com identified the victim as Adenhart, 22, from Silver Spring, Maryland. One person was arrested in connection with the three-vehicle accident occurred about 12:23 a.m. Thursday in Fullerton, south of Los Angeles. Witnesses say a red minivan ran a red light and struck two vehicles at a Fullerton intersection, police Lt. Craig Brower told CNN. One of the vehicles, a gray Mitsubishi, slammed into a power pole, Brower said. Two of its passengers were dead at the scene, he said. The other two were transported to a hospital, where a third later died. The remaining passenger was in critical condition, Brower said. A passenger in the minivan was taken to a hospital with minor injuries, Brower said. The third vehicle sustained minor damage, and its driver was unhurt, he said. Police did not identify any of the dead. The minivan's driver fled the scene and was later arrested, Brower said. Andrew Thomas Gallo, 22, of Riverside will face charges of manslaughter, felony driving under the influence and hit-and-run, he said. Footage from the scene showed the minivan with a smashed front end and the Mitsubishi, which was heavily damaged. Debris littered the intersection where the crash took place, and it was cordoned off with yellow police tape. "

4/9/2009 12:00:02 PM

just came here to check and see if this had been posted

4/9/2009 12:06:21 PM

they just said he was going to UNC until he needed Tommy John surgery at age 17.

Then he went straight to the Angles out of highschool....


As an A's fan, this is good for my team - he tore us up last night as a rook, but this really puts life and sports into a broader perspective...

4/9/2009 12:12:30 PM

Baseball teams are like families you can bet this stings badly in that clubhouse.

Why does it seem like its always a baseball player this shit happens to?

4/9/2009 12:17:06 PM

he struck out 5 in 6 scoreless innings last night....

4/9/2009 12:18:51 PM

Quote :

"As an A's fan, this is good for my team"

classy

4/9/2009 12:19:43 PM

jeez..... there goes my fantasy team


j/k

4/9/2009 12:32:59 PM

Jim Abbott says "rub some dirt on it"

4/9/2009 12:34:53 PM

He went to a high school not far from mine. I never faced him though.

4/9/2009 12:43:28 PM

Quote :

"jeez..... there goes my fantasy team j/k"

Jokes work better when they're funny.

4/9/2009 2:05:52 PM

This is terrible. As someone who could only dream of playing in the Bigs as kid, I can't help but feel absolutely terrible for this kid who just made it and had so much promise but never got to fully enjoy it.

4/9/2009 2:08:38 PM

they spelled dale earnhardt wrong

4/9/2009 2:16:11 PM

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"classy"

go work for the N&O. Select only part of my post to throw it out of context.

4/9/2009 3:45:46 PM

^ regardless of whether or not it was taken out of context it was still a poor choice of worse on your part

4/9/2009 4:03:59 PM

Quote :

"a poor choice of worse"

4/9/2009 4:08:10 PM

Quote :

"This is terrible. As someone who could only dream of playing in the Bigs as kid, I can't help but feel absolutely terrible for this kid who just made it and had so much promise but never got to fully enjoy it."

Aye. And anything less than the death penalty for the driver is an insult to the idea of justice.

4/9/2009 4:50:17 PM

Well if nothing else he'll lead the league in ERA this year.

4/9/2009 4:52:32 PM

No chance

Dude here in Charlotte killed a whole family of 5 drunk driving and only got 8.5 years

4/9/2009 4:53:08 PM

played against him once, or maybe we had the next game or something, i remember watching him throw when i was like 16-17 maybe. dude was nice, and this is sad, i was surprised when i heard about this

4/9/2009 5:48:34 PM

I wouldn't question anyone else's feelings in a case like this

but c'mon scott boras

4/9/2009 5:50:25 PM

^ haha no shit

4/9/2009 6:00:02 PM

Quote :

"The minivan driver fled the crash scene on foot and was captured a half-hour later. Police identified him as Andrew Thomas Gallo, 22, of Riverside, and said he had a suspended license because of a previous drunken driving conviction."

4/9/2009 6:10:03 PM

word has it that the fucktard was driving on a suspended license... what for, you ask? DUI. fry the bastard

4/9/2009 7:45:53 PM

how'd you figure that out?

4/9/2009 8:29:03 PM

whats was a pitcher doing driving a mitsubishi,

4/9/2009 9:35:33 PM

he was a 14th round pick, so he probably didn't have much of a signing bonus. i'm not sure what kinda deal his contract was for, but since he was a rookie he was probably making league minimum, which i guess would have only gotten him a paycheck or two. minor leaguers only make like $1000-2000/mo, but they have very few expenses usually

[Edited on April 9, 2009 at 10:41 PM. Reason : or it wasn't his car]

4/9/2009 10:26:03 PM

Quote :

"Nick Adenhart was a passenger in a silver Mitsubishi Eclipse that was broadsided in an intersection about 12:30 a.m. by a minivan that apparently ran a red light, police said."

4/9/2009 10:33:16 PM

SC said his signing bonus was second round level.

I don't know if anyone has driven/ridden in an Eclipse - that's a tiny ass car for four adults to be in...

4/10/2009 12:43:08 AM

I couldnt believe it when they actually reported that 4 people were riding in that thing. Not trying to make jokes about this tragedy but that is the last car i would want to be in with 3 other adults.

(well even tho there is more room, i would much rather be in that one than a light blue convertible bug.)

[Edited on April 10, 2009 at 10:58 AM. Reason : fixed]

4/10/2009 10:57:22 AM

ididnt word that right, why was abunch of dudes with money, doing in a mitsubishi

4/10/2009 11:19:48 AM

Adenhart probably hasn't even gotten his first ML paycheck yet. It's not like he is on some huge ML deal. He did get a really nice signing bonus 4.5 years ago but he was probably making 50k a year in the minors...

[Edited on April 10, 2009 at 11:21 AM. Reason : x]

4/10/2009 11:21:02 AM

I'll venture that the two people in the front were sitting wayyyy far up to make room for the people in the back, who still had no room.



Why is that the drunks always come away6 from this unharmed?






Hey, let's ask Ragged!!!

4/10/2009 11:32:20 AM