If you haven't heard, Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock, 29, was killed in a car crash last night.
That's twice in five years that St. Louis has had an active player die during a season, the other being Darryl Kile in 2002. Deepest sympathies to Hancock's family, friends, teammates and Cardinals fans. Twenty-nine is way too short a life. Few details will be known later today, but one thought is whether alcohol or drugs was a factor in the crash. Should that change everyone's perception of a ballplayer who was, by most accounts, a very down-to-earth guy?
Related:
Josh Hancock Killed in Car Crash (St. Louis Sports Magazine, via Deadspin)
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
1 comment:
Well, we now discover that he was:
a) at almost twice the legal limit for alcohol
b) potentially high as well, given the marijuana and pipe found in the vehicle
c) not wearing his seatbelt,
d) speeding, and
e) was talking on a cellphone at the time of the crash.
Good God, was he trying to kill himself? Any one of these things is dangerous, but all five together? This is the kind of stupid Darwin Award stuff that 19 year olds do, but he was a 29 year old professional athlete, one who had already been released from one club due to violation of his contract. (He failed to make the weight provisions.)
Sorry to be judgemental, but yes, this does change my perception of the guy. He may have been a nice guy, but he made some reckless, horrible choices here, and it's fortunate he didn't kill or injure someone else in the process of killing himself.
Post a Comment