Nick Adenhart Killed In Car Accident

Perhaps the most moving story I have heard in many, many months. To his family and friends go my best wishes to find solace in such a tragedy. To the Angels fans, I'm sorry to hear of the loss of such a promising young ball player. This is indeed a terrible event...

Whoa I was just watching the game last night on tv and this happens. This is so sad.

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He threw a good game last night too...

That's always terrible to hear someone was just MURDERED by a hit-and-run driver. Hopefully they catch this fella and toss him in jail... My condolences to his family and friends.

I hate hearing news like this. Best regrads to the Adenheart and Angels family.

That is terrible news, he was a very talented person. Our prayers are with the Adenhart family. I'm glad they caught the guy.

In the early 1990's, my car was totalled by a hit and run driver and I had to sue my own insurance company to pay for my injuries (because the offender was never caught.

At least in this instance it sounds like the Police caught the scumbag who did this. If so, I hope the judge throws the book at him and he spends MANY years in jail.

the washington post reports that one of the other three killed in the accident was affiliated with the ball club as well.

what a tragedy, a 22 year old phenom with so much promise, killed just after he tosses the game of his life...

Terrible... What an awful thing to happen to such a young guy.

That kid was something, not just another dime a dozen college arm, but a real up and coming frontliner. It is so crazy, I remember when I heard of his awsome outing just last night on ESPN radio, the worst news I have heard from MLB in months.

This is horrible. As a Brave fan, I never heard of Adenhart until we were trying to get him in the Tex deal. After watching his videos and stats, the guy had amazing stuff. I was upset when we did not get the young stud. It is a very sad day for the family and Angels organization. The Braves Nation is thinking about you.

Staggering.

Rest Peacefully my cousin. I love you, and miss you. U were an awesome ball player all of ur life. All the memories i have of u are of you and ur dad playing ball. We all miss you. Watch over ur dad, everyones so worried about him.

Rest Peacefully my cousin. I love you, and miss you. U were an awesome ball player all of ur life. All the memories i have of u are of you and ur dad playing ball. We all miss you. Watch over ur dad, everyones so worried about him.

Posted by: JenaJ | April 09, 2009 at 10:47 AM
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My condolences to you for your loss. Didn't think any family members of actual major leaguers posted on here.

When I first saw this, I checked on the Angels website and ESPN but couldn't find any mention of it.. I was really hoping it was a bogus report. Unfortunately, I just saw it on ESPN.

This is crazy. Crappy start to the season.

This is really awful. Adenhart was making some serious strides as a pitcher, and he's only 22.

As awful as this is for the Angels' baseball team, the idea of any person that young losing their life is pretty brutal.

This is truly a sad day for the Angels and baseball as a whole.

Let's hope that this is worst news we hear about this season.

This is terrible! They announce Adenhart's name but because the other guy wasn't a star or future star (presumably) no one cares about him/her? Pathetic how the news only wants to announce the parts of the story that will sell papers.

You're surprised that a newspaper specifically mentioned that a professional athlete was killed but failed to offer the names of the others?

As much as people care about the deaths of others, this isn't major news unless one of the killed is famous. It's not that people are insensitive, but rather that people have trouble caring about the deaths of people that they never knew existed. Not saying that the other guys death isn't as important, but in terms of the context of mainstream news, the death of Nick Adenhart is legitimately newsworthy.

Obviously you have to hope for the best from here out, and I'm sure the whole world offers their most sincere condolences to the Adenhart family, as well as the families of the other victims.

Condolences from Tiger nation... he should have never died so soon. No one should have to die at age 22.

My thoughts and prayers go out to the families of Adenhart and the other two that were taken in this horrible event.

My prayers also go to the family of Brian Powers, another tragic event to hear about this morning.

That's a really tragic news. I actually saw part of his performance last night against the A's and was fairly impressed.

It just goes to remind us how many people dies from vehicle accidents daily.

RIP.

"This is terrible! They announce Adenhart's name but because the other guy wasn't a star or future star (presumably) no one cares about him/her? Pathetic how the news only wants to announce the parts of the story that will sell papers."

As Jagteg mentions, hearing about this type of situation in the news is even more difficult for a family. The names of the other two in the wreck are most likely being held until the families can be contacted. Unfortunately, stardom ensures the name we all know will be released. I dont think you should be upset, but rather happy, that the other two names have not be released just yet. Let the families have their proper moment rather then their phone wringing off the hook from friends telling them of the tragedy.

Sensationalism aside, I think this death cuts deeper than the normal auto fatality you hear on the news because we rarely know the face and the name that is reported, not to mention that we rarely connect with their life story in any way.

So when someone like Nick is killed, we feel that loss, not because they were more important, but because a connection was made.

I can't even imagine what it must be like to be a member of those families, a member of the Angels organization, or a friend to Nick Adenhart.

Rest in peace.

RIP. This is just horrible.

Horrible Horrible news. What a tragedy. From Cardinal Nation we definitely feel your pain (recently went through this with Kile and Hancock). Thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends and the Angels organization. Everything I have ever heard of this kid is how great of a person he was (let alone a great ball player). RIP Mr. Adenhart.

RIP Nick

As a Cardinals fan, we've seen that this is something that is hard for an organization to get over. My thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends, and teammates.

I've followed Nick's career for the last few years an I really thought he was going to make it big. Tremendous amount of talent. My thoughts are with the Adenhart family and the Angels organization.

Totally sucks.

What a terrible tragedy for the baseball community in general. More so for everyone close to Nick.

My heart goes out to the Angels organization and his friends and family.

I'm in total shock right now.

Such a sad story, he went out and pitched a great game yesterday, our team will miss him, so promising. My heart goes out to the Adenhart family.

For me, this is the most tragic loss in baseball since Cory Lidle. This is more tragic than that though. Not to downplay the loss of Cory Lidle, but losing a young phenom who has just pitched one of the best games of his life hurts more.

As a Nationals fan, but more importantly, a fan of baseball overall, my deepest sympathies and condolences go out to Nick's family, freinds, and the Angels organization.

Regardless of what deity you believe in, I ask anyone reading this post and comments to pray for Nick's family in their time of loss.

I'll end with a quote from the Dave Matthews' song "Gravedigger": "Now, you should never have to watch your only children lowered in the ground
I mean you should never have to bury your own babies"

Absolutely horrible....especially considering what a career he might have had in front of him. My condolences to the family. Sorry.

truly awful, awful news. my thoughts and prayers extended to the adenhart family, the organization and all the fans, as well as to the families of the others killed. such a tragedy

The people over at Halos Heaven kind of sum up the feeling that most baseball fans likely have right now.

http://www.halosheaven.com/2009/4/9/828592/the-loss-of-nick-adenhart

Just a shame, one of the worst deaths of a young sports star since Darrent Williams of the Broncos. It doesn't make it any better, but at least he got to live the dream for a little while. He pitched a great game in front of a ML home crowd just hours before this happened. I really hope that helped him and brought him some peace in his last hours, I like to think that it did. No kid that young should have to die ever. RIP Nick Adenhart.

I wish this was a rumor. What a tragic thing to happen to such a young man, regardless of occupation. Twenty-Two is WAY too young to leave this earth. My heart goes out to his family.

times like this my nickname ain't so humourous
so i'm dave right now
and i just returned from a funeral for our sweet friend lorna
she was just 44 and, of course, the refrain was "so young"
imagine 22
redundant to say, but condolences to nick's friends and family

wow, I botched that post gramatically.

You get the idea.

last part should read: gotta lo\/e double standards.

AA- IF you dont like what is written LEAVE!!!!My post I feel is not misguided and unfortunatly not unnecessary--and have support. WE as a society do not take drunk drivin as serious until something like this happens--and my last statement is was we all put down our team colors and our pride being a Cubs fan or Red Sox or As and become united as baseball fans. I do apologise that I have to defend myself in thos post to somelike you.

should've read "or whose AGENT is a jerk"...

Horrible.

Angels have some terrible luck with their rising stars. Mike Miley, Lyman Bostock, Donnie Moore, just terrible.

I know how fortunate I am to have been able to have gone to the game last night and witness Nick put up the best and final performance of his career.

It is so unfortunate that death had to come so soon for a future star in Adenhart or even anyone at his age.

Such a terrible loss for the game of baseball, a future ace had to go so soon.

Not really traderumor material but definately tragic.

I can't say anything that hasn't already been said, but I feel the need to express my sincere condolences to the family, friends, and fans of Nick Adenhart and also to the others who passed away. Nick, you were an absolute pleasure to watch last night, but baseball really doesn't seem all that relevant right now. I hope you rest in peace. To the Angels fans, thoughts and prayers are with you from a shocked and saddened Red Sox Nation.

I got a text message from my friend while eating lunch today telling me about this. It was the strangest thing, because we were just talking about him last night. I was telling him about how excited I was for his start, and then a few hours later we talked again, with me saying how great of a job he did. Up until last night, my friend had never heard of Nick Adenhart before.

I'm sure I can speak for anyone out there and say that our thoughts are with the Adenhart family and the Angels organization. Coming from a Yankee Fan, I know how hard it can be to lose a member of your organization. Just a few years ago we lost Cory Liddle in a plane crash -- while he wasn't "young" he was still a person who died too young.

RIP Adenhart. You had a bright future ahead of you and you will be missed.

As a Cardinal fan I definitley understand the tragedy in this. Definitley very sad.

Sad. I woke up this morning to Harvey Levin from TMZ confirming it was Nick Adenhart who died in the car, wasn't the greatest way to start your b-day. Adenhart had so much potential for the Angels.

I know it's not much, but on all of my fantasy teams, i dropped my best pitcher and picked up Adenhart. No one deserves to die this young unless you're the one doing it.

Was at the Sox/Royals game today and had not heard the news. Noticed flags were at half-mast and wondered why. Prior to the anthem they had a LONG moment of silence with Nick's picture on the board. Both teams stood silently on the dugout steps . Shocking and sad at the same time.

Just as a human being, losing ANYONE to a drunk driver is sad and unfortunate. But as a baseball fan, someone who is not a fan of the Angels but respects them as a classy organization, this is sad. He had such a bright future, a bright career ahead of him, and a piece of crap human being had to take it away from him. I'm hoping the Angels win it all, just because I believe everything happens for a reason.. may he rest in peace.