When I woke up this morning I did what I usually do. I fired up my computer to check my e-mail and peruse the news and sport. Between the months of April-September, I always go onto mlb.com, and go through last night's baseball action. This morning, I was looking at this: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2009_04_08_oakmlb_anamlb_1&mode=wrap
I had never heard of Nick Adenhart before, so I went to my Baseball Prospectus book, as I am oft to do, to look him up and see what they thought about him.
Just been to mlb.com again tonight, to check up on the live baseball, and saw this: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090409&content_id=4179446&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
The fact he pitched last night is irrelevant, I suppose, because accidents can happen at anytime. It just made the news even more shocking for me, particularly having just learnt about him this morning. That's left me reeling, and is an awful reminder that life is sometimes far too short. My thoughts go to Nick Adenhart's family, and the LA Angels.
Showing posts with label Baseball Prospectus 2009. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Baseball Prospectus 2009. Show all posts
Thursday, 9 April 2009
Thursday, 12 March 2009
Hello Alex C!
Huge props to my pal Alex C, whose blog you can find on the right of this screen (A Room With A Mug).
Less props to Alex C for blogging about something I was due to blog about in the next few days (the joy and beauty of Baseball Prospectus 2009 being delivered).
By the way, if you haven't discovered the beauty of baseball, and wish to, here is a handy link for the basics http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/baseball/3294559.stm
That page also has a picture of Ugueth Urbina on it, which amuses me greatly: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugueth_Urbina
UPDATE : Alex C has commented on my time stamp being wrong. I wished to reply but it's being ghey and not letting me comment. So, Alex C, yes, but you know damn well I won't know how to do that. Many thanks for starting your comment with "Sir" though, reminds me of the letters to The Times. From now on, dear readers, comments starting with "Sir" will be favourably looked upon.
Less props to Alex C for blogging about something I was due to blog about in the next few days (the joy and beauty of Baseball Prospectus 2009 being delivered).
By the way, if you haven't discovered the beauty of baseball, and wish to, here is a handy link for the basics http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/baseball/3294559.stm
That page also has a picture of Ugueth Urbina on it, which amuses me greatly: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugueth_Urbina
UPDATE : Alex C has commented on my time stamp being wrong. I wished to reply but it's being ghey and not letting me comment. So, Alex C, yes, but you know damn well I won't know how to do that. Many thanks for starting your comment with "Sir" though, reminds me of the letters to The Times. From now on, dear readers, comments starting with "Sir" will be favourably looked upon.
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