Fly On, Sweet Angels: Songs In Memory of Nick Adenhart, and eight other California Angels ballplayers who died too young
The Anaheim-based California Angels baseball team has seen its share of tragedy over the last 40 years, in the form of fatal car accidents, cancer, suicide and even murder. Most recently, promising young pitcher Nick Adenhart, the Angels third starter this season, was killed in a car crash. Teammate Torii Hunter described Adenhart as a very funny kid, and said he would be missed. Our hearts go out to Adenhart's family and to all the Angels fans out there who are, in their own way, devastated by his loss. But it's also a story of triumph and of a lifelong... read more
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