Last night, Nick Adenhart, a pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels (of Anaheim), died in a car accident. Two other people died with him. The driver of the other car involved apparently has a long history of drunk driving, and had had his license revoked.
The accident happened about a few hours after the end of the best start of the 22 year old's young career, pitching six scoreless innings in a game the Angels ultimately lost.
Apparently about 36 people died yesterday due to drunk driving. More people died needlessly in the world thanks to war, genocide, guns, drugs, domestic violence, etc etc. Nevertheless, there's something especially gut-punching about some kid who had it all at 7:05pm and lost it all less than six hours later. Especially in the unfortunately rare circumstance when it was completely and totally not his fault.
Why I Am Awesome: I am the permanent designated driver.
Why I Am Not Awesome: Despite the sadness of the incident, I still laughed at the gallows humor.
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