I am sick that a 22 year old kid is dead.
I was listening to the Angel's-A's baseball game Wednesday night. Nick Adenhart, a 22 year old rookie who I never heard of, making only his 4th major league appearance,pitched a beautiful game for the Angels. He went 6 shut out inning. Little did anyone know, it would be the last time he'd pitch.
After the game, he was in a car with a few others, just gone through an intersection when a drunk man went through a red light, crashing into the car that Nick Adenhart was a passenger in. The car hit another and the driver walked away but was found and arrested.
The suspect was driving with a suspended driving license from a previous DUI conviction.
Gallo was interviewed by investigators before he was booked in jail Thursday on three counts of murder, three counts of vehicular manslaughter, felony hit-and-run and felony driving under the influence of alcohol, espn.com reports. Gallo was being held without bail.
"He told his dad that he'd better come here, that something special was going to happen," said Scott Boras, Adenhart's agent, who wept at the stadium news conference.
After the game, "He was so elated ... he felt like a major leaguer," Boras said.
The agent said he spoke with Adenhart and his father, in the clubhouse lobby until about 11:30 p.m. The pitcher and his father were staying at a nearby hotel.
Adenhart's mother, Janet, was flying to Anaheim. His parents were divorced.
A small but steady stream of somber fans came to the stadium Thursday to add flowers to a makeshift memorial on the pitcher's mound on the brick "infield" outside the stadium entrance.
A poster among the bouquets read, "No. 34, You are one more Angel in heaven." Scribbled on a baseball was, "Now you play for another Angels team."
RIP |
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