Baylor injured in 1st ball ceremony

[tomsred]

Who was the coach that got hit by a car in a gas station, on the way back from ST a few years back?

Prestin Gomez, he died shortly thereafter.  It was the same year as the Adenhart accident, 2009.  The team ending up wearing two memorial patches that year.  I have a game used Brandon Wood jersey with those two patches on it.  It's a pretty sobering testimonial to tragedy and disappointment.

Edited April 1, 2014 by tomsred

[Homebrewer]

Thanks tomsred. Prestin Gomez...didn't know why I couldn't remember that, but since it was followed so quickly by Nick, I guess I can use that as an excuse.

[Tank]

mike miley, a promising infielder, was killed in a car accident back in the 70s.

[ettin]

I don't think we can determine whether or not the Angels are a more "cursed" team than others without doing a complete history of each team's "losses" over the years and determine some type of average injuries per year or something silly like that.

The point being is that the human mind sees an event like this and places special emphasis on it resulting in a skewed point of view that X event happens more often to "us".

Same principle of how we believe the Angels get pounded on by "Cy [insert Player X Who is Pitching for the First Time in the Majors]". The reality is that every team experiences getting owned by young pitchers they haven't seen before not just the Angels. Same thing applies to the "curses" above.

[ten ocho recon scout]

^true, the skanks have had some real bad luck too with plane accidents.

[Chris]

and the Indians had that boating accident

[Homebrewer]

I was at Wrigley the day Kyle (stl) died. They were supposed to play the Cubs that day.

Joe Girardi came out and made the announcement that the game was xled. (he was still catching for the cubbies)

[ten ocho recon scout]

^yeah, the kyle one was real sad

I forget the namenoff the top of my head, but I was at the game (with great seats-pre 2002) when whoever went down with the brain aneurysm. That was real weird to see, no idea what had just happened.

Shoot, hanson and vargas last year were pretty out there too

[Homebrewer]

I'm 60 this year. Been a  baseball fan for 50 of those. There have been a lot of sad stories in baseball over my time.

I follow baseball, not just the halos.

The Angels have had WAY more than their share.

[Homebrewer]

^yeah, the kyle one was real sad

I forget the namenoff the top of my head, but I was at the game (with great seats-pre 2002) when whoever went down with the brain aneurysm. That was real weird to see, no idea what had just happened.

Shoot, hanson and vargas last year were pretty out there too

Was that the umpire?

[The Dude]

^yeah, the kyle one was real sad

I forget the namenoff the top of my head, but I was at the game (with great seats-pre 2002) when whoever went down with the brain aneurysm. That was real weird to see, no idea what had just happened.

Pretty sure that was Kent Mercker.

[Ohtaniland]

He kinda looked like Big Bird on the Jumbotron when he jogged out there. He's definitely not in that great of shape.

[ten ocho recon scout]

I thought it was mercker but wasnt sure. It was really weird (and scary later when the story broke). But I remember him seeming fine fornlike an inning. All of the sudden he just collapsed on the mound.

[Spirit]

@VictorRojas29 reporting Don Baylor's surgery went well and he'll be recovering for the next couple of days. #PrayForGroove

[Lhalo]

@VictorRojas29 reporting Don Baylor's surgery went well and he'll be recovering for the next couple of days. #PrayForGroove

Good to hear. Hope he has a quick recovery.