Baseball loses three of its own in past week

They say bad things come in threes.

Major League Baseball proved that it is not immune to this, as three baseball figures past away just in this past week.

The first was Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart, who was killed in a car accident by a drunk driver. Andrew Thomas Gallo was reported to be nearly three times the legal limit when he collided with a car containing 4 people, including Adenhart. Two other passengers died, and one went to the hospital and was in critical, but stable, condition.

Adenahrt had just pitched the night before against the Oakland A’s, where he threw six scoreless innings in his season debut. The young pitchers life became just another tragic story of an irresponsible person taking a promising life.

Mark Fidrych, a former pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, past away Monday at the age of 54 in what appeared to be an accident on his Massachusetts farm.

Fidrych was known for his on-the-field antics, such as manicuring the mound or talking to the ball. He was only in the league five years, but won American League Rookie of the Year Honors and was named to the All-Star team.

On the same day as Fidrych’s death, Phillies long-time announcer Harry Kalas died at the age of 73.

Kalas collapsed in the broadast booth before the Phillies’ game against the Washington Nationals. He was the voice of the Phillies for nearly four decades, and also provided the voice over for NFL Films.

It was only fitting that the man whose wonderful captured so many memories in Philadelphia was able to see his team win the World Series in his last full season with them.