Nick Adenhart (1986–2009) was an American right-handed baseball
starting pitcher who played two seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB)
for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. In four career games, Adenhart
pitched 18 innings and posted a win-loss record of 1–0, with nine
strikeouts and a 6.00 earned run average (ERA). A graduate of
Williamsport High School, Adenhart was highly touted as a high school
prospect until an injury in his final game required Tommy John surgery.
He was drafted by the Angels in the 14th round of the 2004 Major League
Baseball Draft, and began playing in their minor league system after the
surgery was a success. He spent three full years in the minor leagues
before making his major league debut on May 1, 2008. After appearing in
three games, Adenhart spent the rest of 2008 in the minor leagues
developing his skills, and in 2009 he earned a spot in the Angels'
starting rotation. Just after pitching his first start of 2009, Adenhart
was killed in a car accident by a drunk driver. Both the Angels and the
Salt Lake Bees, for whom Adenhart played in 2008, suspended their next
games. There were many tributes to him over the course of the season,
including his former teammates spraying champagne and beer on one of his
jerseys after they clinched the 2009 American League West division
championship.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Adenhart>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1778:
American Revolutionary War: French and British fleets fought to
a standoff west of Ushant, which led to political disputes in both
countries.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ushant_(1778)>
1916 - British mariner Charles Fryatt was executed at Bruges, Belgium
after a court-martial found him to be a franc-tireur.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fryatt>
1919:
Red Summer: Race riots erupted in Chicago after a racial
incident occurred on a South Side beach, leading to 38 fatalities and
537 injuries over a five-day period.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Race_Riot_of_1919>
1949:
The de Havilland Comet, the world's first commercial jet
airliner to reach production, made its maiden flight.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Comet>
1953:
An armistice was signed to end hostilities in the Korean War,
officially making the Division of Korea indefinite by creating an
approximately 4 km (2.5 mi) wide demilitarized zone running across the
Korean Peninsula.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Demilitarized_Zone>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
portend:
1. (transitive) To serve as a warning or omen.
2. (transitive) To signify; to denote.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/portend>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Write as the wind blows and command all words like an army!
--Hilaire Belloc
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Hilaire_Belloc>