OT -- Greg Halman and a trivia question
 

Man, what a shame, 24 years and currently believed his brother stabbed the promising young player to death.

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2011/11...d-in-Rotterdam

Trivia Question -- which pre-war player was stabbed to death at a celebration of him departing for spring training.

Regards
Rich

I think you are referring to Ed Morris.

That is really terrible and sad about Halman, as a Seatle Mariners fan he shows some real promise last year and it is hard to imagine this happening to him. Terrible news on so many levels.

Rhett is correct
 

He got the red sox pitcher who was killed at his own birthday bash.

Rich

I already posted this in the Watercooler section, but I watched every single game Halman played in between 2010 and 2011 on television and as a HUGE Mariners fan he had a TON of promise and was a great person by all acounts. When you think of all the complete A-Holes in pro sports to have a kid like Halman lose his life is just plain wrong.

Rhys Yeakley

Rhys,

You definitely are on the mark with your comments. Life is not fair!!!

Life is so fragile. My wife's first cousin suddenly lapsed into a coma last week and just passed away a couple of hours ago. Her husband lost his corporate job last month and is now an unemployed single father of five children aged 1-14.

Another sad aspect of this death is that Halman was an international player from a country with few major league players. Guys like him are vital to spreading interest in the game abroad. Very sad day for baseball.