OT -- Greg Halman and a trivia question

[Rich Klein]

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

[rhettyeakley]

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.

[Rich Klein]

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

Rich

[prewarsports]

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

[kmac32]

Rhys,

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

[Orioles1954]

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.

[packs]

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.