Angels Introduce Nick Adenhart Award—and Pray It Never Happens Again

Last week the Los Angeles Angels announced the Nick Adenhart "Pitcher of the Year" award, in memory of their young starting pitcher who was killed by a drunk driver on April 9.

The award will go each year to the team's most outstanding pitcher, as selected by his teammates. But the real intention of the award is to celebrate Adenhart—a terrific young pitcher and (perhaps more importantly) a quality human being.

Adenhart stands as an example of everything that is good in professional sports.

While the rest of baseball is caught up in steroid accusations and football is inundated with talk of Michael Vick and Donte' Stallworth, Nick Adenhart is the player that every dad wants his son to see and that rising players should emulate.

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