Reliever Is Forever Lost Is St. Louis

St. Louis is struck by grief for the second time in five years. One of their talented relief pitchers from last years World Series winning team died Sunday morning. Josh Hancock, he died when his SUV came and rammed into the back of a tow truck. For many Cardinal fans, players, and coaches this brought back painful memories of Darryl Kile’s death back in June of 2002.

“There’s a big hole that’s going to be there,” St. Louis manager Tony La Russa said. “This is brutal to go through.”Due to this tragic event the Cardinals home game against the Cubs tonight was postponed. La Russa took it upoin himself to inform Hancock’s family of the accident.

The police said the 29-year-old Hancock was alone in his Ford Explorer 07′ when the SUV hit the back of a flatbed tow truck at the time of 12:35 a.m. The tow truck was in the left lane with its lights flashing while helping another car that had crashed earlier in the night.

The police also stated that Hancock died on impact when he struck the flatbed tow truck. The Cardinal team will honor their fellow player by wearing patches with Hancock’s #32 on them. Also in the bull pen they plan to set a memorial to him as they did with Kile.

This is Daniel Schaben signing off.