Angels in the Outfield: A Tragedy Turned Miracle for Jonathan Wilhite

Last week Mariano Rivera induced a Shane Victorino groundout that crowned the Yankees World Series Champions and officially put an end to the Major League Baseball season.

2009 was certainly a memorable one; there were steals of home, a perfect game and some historic pennant races down the stretch.  At least one memory, though, isn’t a good one.

On April 9th, in just the first week of the MLB season, tragedy struck in a big way.  After pitching six shutout innings against the A’s, easily the best start of Nick Adenhart’s young and promising career as an Angel , the 22-year-old made plans to celebrate with three friends.  Just a block away from ...

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