What's worse

Obviously I feel the pain of Nick Adenhart's family. I truly understand exactly how his father feels. The Angels have had some strange deaths in their history but the one that happened on opening day might be the strangest of all.

Car accidents happen all day every day and people die in car accidents every day of the year.

FANS DON'T DIE WHILE ATTENDING OPENING DAY and yet that's exactly what happened to BRIAN POWERS age 27 from Buena Park.

BRIAN POWERS didn't die in a car accident at Angel Stadium. He was blindsided from behind by someone and fell and hit his head. Yes he was involved in a fight, but the third party who cold cocked him and the person he was fighting with...both took off and left him to die.

BRIAN POWERS is not a professional baseball player but I can pretty much guarantee you that he has family members who are as devastated as anyone in the Adenhart family.

Vin Scully, the Dodger broadcaster, made quite a statement during the Dodger/Padre game yesterday regarding the death of Nick Adenhart.

"If I've learned one thing....and I haven't learned much...I've learned that you can't waste your time trying to figure out life."

PRETTY HARSH AND FATALISTIC WORDS VINNY....and truthfully probably not your area of expertise.

Please note that Vin Scully is one of my favorite, if not favorite, personalities of all time. I've grown up with his voice and he has comforted me and entertained me more times than I could ever explain.

It appears that Vinny might be a bit short on the SOUL AWARENESS DEVELOPMENT issue and that makes sense because he has had an extremely charmed life.

I just think he could have possibly made a statement that might have leaned a bit more to the HIGHER ROAD.

HE HAD A CHANCE TO LET ALL DODGER FANS THINK ABOUT THE BIGGER PICTURE....
IMAGINE IF VIN SCULLY HAD SAID THE FOLLOWING NEO-ILLUMINATION

"NO ONE CAN DESTROY THE TRUE NATURE OF ANY CREATURE
GOD HAS CREATED."

BRIAN POWERS AND NICK ADENHART are bound togehter in a very strange manner.

THE OPENING SERIES OF THE 2009 BASEBALL SEASON
One a fan and one an Angel
but both
on a new field of play
and both
with nothing more to physically say

I'm sorry to disagree with you Vin...but I think it's a perfect time to ask questions about life and
why
and
how
and
who
and
what
and
when
and
where

IS LIFE AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN?

OR

IS THERE A MUCH LARGER ANSWER?

We all get to select which one of those questions we wish to embrace

And that's a reason why Vin Scully, with his Catholic upbringing, would benefit from reading NEO-ILLUMINATIONS

I PROUDLY SELECT THE SECOND QUESTION TO PURSUE and I have a sneaky feeling that Nick and Brian's families feel exactly the same way....

or at the very least....I PRAY THAT THEY DO....because the second question leads to answers while the first question just leads to a big fat

HUH????????

My heart goes out to the families of both young men.

Michael Timothy McAlevey