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SI.com: Jon Heyman: There's certainly a lot to love about the Angels; more notes

The Angels, classy organization that they are, voted to give late pitcher Nick Adenhart a full postseason share, clubhouse sources confirmed. So Adenhart's former teammates are honoring the Adenharts with both their pay and their play.

SI.com: Lee Jenkins: Angels struggling on and off the field following Adenhart tragedy

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The Angels returned home Tuesday and found the shrine still sitting at the front of the stadium, the T-shirts still hanging untouched in the locker, all the painful reminders right where they had left them. When starting pitcher Nick Adenhart died in a car accident April 9, centerfielder Torii Hunter said that the field would serve as a sanctuary, the one place where the Angels could put aside their grief. Then the Angels went 1-5 on the road, falling to the bottom of the American League West, and it became clear that there was no easy escape.

SI.com: Jon Heyman: Emilio Bonifacio breaks out with Marlins, aces struggle, more notes

When the oh-so-smart Marlins traded arbitration-eligible players Scott Olsen and Josh Willingham to the competing Nationals in November, it looked like a typical small-revenue club salary dump. But with the Marlins, typical dealings are almost always more than they seem.

Man charged with murder, drunk driving in pitcher's death

The man police say was driving drunk when he ran a red light and struck a car, killing a Major League Baseball pitcher and two others has been charged with murder.

SI.com: Arash Markazi: Angels try to cope with Adenhart's death

The music played a little softer than it usually does at Angel Stadium during batting practice Friday. The soothing sound of acoustic guitar replaced the hard rock that normally reverberates around the stadium before games. The dark, overcast sky mirrored the mood of the team as they took the field. Rain gently sprinkled the field like tear drops from heaven.

SI.com: Jeff Pearlman: A life lost way too young

I don't want to hear the clichés. I don't want to hear how Angles rookie pitcher Nick Adenhart loved baseball more than anything; how his 22 years were all too short, but packed with love and virtue. I don't want moments of silence before a game; a camera shot of an ADENHART jersey dangling from a hanger; a floral vigil outside the ballpark; a scholarship fund to help kids from his hometown of Silver Spring, Md.

SI.com: Angels rookie pitcher Adenhart killed in car crash

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Los Angeles Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart was among three people killed in a crash in Fullerton, California, early Thursday, according to the team and a hospital spokesman.

SI.com: Tom Verducci: Angels must deal with the very worst news imaginable

What might have been one of the most promising nights in the young life of Nick Adenhart -- having just pitched six shutout innings, his big-league dreams forming into something very real -- turned out to be his last. What might have been. The sadness of those words today are as profound as any family can know, especially when the gift of life is taken away so soon and so senselessly.

SI.com: Joe Posnanski: Adenhart's death hits especially hard

There is a simple plaque right outside the Basilica de Superga, a tall and beautiful church high in the Italian Alps. The plaque is not for the Italian kings and princes that have been buried there. It is not for the warriors who, in 1706, broke through the French siege, a stunning victory that led to this church being built in triumph.

SI.com: Lee Jenkins: Adenhart gone as quickly as he emerged

A major league pitcher was born Wednesday night, in the fifth inning at Angel Stadium, with no outs and runners on the corners, the count one ball and one strike on Jason Giambi.

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