Tyler Skaggs, the Angels pitcher who died Monday at age 27, was a southern Californian through and through. Born in Woodland Hills and raised in Santa Monica, he became a fan of the Angels rather than the closer Dodgers, and his favorite team drafted him out of high school.
Well, his favorite baseball team, that is.
Skaggs also was a big Vikings fan, enough of one that the Vikings shared their condolences to the Angels and Skaggs' family via Twitter following the news of Skaggs' death.
The Vikings included with their tweet a photo of Skaggs, wearing his red Angels gear, standing with his arms around Jayron Kearse and Holton Hill.