ST. LOUIS — Nick Williams woke up Friday morning to a slew of text messages and news alerts waiting on his cell phone.
“Did you see what happened?,” the texts said.
Williams soon did and he was crushed. Friday’s school shooting — which killed 10 at a high school near Houston — occurred just 25 minutes from where the Phillies outfielder attended high school. Williams played four sports at Ball High and Santa Fe High, where the shooting happened, was one of their neighboring rivals.
“I had good relationships with guys who played ball there,” Williams said.