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Padres Editorial: Death in Baseball

The MLB world was saddened Tuesday with the news that former Braves and Angels pitcher Tommy Hanson had passed away at the age of 29. At one time Hanson was the Braves #1 prospect and projected future ace. Now he is gone and everything that we write about baseball is put into perspective. We don’t expect this sadness from our heroes. We don’t expect them to go this way.

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