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April 29: 2007: After Josh Hancock's death 'it's just a sad story all the way around'

Cardinals reliever Josh Hancock returns to the dugout on May 30, 2006, after allowing three runs and the Cardinals' lead to slip away in the seventh inning during a game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Houston Astros at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Mo. Photo by Chris Lee.

Chris Lee

Editor's note: Columnist Bernie Miklasz wrote this reflection the day that pitcher Josh Hancock was killed in a car accident on April 29, 2007. It first was published in the Post-Dispatch the next day.

It seems so strange now. The timing, the coincidence, and the rapid heartbeat caused by fear of the unimaginable, the unspeakable.