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 LeeEditor'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.