Adenhart Death Makes For Tragic Reminder

We hear it all the time. Have since we were kids. "Don't drink and drive." It's pretty simple, really. And yet, every weekend, thousands of people still take the ridiculous chance of getting behind the wheel all boozed up. The death of Los Angeles Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart and two friends yesterday as a result of being struck by a drunk driver is just the most recent example of this sort of tragedy.

Unfortunately, it often takes a high profile incident like this to shake a lot of people out of their idiocy and stop them from driving drunk ever again. They don't think about the many everyday people that die this way every week, but once it happens to a famous person (or someone they know), they pay attention. Hopefully, there is some good that can come from this and a few less people will make that mistake.

On a related note, by way of Deadspin, a heartfelt reminder that Adenhart wasn't the only one lost in the accident.