Josh Hancock is th second death of a Cardinals player in 2 year, ironically both times while scheduled to play the Cubs. The last was pitcher Daryl Kile last year who was found dead in his Chicago hotel room of an artery blockage.
The story below explains how earlier in the week Hancock gave the team quite scare almost identically reminiscent of the death last year of Kile ironically. Very strange coincidence apparently.
Cards pitcher Hancock killed in car wreck
SI.com - MLB - Sunday April 29, 2007 12:23PM: "ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Josh Hancock, a key member of the bullpen that helped the St. Louis Cardinals win the World Series last season, was killed in a car crash early Sunday."The Cardinals postponed their home game Sunday night against the Chicago Cubs.
Police said the 29-year-old Hancock was alone in his 2007 Ford Explorer when he struck the rear of a tow truck at 12:35 a.m. The truck was in the left lane assisting another vehicle that was involved in a prior accident, officer Pete Mutter said.
skip aheadThree days before his death, the Cardinals got a scare that some teammates said reminded them of Kile's death -- Hancock overslept and showed up late for a day game in St. Louis. Hancock told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch he thought the starting time was later and didn't get up until the "20th call" from anxious teammates.
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