Knock-knock. Who’s there? It’s me, Death.

Hilarious old lady.

I lumped Tim Russert in with George Carlin and Bozo the Clown.

Senator Helms (may he burn in hell) kicked off the second group of 3 and now Estelle Getty has joined him.

Who is next?

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They Always Come in 3s, Don’t They?

First there was Tim Russert.  Then George Carlin.  Both deaths tragic losses for the American People.

But then there was this.  He went to the Big Grand Prize Game in the Sky.

And this.  The Big Bible Tent Revival in the Sky?

Since the bad things always come in threes (and they always do), does this mean we had 3 and now we have 3 more, staring with Senator Helms?  ….who’s next?

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Josh Hancock, 1978-2007

The news has come out of St. Louis that sometime last night Cardinals’ right-handed reliever Josh Hancock was killed in a car accident. There aren’t many details about the crash and I personally find that unimportant because regardless of the circumstances, it’s still a tragedy.

I wanted to do a post and I was at a loss for what to write at first, because Hancock is just one of those guys in the bullpen that comes into the game, throws 10-15 pitches and leaves. You hope he gets ground-outs, you hope he doesn’t give up any runs, but that’s about it. The way LaRussa manages, you might see Hancock just come in for one out and then leave the game, so I was struggling for what to write.

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