Ken Caminiti dead at 41

Wow. The guy wasn’t exactly taking good care of himself, but still – that’s scary. He was just a little older than I am (less than a year).

http://houston.astros.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/hou/news/hou_news.jsp?ymd=20041011&content_id=890577&vkey=news_hou&fext=.jsp

:eek: Holy shit. I was hoping this was a joke. A sick, twisted joke.

:frowning: Hopefully, one has nothing to do with the other, but I’ll wager a cup of coffee on that not being the case.

He’s also admitted to taking steroids.

That ticker of his probably had the stress on it of 2 lifetimes.

This makes me sad.

The guy was a lot of fun to watch at 3rd. Crazy, of course, but fun to watch.

I always hoped he’d be able to get his life turned around.

So long, Ken. Get some rest.