Nick Adenhart Permanent Memorial? Open Thread

I think we should keep the Adenhart memorial on the outfield wall.

The biggest impacts to me in order were Adenhart, Bostock, Miley, Wantz, and even Donnie Moore (I know, you wrote "active roster, and Moore was not part of the active roster when he took his own life). I barely remember Miley, and I don’t recall Wantz.

Adenhart was unique in so many aspects;
1) A highly touted phenom slowly but surely rounding into prime.
2) A call up to the bigs in 2008 that didn’t pan out so well. Can you still see the look of fear or desperation in his eyes when he pitched in ‘08? I remember him saying…he couldn’t get the game to slow down. So he went back to the minors to grow a bit more.
3) The blossoming of his maturity and talent in spring training earlier this year. I attended a game in March where he faced the Brewers. He looked so much more confident and assured.
4) The lone start against the A’s this year, followed by…

This is in no way intended as a slight to any of the others. But the fate of Adenhart is truly unique and definitely deserving of some permanent recognition. Perhaps the others deserve some recognition, but I would not mix it into an Adenhart memorial. Nick deserves a fully separate and permanent memorial.

A permanent monument under the caps, perhaps.

As for Adenhart, my personal take is that with the season conclusion, it is time to move forward. Hence the change back to my normal avatar, from my memorial tribue avatar.

“We want Nick to be a part of this as Mr. Autry is, as Jimmie Reese is — forever,” Mead said. “How we choose to signify that will be the appropriate thing.”

And have it be accessible to the fans so that they could continue to lay momentos around it or on it.

and an unofficial retiring of his number.

like put hit jersey and all his stuff in there, and put a glass casing over it. On the outside the picture on the wall is awesome and he always be with u out there flying over the field.

I thought it got a little tacky at the end of the year, when MLB was talking up his death on their baseball commercials. Like they were going to win the World Series because one of their teammates died. I thought, in a way, it kind of cheapened his horrific tragedy.

An aunt of mine used to keep her mother’s ashes in an urn on her mantle. I could understand it helping the healing process, but to keep it up too long seemed kind of bizarre in a way. I think keeping his picture on the centerfield wall would be equally creepy. 2009 was the year of Nick, but now it’s time to move on.

I hope that didn’t come across as ultra-insensitive, it wasn’t my intention.

is both appropriate and respectful. Don’t want to go over the top, and you don’t want a bust or an effigy that are generally tacky. Number retiring is perfect.

piece last night and you want to talk about tear jerking, wow. That was such a good piece and with all do respect to everybody that has helped me get passed it. I think this whole team is now going to be passed it and they will keep the memorial on the wall up, but other than that I think they are just going to go out and play ball.

The ones that should never forget and will never forget are his mom and dad. They were both in so many pieces it was hard to watch. His dad gos to the little league field every night and talks to him just to get help himself out. Mr. Adenhart is going to keep Nick with all the Angels.

RIP #34

cut out his locker and give it to the family. instead of replacing the locker, leave it as an empty space and have a Fallen Angels memorial in its place (something like a painting or a big 34 and the other numbers on it).

by unofficial retire, it means the players do not chose a number (like they do for Salmon and Finley – according to wikipedia), like it was officially retired, but in actuality it is not.

I’d never even heard of him