Beats dying young.

He was 22. With a bright future in baseball. A rookie with the California Angels. Just pitched 6 shutout innings in his debut the other night. He must have felt ebulient. On his way home after the game. And now he's dead. Killed in an automobile accident. By a suspected drunk driver. Yes, I think this is the worst way to die. When still young. It would have been much better if he could have lived into his 80s. And maybe died of Alzheimer's disease. Which, by the way, isn't a good way to die, either. Really, there's no good way. But if I had the opportunity to choose -- well, I'd take dying old. Beats dying young. --Jim Broede