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Dumb dead pitcher’s family sues everyone over his death

Posted by Trevor in under other on May 25th, 2007 | View Comments |

Josh Hancock's Ford Explorer after he drove into the back of a parked truck while drunk and talking on a cell phone. Idiot. When did we, as a society, start giving people the idea that they should be financially rewarded for fucking up? Or that their families should?

As if the story of deceased Cardinal pitcher Josh Hancock wasn’t tragic enough, it appears the Hancock family is determined to make it worse. Hancock of course was the Cardinal reliever who drove a rental SUV into the back of a tow truck on Highway 40 in St. Louis killing himself but luckily injuring no one else. It was later revealed that Hancock had a blood alcohol level of nearly twice the legal limit, was speeding, and was using his cell phone at the time of the crash.

No. No. No. This story is crazy. The Hancock family members bringing this lawsuit should have their citizenship revoked and be thrown out of the country. I don’t give a damn about their grief. As soon as they decided to sue everyone else for their son’s stupidity, they lost my sympathy. Their son died because he made bad choices that cascaded. No one else was directly responsible for his death except him.

I’m sick and tired of these frivolous lawsuits. I wouldn’t shed any tears if a madman started stalking and killing the lawyers that are responsible for convincing people to file them.

The only person responsible for Josh Hancock being dead is Josh Hancock. If I die while driving drunk and talking on a cell phone, please tell everyone I died because I made an idiotic series of decisions and encourage them not to repeat my mistakes.

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Harley

. . . and my response was satiric wit.

But, regarding the substance of your article, I think we've thrown the baby out with the bath water. A generation ago, when the liberal educators with the help of the ACLU effectively removed prayer from our schools, they didn't realize the consequences of also removing "right and wrong" and absolute truth(GOD)from the souls of our families and social organisms.

Now that the traditional family is nearly eliminated from our society, it would take a repentent country several generations to recover.

Fat chance!
Dan O.

Hadn't heard those details of his death. I agree completely with you!
Especially the part about him NOT killing anyone else.
Been to many accidents where the drunk was the ONE still alive or the least injured.
Trevor

Dad,

That was a colloquialism.
Mustang

Thanks to the mentality that originated among liberal educators (is there any other kind?), in the past 30 years we have evolved into an accommodating society. It isn't that people are making poor choices, it is because they had lousy parents who didn't give them enough presents at Christmas, or on their birthday. Our "compassion" led us from spanking kids who misbehave to over-medicating them, calling them "special needs children," and convincing them that there are NO consequences to anything they do.

Dale is right . . . the State should sue the parents for bad parenting. Their action does explain why Josh made poor decisions. With those parents, it is amazing he lasted as long as he did -- but that's just my opinion.
Dale

I am waiting for the lawsuit against the parents for 'bad parenting'. Aren't they responsible for his irresponsible behavior?
harley

What does "fucking up" mean? The news article didn't mention he was doing that, too.

Sounds somewhat like the equivalent of "cold as hell".