Steve Howe dies in car accident

[Balta1701]

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Steve Howe, the relief pitcher whose promising career was derailed by cocaine and alcohol abuse, died Friday when his pickup truck rolled over in Coachella, Calif. He was 48.

 

Howe was killed at 5:55 a.m. PDT, said Dalyn Backes of the Riverside County coroner's office. The accident occurred about 130 miles east of Los Angeles.

 

Howe was the 1980 NL Rookie of the Year with the Los Angeles Dodgers, and helped them win the World Series the next year.

 

But for all of Howe's success on the field, the hard-throwing lefty was constantly troubled by addictions -- he was suspended seven times and became a symbol of the rampant cocaine problem that plagued baseball in the 1980s.

[knightni]

Meth in his system.

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2503090

 

 

How sad.

[LosMediasBlancas]

There are people who must have something in their DNA that makes them unable to kick.

[jackie hayes]

There are people who must have something in their DNA that makes them unable to kick.

I'd bet that's a LARGE portion of humanity. A good number of people have just refused to get into that s***, even once -- good choice.

[Gregory Pratt]

There are people who must have something in their DNA that makes them unable to kick.

 

No, not really. I don't care who you are -- you do meth, and you'll, at the very least, have that urge for the rest of your life, but I very much doubt you can resist it.

 

At least, not always.