“Wow!”
The performance needed no evaluation beyond the exclamation. Kurt Suzuki bounded out of the visiting clubhouse at Angel Stadium to catch up with his friend.
In 2009, in the first start of his first full major league season, the Angels’ pitcher threw six shutout innings against Suzuki and the Oakland Athletics. On Team USA, Suzuki had been his catcher.
Suzuki congratulated the pitcher, shared the exclamation and — because this is what friends do — gave him a hard time.
Before the sun rose, Nick Adenhart was dead.