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Hochman: At spring training, Cards’ Jack Flaherty pays homage to Kobe Bryant

JUPITER, FL. — His best friend woke him from his dreams to begin the nightmare.

“It still doesn’t quite feel real,” Jack Flaherty told the Post-Dispatch.

On the morning of Jan. 26, Flaherty was in bed in LA. His best friend was staying with him and told Jack the news — Kobe Bryant was dead.

“And I didn’t believe him,” the Cardinals ace Flaherty said. “So I called somebody I knew would have an answer. And she told me. It was probably the only time my best friend and I didn’t have anything to say to each other.