Mariners OF Greg Halman killed. Brother suspect.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Greg Halman Killed

By Tim Dierkes [November 21 at 7:17am CST]

Mariners outfielder Greg Halman was killed early this morning, Dutch police told the Associated Press. Halman was stabbed to death, and his brother has been arrested as a suspect. Halman, 24, was a native of the Netherlands

 

I'm not too familiar with Halman, but he was BAs #57 prospect pre 2009. He has a few short stints with the big league club in '10 and '11.

[Clem Fandango]

Holy [expletive]. Halman had a lot of power/speed potential but was never really considered a safe bet to live up to it I don't think. His contact and walk rates were simply too weak for him to be a real threat in the majors.

[wvcbxl]

According to Dutch sources, the stabbing incident happened at 05h30 this morning in a house in Rotterdam.

 

Dude was 24yrs old - what a waste.

[hardcorecubfan]

Holy [expletive]. Halman had a lot of power/speed potential but was never really considered a safe bet to live up to it I don't think. His contact and walk rates were simply too weak for him to be a real threat in the majors.

 

 

Now he isn't a threat to anything or anyone. A shame

[Soul]

Cain & Abel, whoa.

[wvcbxl]

The city of Haarlem is going to rename the square in front of the baseball stadium in his honour.

[Clem Fandango]

Crazy old bump, but ESPN just put out an incredibly long and detailed write-up about the 17 days leading up to the stabbing of Greg Halman explaining a lot of what his brother, Jason Halman was doing and going through before he killed his own brother. Fascinating and tragic read...

 

http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/8286055/seattle-mariners-gregory-halman-days-leading-death-hands-brother-jason

Edited August 21, 2012 by The Logan

[wvcbxl]

Crazy old bump, but ESPN just put out an incredibly long and detailed write-up about the 17 days leading up to the shooting of Greg Halman explaining a lot of what his brother, Jason Halman was doing and going through before he killed his own brother. Fascinating and tragic read...

 

http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/8286055/seattle-mariners-gregory-halman-days-leading-death-hands-brother-jason

 

I'd read about Jason's release in the Dutch press a couple of days ago.

That ESPN piece is very good.

[Clem Fandango]

I also just realized I put "shooting" and not "stabbing". Slip up.