Former Braves, Angels pitcher Tommy Hanson dies at 29

[Born2BKing]

ATLANTA -- Many members of the baseball world are understandably reacting to Tommy Hanson's premature death with shock and sadness. The former Major Leaguer, who pitched for the Braves and Angels, was just 29.

A Braves representative confirmed that some of Hanson's former teammates were near Hanson when he passed away at Atlanta's Piedmont Hospital late Monday night. Multiple sources told WSB-TV in Atlanta that Hanson suffered catastrophic organ failure. A source said he had difficulty breathing early Sunday morning and was taken to a hospital.

"Devastated" was the simple and fitting response one of Hanson's closest friends provided as he attempted to deal with the grief early Tuesday morning. This seemed to be a common sentiment among the many who had the pleasure of knowing the big redheaded right-hander, who possessed a bushy beard and a kind heart.

Among those expressing their sorrow was Andrelton Simmons, who tweeted, "Very sad to hear about Tommy Hanson. Wish his family and close friends a lot of strength. He was a really nice dude. :/"

Tommy Hanson passes away at 29

Dude dead brehs

 

[Stinky Diver]

Well....Damn!

 

[TheGreatShowtime]

RIP

 

[Tommy Fits]

Holy shyt, i was playing mlb the show 13 night and saw his name and was wondering what happened to him, now he's dead...catastrophic organ failure, how does that even happen to a 29 year old

 

[Big Dick]

Wtf?

I thought dude was gonna be legit. RIP.

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

Sad to hear he just passed away. I'm wondering how he passed away at age 29?

 

[Tommy Fits]

Sad to hear he just passed away. I'm wondering how he passed away at age 29?

Catastrophic organ failure

 

[Motife43]

Dude on Reddit gave an in depth backstory and conclude it was probably drugs

 

[nomoreneveragain]

I saw on Twitter it was Cocaine

RIP tho

 

[MikelArteta]

Cocaine a helluva drug

 

[Panther]

that white girl fukked him up

 

[hashmander]

r.i.p. to the big red hooked on that white.

 

[RammerJammer]

I have his Braves jersey too R.I.P.

 

[G-Zeus]

Yo..this thread fukked my brains up like a a brazzers gangbang....

Fukk man.. It took me a minute to see it was done in 2012.... I'm like....we trading dead players now

 

[Rev]

Dude on Reddit gave an in depth backstory and conclude it was probably drugs

So Schafer's a cokehead too?