Greg Halman, 1987-2011
Dave · November 21, 2011 at 6:37 am · Filed Under Mariners
Terrible news to wake up to this morning – Greg Halman was murdered last night. Even with my own bout with mortality, this isn’t the kind of thing I know how to write about. A 24-year-old killed, and apparently by his own brother? Just horrible.
My thoughts and prayers are with the Halman family.
wow. tragic. RIP Greg.
Wow, just wow. Whatever his limitations as a ballplayer, Greg Halman always played the game with a joy you could see on his face (and I remember him in the WBC as a kid). What terrible news.
RIP Greg, my thoughts are with your family.
i was fortunate enough to know greg personally, having played togheter at Kinheim Haarlem where he at age 16 was already better the anyone i ever played with. and on top of that he signed with my favorite team, the Mariners.
he truly lived the dream i wanted…
And now he is gone. Greg you will be missed!
There are just seriously some surreal things going on in the sports world right now. Tragedy after tragedy. And now this…
Greg was a good kid. I met him briefly over the fence in Peoria… Warm, quick smile, obviously very enthused with the opportunity to play baseball for a living.
Sometimes you can just tell when someone is a kind and genuine person, even through a brief, momentary encounter. He left an impression in that way.
Don’t know what I’m trying to say, just a little shocked. He’s the only person I’ve ever met who was murdered. It’s a sad, disheartening, gross feeling.
Sorry you won’t be back, Greg. And sorry you had to go through this. Rest in peace.
Shocking and tragic. When Dave Niehaus passed away last year it was like a punch in the gut but at the very least we could reflect on a many years of great memories a life well lived. Greg Halman had his best years ahead of him. This is awful.
Terrible news. Prayers for his family.
So sad. Rest in peace, Greg.
He was a good kid and fantastic athlete. How very sad.
Horrible, horrible news. I know it happens regularly, but it’s something that simply shouldn’t happen – ever. Poor guy.
Shocking news! What a tragedy for that family.
He was just a puppy too. So sad to see a life end that young. Dave Niehaus was sad, but in a strange way, acceptable because his life was full and long.
Rest in peace, Greg.
Greg will be missed.
Greg Halman was a good man brought down before his prime. This is just awful news. My heart goes out to his friends and family in Holland and the States.
He was one the players I enjoyed watching at Rainiers’ games the last couple years. He hit the ball real hard! Guys at work would ask me who looked good in Tacoma and I would always say Halman and Carp. I was hopeful he’d make the leap to the next level and was excited to see the early success he had with the Mariners last year when he got the call. Rest in peace Greg. My condolences to your family.
This is just so terribly sad.
It seems meaningless to talk about Greg Halman the baseball player at a time like this, but if nothing else was clear, Greg clearly had more chances to succeed in front of him, and a world of athletic ability to mold into a successful player. To have that robbed of him – along with the rest of his life is beyond senseless and tragic.
I don’t care whether Halman would have succeeded or not. At this point, all I can think of is his family, friends, and teammates. I mourn with them, but I am also so sorry for their grief.
I also think of the thousands, even millions of kids who share Greg’s dream. My own son is one of those. While he’s had his share of successes as a young player, he’s as far away from that dream coming true as Greg was close to it. I can’t help but think of all those young players, and the death of a dream, even if baseball almost certainly had nothing to do with Greg’s death.
My condolences to Greg’s family in the Netherlands, and to his Mariners family in the northwest and beyond. And to Greeff, I am so sorry for your more personal loss….
I did a double take when I saw the headline this morning. How senseless and tragic. May God grant comfort to the Halman family as they wrestle with such a tragic act for all involved.
I really appreciated his enthusiasm and his effort every day. RIP Greg.
My heart stopped beating when I read “Killed and Halman” in the same sentence on Twitter, I´m shocked, terrible, sad news, he was a great guy, R.I.P Greg Halman
MrZDevotee said it perfectly, it’s just a gross feeling I had when I saw this story. There’s just no other way to describe the feeling.
You will be missed Greg. Thoughts and prayers are with your friends and family.
WHAT?!?!
This is so sad. Especially since his brother is suspect no.1. I feel terrible for the Halman family. They lose two sons/siblings in one crazy act….ugh I feel ill.
Unbelievably sad for the Halman parents. One child dead, the other possibly a murderer. There’s no words to describe how they must feel.
As VJ said above, gotta be really tragic for the whole Halman family. I broke the news to my family back in Seattle today (From Nashville). It literally woke me up when the Nashville Morning Sports show broke the news (to me). Sad, sad day.
This is just awful, that’s all I’ve got in me today, just awful.
Really was some of the worst news I could wake up too today. Halman was a player I irrationally loved, and one of the few brights spots I enjoyed about the M’s last year. Not then any of that rally matters at this time. Thoughts and prayers to the Halman family.
Not that I don’t think they will, but I’m hoping we wear a patch with his number or initials next year.
I realize that this is a waste of a post but… I honestly don’t have the words to describe what I’m feeling right now. The tragedy is just too much to comprehend.
So hard to imagine him gone.
Thx for the flashback, msb…that’s how I want to remember him, personally. The execs were right about something for a change: he really did have a smile to light up a room.
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Peace, love and baseball… we’ll miss you, Greg.
I took my son to Little League day on June 5th last summer at Safeco. The Rays were in town, and Bedard was pitching.
I can’t recall the inning, but Halman was at the plate. He drove the ball into the right-field gap that one-hopped into the fence and just spun on the track. Halman flew around the bases for a slide into third, driving in two runs. A triple!
My son was cheering and yelling the whole time, one of the first times I’ve seen him get rowdy in support of the Mariners.
I never gave Greg Halman a thing, and he gave me that moment with my son. RIP Greg.
Very nice. Very hard to see the clip of his first hit and RBI. Dave’s call was…Dave’s call, and it’s hard to realize both the loss of heritage and the loss of potential embodied in that clip.
Sad.
make_dave_proud: That is exactly the play that was running through my mind. Those beautiful, long, lopping strides. And the wonderful smile.
So sad. I’m speechless.
From the moment it was announced that the Mariners had signed a kid from Holland I took a special interest in Greg Halman, possibly because being European it someohow meant that maybe it could happen to me too (despite being nearly 40!) Somehow though Halman managed to make it all the way to the majors – and what’s more – seemed to be a real nice guy too. I’ll miss him.