Steve Bechler: Five Years Later

The Baltimore Sun today has a series of articles that takes a look at Steve Bechler, a young right-hander hoping to make the Orioles' bullpen, collapsed while participating in spring training conditioning drills and sadly died the last day.

Because of his passing, changes came about in the supplement industry as ephedra was pulled off the market, and Bechler's family went into ligation against the manufacturers of the product he took.

The first article takes a look at how his widow and daughter have dealt with his passing nearly five years later, and the second article looks at how the Orioles handled things at the time.