Yep, California Angels or nothing.
Posted on 10/12/2019 6:08:52 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Los Angeles Angels employee details team's knowledge of Tyler Skaggs' drug use to federal DEA investigators
A public relations employee for the Los Angeles Angels told federal investigators that he provided oxycodone to Tyler Skaggs and abused it with him for years, and that two team officials were told about Skaggs' drug use long before his death, according to two sources familiar with the investigation.
Eric Kay, the Angels' director of communications, also gave U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents the names of five other players who he believed were using opiates while they were Angels, the sources said.
Kay's attorney, Michael Molfetta, reached late Friday, confirmed the details of Kay's statements, given in separate meetings with DEA agents in Dallas and Los Angeles in late September.
Skaggs died in a Southlake, Texas, hotel room on July 1 from choking on his own vomit, according to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office. He was 27. Skaggs' autopsy, released Aug. 30, found evidence of fentanyl, oxycodone and alcohol in his system. Outside the Lines reported on Sept. 18 that the DEA had begun an investigation into the source of the fentanyl.
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Skaggs died in a Southlake, Texas, hotel room on July 1 from choking on his own vomit, according to the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office. He was 27.
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He could have been a rock star.
No one here in Orange County calls them the “Los Angeles Angels.”
Yep, California Angels or nothing.
If you believe in forever,
Then life is just a one-night stand.
If there’s a rock and roll heaven,
Well you know they’ve got a hell of a band, band, band.
Jimmy gave us rainbows,
And Janis took a piece of our hearts,
And Otis brought us all to the dock of a bay.
Sing a song to light my fire,
Remember Jim that way,
They’ve all found another place, another place to play.
If you believe in forever,
Then life is just a one-night stand.
If there’s a rock and roll heaven,
Well you know they’ve got a hell of a band, band, band.
Growing up I only knew them as the California Angels.
My uncle gave me an old baseball card that had them as the LA Angels, which confused me.
I think the card was from 1962.
Well you know they’ve got a hell of a band, band, band.
= = =
Might just be really, really true.
(winks!)good tunes
One of the Spinal Tap drummers died from choking on somebody else's vomit.
The manager was fired, and probably some other staff as well. Some of them knew about drug abuse. No doubt more than the usual number of players will be dealt or released this off-season.
Joe Maddon is said to be the next manager.
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