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Coroner: Angels pitcher Skaggs died of accidental overdose
MSN Sports ^ | 8/30/19 | Schuyler Dixon

Posted on 08/30/2019 2:35:56 PM PDT by DoodleDawg

Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs died from a toxic mix of the powerful painkillers fentanyl and oxycodone along with alcohol in an accidental overdose, a medical examiner in Texas said in a report released Friday.

The 27-year-old Skaggs was found dead in his hotel room in the Dallas area July 1 before the start of what was supposed to be a four-game series against the Texas Rangers. The first game was postponed before the teams played the final three games.

The Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office issued a technical report that said Skaggs died as a result of "mixed ethanol, fentanyl, oxycodone intoxication with terminal aspiration of gastric contents."

It said simply: "Manner of death: Accident."

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: 2; 45; alcohol; anaheimangels; angels; baseball; dopefiends; fentanyl; laangels; losangelesangels; mlb; oxycodone; skaggs; syntheticdrugs; trash; tylerskaggs; zombies
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It said simply: "Manner of death: Accident."

Because I guess that stupidity is not a manner of death.

What a tragic waste of a talented young life.

1 posted on 08/30/2019 2:35:56 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

Wow. How could he function as a professional athlete while he’s on that junk?


2 posted on 08/30/2019 2:39:36 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: DoodleDawg

Well, I guess that unless you’re going for suicide, all overdoses are accidental.


3 posted on 08/30/2019 2:40:01 PM PDT by super7man (Madam Defarge, knitting, knitting, always knitting)
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To: DoodleDawg

Accidental overdose?

An overdose is an overdose.


4 posted on 08/30/2019 2:42:05 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: DoodleDawg

“Accidental”?

I don’t think that word means what you think it means

“Oops - I took too much fentanyl?!”


5 posted on 08/30/2019 2:42:38 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: DoodleDawg

Death by Doctor would have been more appropriate.


6 posted on 08/30/2019 2:50:34 PM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: simpson96

Do you really not understand the difference?


7 posted on 08/30/2019 2:53:11 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: DoodleDawg

Good thing he wasnt addicted to pot instead of legal drugs or he would have died in shame.


8 posted on 08/30/2019 2:55:27 PM PDT by GSWarrior (I am a victim of racism every time I am called a racist because of my race.)
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To: DoodleDawg

This was NOT his first “rodeo”. This “cocktail” indicates long term abuse.


9 posted on 08/30/2019 2:58:38 PM PDT by LeonardFMason
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To: DoodleDawg

He died the same way, and age, as Jimi Hendrix.


10 posted on 08/30/2019 2:58:56 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: DoodleDawg

He threw it all away.


11 posted on 08/30/2019 3:00:19 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: DoodleDawg

Why the hell don’t we use fentanyl in executions?


12 posted on 08/30/2019 3:00:33 PM PDT by umgud
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when they say:
with terminal aspiration of gastric contents

Its simpler to say strangled on your own vomit.

13 posted on 08/30/2019 3:01:21 PM PDT by KC Burke (If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
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…Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs died from a toxic mix of the powerful painkillers fentanyl and oxycodone along with alcohol…

What part of this is “accidental”? Either he mixed it himself and took it (suicide) or someone else mixed it for him (murder).

14 posted on 08/30/2019 3:01:47 PM PDT by immadashell (Save Innocent Lives - ban gun free zones)
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From the Los Angeles Times article on Skaggs...(from the Skaggs family/attorney)

”We were shocked to learn that it may involve an employee of the Los Angeles Angels. We will not rest until we learn the truth about how Tyler came into possession of these narcotics, including who supplied them. To that end, we have hired attorney Rusty Hardin to assist us.”

15 posted on 08/30/2019 3:02:40 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: Skywise

Tell me about it. Just a few grains of that stuff is enough to kill. It’s like saying “Gee, I better not take took much of this cyanide!”


16 posted on 08/30/2019 3:06:16 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary walks free, equal justice under the law will never exist in the USA)
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To: DoodleDawg

Chinese act of war.

Shut them down hard.


17 posted on 08/30/2019 3:09:53 PM PDT by coaster123 (Distrust everyone under 50)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

So, someone from the Angel’s shoved that dope down his throat and forced him to drink alcohol? Maybe they should pursue murder charges too.


18 posted on 08/30/2019 3:12:36 PM PDT by Yogafist
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To: DoodleDawg

That mix of drugs and booze is always deadly

The team had to know


19 posted on 08/30/2019 3:13:57 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: DoodleDawg

As 2mg of Fentanyl is a fatal dose, how do you even get to a “toxic mix” of anything else?


20 posted on 08/30/2019 3:17:32 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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