Angels employee details team's knowledge of Tyler Skaggs' drug use to DEA

[Adam]

Teams know everything about all their players 

[Pancake Bear]

7 minutes ago, nate said:

This is ugly.  Eric Kay should be fired, and Tim Mead is going to have to worry about his position with the HoF now.  Those other 5 players, if they are still with the team should be released.

How in the world does MLB not test for this stuff?

This kind of thing probably happens a lot more in professional sports than we realize, as sad as that is. 

[Inside Pitch]

So....  this is actually up on his Twitter on July 10th..

https://twitter.com/EKay2121/status/1149052161591873537/photo/1

How is this dude not fired?

 

[tdawg87]

16 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

banner way to kick off the new and improved AW.  

Edited October 12, 2019 by tdawg87

[Angelsjunky]

25 minutes ago, Adam said:

Dudes who don’t go to college and have millions of dollars are susceptible to partying 

Fixed.

[Angelsjunky]

6 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

So....  this is actually up on his Twitter on July 10th..

https://twitter.com/EKay2121/status/1149052161591873537/photo/1

How is this dude not fired?

 

I'm sorry, but there's a world of difference between smoking weed and using opiates and fentanyl. Our culture is quickly accepting weed to be comparable to booze - and actually it is much safer.

My only concern with players smoking weed is that they might have less motivation to run out grounders.

[YouthofToday]

28 minutes ago, Adam said:

Dudes who don’t go to college and have millions of dollars are susceptible to partying 

How is not going to college an increased risk factor for partying?

[Vlad27Trout27]

Angels just released their statement, saying they were unaware of this.....

This is going to get really messy. Hopefully it does not have a negative impact on free agency,  

[jsnpritchett]

42 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Yeah man, this is bad. We need to sign Joe Maddon and start making some positive waves, including the trade market and as soon as FA begins make a nice splash or two. 

I wonder if this makes the manager position a little less palatable now.  I'm curious to see what, if any, fallout there is on that front. 

[Chuck]

23 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

banner way to kick off the new and improved AW.  

Well, I'm just glad Joe Maddon didn't sign during the downtime. Phew

We need to GTFO 2019. This has been a shit sammich of a year.

[YouthofToday]

This is going to be a big deal for the Halos. I imagine this may give Arte cause to fire Eppler and completely clean house.

This will not go down well with Arte. At all. 

[Inside Pitch]

1 minute ago, Angelsjunky said:

I'm sorry, but there's a world of difference between smoking weed and using opiates and fentanyl. Our culture is quickly accepting weed to be comparable to booze - and actually it is much safer.

My only concern with players smoking weed is that they might have less motivation to run out grounders.

Forest for the trees time..

I could care less what the drug is -- joking like that (the subject matter), not even two weeks after the fact seems to show a total lack of concern for what had happened.   

This dude knew he was complicit, and apparently the Angels did as well -- that tweet couldnt be any more inappropriate.

[Blarg]

22 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Damn, I feel bad for Eric. He's a good guy. I've known him for many years as he was mentored by Tim Mead to eventually take his gig after he left.

I highly doubt Tim Mead had any knowledge of this.

Fuck this asshole. He just gave $50 million to Tyler's mom by abetting. Money that Arte is going to have to pay because it wasn't some bagage handler. I hope his ass is jailed and nobody gives him a whiff of sympathy because he was an addict. 

[Rico]

Perhaps Arte should sell the team. (If it's true that the team knew.)

[Chuck]

1 minute ago, jsnpritchett said:

I wonder if this makes the manager position a little less palatable now.  I'm curious to see what, if any, fallout there is on that front. 

Yeah, I don't know if it will or not. I do know that 29 other teams and the players/FO workers have done these types of drugs -- they just didn't get caught.

I'm sure Maddon and every FA available has seen it in the clubhouse and around the club in general when it comes to using these drugs.

[halonatic13]

25 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Damn, I feel bad for Eric. He's a good guy. I've known him for many years as he was mentored by Tim Mead to eventually take his gig after he left.

I highly doubt Tim Mead had any knowledge of this.

Chuck!  You feel bad for Eric?  He was the middle man.  I don't feel bad at all for him. His ass should be canned from the organization and everyone else involved.  I wonder if it started with Josh Hamilton.

[budice0]

https://twitter.com/LAAngelsPR/status/1183119047107338240

[Blarg]

15 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

So....  this is actually up on his Twitter on July 10th..

https://twitter.com/EKay2121/status/1149052161591873537/photo/1

How is this dude not fired arrested?

 

 

[tdawg87]

This organization is kinda gnar.

[Chuck]

1 minute ago, halonatic13 said:

Chuck!  You feel bad for Eric?  He was the middle man.  I don't feel bad at all for him. His ass should be canned from the organization and everyone else involved.  I wonder if it started with Josh Hamilton.

I feel bad for him because addiction is a serious thing and I knew the guy, and outside of his addiction that I had no idea about, he was a great guy. A family man. I feel sorry because he's pretty much ruined now. 

I don't think any of us should judge as we've been guilty of one thing or another in our lifetimes. 

[T.G.]

I'm feeling both angry and disgusted.

[krAbs]

11 minutes ago, Angelsjunky said:

Fixed.

Your user name just took on a new and exciting second meaning.

[halonatic13]

Just now, Chuckster70 said:

I feel bad for him because addiction is a serious thing and I knew the guy, and outside of his addiction that I had no idea about, he was a great guy. A family man. I feel sorry because he's pretty much ruined now. 

I don't think any of us should judge as we've been guilty of one thing or another in our lifetimes. 

I hear ya.  I guess I am just seeing from the fan side of things.  Point taken. 

[Angelsjunky]

8 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

Forest for the trees time..

I could care less what the drug is -- joking like that (the subject matter), not even two weeks after the fact seems to show a total lack of concern for what had happened.   

This dude knew he was complicit, and apparently the Angels did as well -- that tweet couldnt be any more inappropriate.

I dunno. Would you have been less offended if it was a picture of a dude drinking a beer? For many, weed is no different than that: a now (mostly) legal  plant that people use to unwind, relax, chill, etc.

Maybe the timing wasn't great, and I'm not interested in defending (or blaming) anyone. I just don't think posting a picture of Chris Tucker smoking a joint is all that offensive.

[Chuck]

Well at least I know why Eric wasn't getting back to me on my AFL press access requests. 

He's pretty much done with the Angels and perhaps anything else worthwhile if he avoids jail.