Tyler Skaggs Death - Rx Drugs
- Thread starter win231
- Start date
Absolutely not a surprise. He and other MLB players and public have probably tried this combination before and got away with it.
His family is blaming the team but drug use/abuse has been part of the MLB culture for decades. I think Mickey Mantle admitted coming to the plate drunk. Jim Bouton exposed alot of drug use including the use of 'greenies' or speed. I know weekend warrior types and they said they did it as much for the post game drinking/hanging out as much as anything. I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often in baseball and other sports although because of the pace of baseball a player can probably get away with alot more.
His family is blaming the team but drug use/abuse has been part of the MLB culture for decades. I think Mickey Mantle admitted coming to the plate drunk. Jim Bouton exposed alot of drug use including the use of 'greenies' or speed. I know weekend warrior types and they said they did it as much for the post game drinking/hanging out as much as anything. I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often in baseball and other sports although because of the pace of baseball a player can probably get away with alot more.
fmdog44
Well-known Member
- Location
- Houston, Texas
Th team did not provide the booze. The team should sue his family.
There are several Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford and Billy Martin stories going around. These 3 guys all played for the Yankees during the same era and got together in the off season to hunt and hang out. I really laugh like crazy every time I hear or read somewhere about the Mantle/Martin hunting story when Mantle killed a farmer’s mule. It has to be somewhere on the Internet. Look it up and if you read it, you will laugh your butt off. You can thank me later.