What The Eric Kay Verdict Means For The Angels — And Major League Baseball
The Lead
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🗓️ 24 February 2022
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
Last week in a courtroom in Fort Worth, Texas, a jury found Eric Kay, the former Los Angeles Angels communications director, guilty of distributing counterfeit oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl that led to the death of Tyler Skaggs in 2019. Today, The Athletic's Sam Blum tells us some of the key points that were argued in the trial, what we learned in explosive testimony from some of Skaggs’s former teammates, and what all of this could say about the impact of the opioid epidemic on Major League Baseball.
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| 0:45.0 | Late last week in a courtroom in Fort Worth, Texas, the jury delivered the verdict in the trial of Eric Kay. |
| 0:52.0 | Texas jury is convicted of former LA Angel employee of providing drugs to pitcher Tyler Skaggs right before his death. |
| 0:59.0 | Eric Kay was taken into custody after the verdict was read. |
| 1:02.0 | Kay now faces at least 20 years in prison when he is sentenced in June. |
| 1:07.0 | Today, the athletic Sam Blum tells us some of the key points that were argued in the trial. |
| 1:15.0 | What we learned in the explosive testimony from some of Tyler Skaggs' former teammates. |
| 1:21.0 | And what all of this might say about the impact of the opioid epidemic on Major League Baseball. |
| 1:27.0 | I don't think you could say anything less than this was basically a drug ring. |
| 1:31.0 | It obviously was just this big underbelly happening in this Angel Clubhouse that was dangerous. |
| 1:37.0 | It was unfortunate and it ended up leading to someone dying. |
| 1:40.0 | And in the aftermath of this verdict, what additional fallout could the Angels organization face? |
| 1:46.0 | From Wondering in the Athletic, I'm Tiffany Oshinsky. |
| 1:50.0 | It's Thursday, February 24th, and this is the League. |
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