Cerbaho-WG Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 Oxycontin, a morphine derivative, to the real deal, heroin. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1846135 Congrats, Jeff, you just flushed your entire life down the drain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 Yea, I saw that earlier and was like "Is this guy this dumb?" God, some athletes have these god giving talents that they can become great stars and they just make stupid decisions to f*** up their careers.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasox24 Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 This was a really dumb thing to do, but maybe this will turn on a light in his head and he'll realize that that was really stupid, and he'll be better off b/c of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 Drugs = STUPID Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 Wow is that sad. Hopefully the kid can learn from this and turn his life around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 :headshake This is the ugly downside to drafting HS kids. Too much pressure, too much money, too little maturity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 And the really sad thing is at least MLB provides a support structure for these kids. They have a minor league system taylor made for these 18-22 year olds. I can't imagine how the NBA and NFL kids don't end up more screwed up than they already do... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 And the really sad thing is at least MLB provides a support structure for these kids. They have a minor league system taylor made for these 18-22 year olds. I can't imagine how the NBA and NFL kids don't end up more screwed up than they already do... True. However, I'm not so certain being paired with other 18-22 year olds is better than being paired with adults. The minor leagues, the longer season, the homesickness, etc. may all be worse for MLBers. Plus the NFL and NBA guys are in the show, they have to produce now, not 5 years from now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSteve Posted July 26, 2004 Share Posted July 26, 2004 Congrats, Jeff, you just flushed your entire life down the drain. Seems like he was already pretty far along on that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerbaho-WG Posted July 26, 2004 Author Share Posted July 26, 2004 Seems like he was already pretty far along on that... His life was in the toilet to begin with, this was the final straw. He told a Boston newspaper a few months ago that he was addicted to OxyContin. I wouldn't be surprised if he was still addicted to heroin back then and lied so the backlash by the Marlins wouldn't be as bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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