is not crazy to think they have to find something to keep them busy.
Some of them find work on TV or radio, a lot of them seem to open up
car-washes which seems like the kind of business you can only do if
you were an ex-athlete and some of them get into some crazy
commercials. Whether it is an ex-football player endorsing a local
car dealership or a national ad campaign for a footlong sandwich,
there really is no more ridiculous sign than one of these guys
basically groveling you for some overpriced burger
But nothing is more depressing than seeing one of these guys who was
once on top of the world now forced to do an ad for a gold-buying
outfit with an advertisement in the back of a diner menu. Times have
changed
Cocaine's a helluva drug.
ReplyDeletehttp://bleacherreport.com/articles/1070283-keith-hernandez-used-cocaine-and-was-forced-to-name-others
Mets' Hernandez Admits 'Massive' Use of Cocaine
September 06, 1985|Associated Press
http://articles.latimes.com/1985-09-06/news/mn-23679_1_keith-hernandez
http://thelegalblitz.com/blog/2011/07/01/the-pittsburgh-cocaine-seven-reflecting-on-baseballs-cocaine-era/
"Who were some of the big name players using the drug?
"Dave Parker, Lonnie Smith, Hernandez, Enos Cabell, Dale Berra, John Milner, and Jeffrey Leonard testified at the cocaine trial of Curtis Strong which was the center piece of what’s known as the Pittsburgh Drug Trials. Willie Mays and Willie Stargell’s name were both mentioned in court as amphetamine (greenies) users, accusations both legends denied. Other big names using drugs at the time were Vida Blue, Willie Wilson, Joaquin Andujar, and Tim Raines, with Raines famously declaring that he used to slide headfirst on the base-paths in order to protect the vial of cocaine he carried in his back pocket."