Ex-Angels hero Scott Spiezio hasn’t taken a flyer on baseball
August 21, 2009 by admin
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As the OC Flyers give him one last chance at the game, Spiezio knows his alcohol and drug problems have to stay in the past. the OC Flyers give him one last chance at the game, Spiezio knows his alcohol and drug problems have to stay in the past. Things took a turn for the better in 2006 when he helped St. Louis win the World Series. Yet the next year, still struggling with his addictions and the death of teammate Josh Hancock, Spiezio started drinking before games.
“The only way I could play was to drink,” Spiezio said. “I wasn’t asking for help with my emotional issues because I didn’t know how to handle them. So the only way to play would be to try to be numb.”
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