Skaggs' news brings more pain for Trout
by Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times
Sep 01, 2019
3 minutes
ANAHEIM, Calif._As he stuttered through his sentences, Mike Trout uttered the same word over and over again. A day after the revelation that late Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs had opioids in his system at the time of his passing, "tough" was the adjective Trout kept coming back to.
"When you have a relative or a teammate pass away, it's tough."
"It's been a tough year for us emotionally, and obviously mentally."
"Just a tough situation when this came out. Tough to put your mind to it."
The pain caused by Friday's
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