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Ken Caminiti Dies

Discussion in 'Houston Astros' started by Rocket Fan, Oct 10, 2004.

  1. leroy

    leroy Contributing Member

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    I watched some of if on Sunday. It was basically his final days after getting out of jail and going to New York with his (toothless) lady friend. It wasn't an overly positive piece. I usually like Jeremy Schapp's reporting, but he should have just left this alone.

    I didn't watch all of it because I chose to remember Camy for the good things. I wish they wouldn't have done this report and let the man lay in peace and leave his family alone. They've been through enough.
     
  2. Austin70

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    Supposedly he was engaged to that woman, I dunno, that's what she said.
     
  3. MadMax

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    straight from the Dave Bliss School of Journalism.
     
  4. rrj_gamz

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    RIP...

    I watched ESPN yesterday and they had a piece on his last days...weird...just that he made all this money but was living like a bum...sad...
     
  5. Surfguy

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    Isn't the autopsy overdue? Where the hell is it? I want to know how Cammy died.
     
  6. Another Brother

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    He still had money. I know a guy that made custom bikes for him, as recently as a few months ago Cami bought him a custom bike worth over a 100K.
     
  7. drapg

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    That episode of "OTL" just confirmed in my mind what a loser Cammy was.

    He told his girlfriend (whom he wasn't supposed to be with)... "Man, I left my girls for you." When was was supposed to be hanging out with his daughters, he was with his druggie friends.

    Ugh.
     
  8. Surfguy

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    My understanding is Cammy was a crack smoker so I have no doubts about anything he may have done which could be classified as stupid or crazy...especially if he was craving it or binging. In my old neighborhood growing up, there was a guy who was a crack smoker. To this day, he still goes through bouts where he is clean and bouts where he jumps off the wagon. He would literally disappear and spend days MIA at a crack house. His former wife had to take extraordinary actions like closing bank accounts and credit card accounts so he wouldn't spend all their money because he would spend whatever until it was gone all for crack.
     

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