Talk:Amos Otis

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[edit] Joy Foy's marijuana "addiction"

I altered the statement about Joy Foy failing with the Mets following the Otis-Foy trade because it describes Foy having a marijuana addiction, based upon information in Rob Neyer's Big Book of Baseball Blunders, which cites descriptions from Foy's teammates. Since none of those players had the medical expertise to declare Foy's condition an addiction, it really should not be included here as a statement of fact. My other reason for altering the statement is that it has nothing to do with Amos Otis' biographical entry. The fact that he prospered with the Royals while Foy failed to last a full season with the Mets should suffice. It's relevant to Foy's entry, although I would again argue that the term "addiction" expresses an opinion by men not qualified as experts (nor even authorities) in the field. It is obvious from the descriptions that he had a problem, but not that it was an addiction. -- Couillaud 21:47, 29 June 2007 (UTC)