A Los Angeles Angels communications director testified on Monday, Nov. 3 that reporting to upper ballclub management that Eric Kay, his longtime boss and mentor, had admitted to watching Tyler Skaggs snort drugs in the Texas hotel room where the 27-year-old pitcher was later found dead was the hardest thing he has ever done in his life, as the wrongful death trial against the club entered a fourth week of testimony.

Adam Chodzko’s decision to report Kay’s confession about his tie to Skaggs’ death ultimately led to a criminal investigation into Kay, who has since been convicted of providing Skaggs with a counterfeit pill containing fentanyl that led to the pitcher’s death. Six years later — as a civil jury in Orange County Superior Court is tasked with deciding whether the Angels should

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