Rod Beck 'Used Cocaine on a Daily Basis'

It's been a month since Rod Beck passed away, and while the medical examiner is still waiting to receive the toxicology report to determine the exact reason of death, it's looking like there's a good chance cocaine was involved:

A police report released Tuesday indicated evidence in several places at Beck's house, including the bathroom and the master bedroom in which the 38-year-old Beck, a three-time All-Star who saved 286 games, was found dead at his northeast Phoenix home on June 23. ...

Police also found a loaded semiautomatic handgun in a bag containing numerous glass bowl pipes and torch lighters. ...

The police report said Beck called his personal assistant, Tina Buchanan, at 11:57 a.m. on June 23 and asked her to come to his home because he was not feeling well. When Buchanan arrived, she found Beck lying on the master bedroom floor "not breathing and unresponsive," the report said.

Buchanan later told officers "Beck used cocaine on a daily basis, but she did not know the quantity he was using," the report said. "Beck has had seizures in the past and has recently suffered from hallucinations. The hallucinations were possibly caused by his cocaine use."

It's unfortunate, but given Beck's reputation as a guy who liked to party, it's not completely surprising. Since his death, Beck's house has been put up for sale, and earlier today Red Sox Monster stumbled across a YouTube slideshow of the place put together by a real estate agent. It's a little sad watching the video knowing the man died in the building, but if you're looking for property in Arizona and have $6.5 million to spare, I guess it could be yours.