josh hamilton
Josh Hamilton has not been involved in any transactions this season. [1]
It’s during stretches like this that Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler can say with a straight face, “Josh Hamilton is the best baseball player to ever walk the planet,” and you almost believe it. [2]
For years, Josh Hamilton served as living proof of this axiom. [3]
During his darkest hours — after he had been banished from baseball in 2004 and was doing coke, downing a bottle of Crown Royal a day and burning through his entire $4 million signing bonus — Hamilton had recurring dreams that he was “fighting the devil, an awful-looking thing,” with a stick or a bat, swinging but always missing. [2]
At my lowest point, about three years ago, when I was wasting away to skin and bones and listening to nobody, she told me I’d be back playing baseball someday. [4]
These days, says Hamilton, now the Rangers’ centerfielder, if he does have a dream, he isn’t aware of it when he awakens. [2]
The first pick in the 1999 baseball draft, he suffered a stunning decline that saw him squander his once-in-a-generation talent. [3]
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I pinch-hit in the eighth inning of that game against the Cubs, and Lou Piniella decided to make a pitching change before I got to the plate. [4]
The previous night’s game, a 13-12 win over the Mariners, had lasted more than four hours; in the third inning he bludgeoned a 447-foot home run that landed a few feet from a couple’s table in the ballpark’s outfield dining area. [2]
I’d been the Devil Rays’ No. 1 pick in the 1999 draft, supposedly a five-tool prospect. [4]
Lost in a haze of alcohol and drugs, Josh tumbled from the top of the sports world to bottom of the barrel. [3]
“I’ll do it until MLB says I don’t have to anymore. [2]
In his first pro game, he launched a 380-foot screamer into the night for a home run. [3]
After their eighth win in 10 games, on May 16 — the one in which Hamilton had five hits — a group of teammates, as they often do, went to a steak house to celebrate. [2]
Sources:
[1] Josh Hamilton - ESPN.com
[2] A repentant Josh Hamilton has miraculously restored the skills - Albert …
[3] JockBio: Josh Hamilton Biography
[4] ‘I’m proof that hope is never lost’ - MLB - ESPN
[5] Josh Hamilton Career Statistics | texasrangers.com: Stats