I’m the first one to find this message – that’s why!

I have the best username on LSB. If you can dispute that as being incorrect, then I should not get the book.

If you don’t I’ll kick your pathetic internet blogger ass,

AND THAT’S THE BOTTOM LINE, CAUSE B-3-J SAID SO!

because Sarah Palin asked me to have it removed from circulation due to it’s satanic obscene nature.

because I’m member of a minority.

I’m in the minority who thinks Ron Washington is a good manager.

because I love VORP, +/-, EQA, FJM, loved the Soriano deal at the time, saw the B-Mac deal as good at the time, and love me some Jason Botts.

but it’s been years since I’ve finished a book. I start a new one every few months, then get caught back up in work, TV and the girlfriend. It’s pathetic, and I want to get back to reading and sharpen my brain again. I think this would be the perfect book, as I am fascinated by Josh’s story, and I can honestly say that even though I haven’t slipped to the level he was at, I have had my share of self-inflicted problems that I can’t seem to shake, and I could possibly benefit from reading his point of view.

This is a pretty cool idea Adam

then he can share his thoughts with us…

She was a good sport about that whole dress thing.

Well I want to tell you a story. I had this girlfriend for like 2 years. For my birthday in September, she bought me a Josh Hamilton blue Texas alternate jersey. Very cool. I’d like to wear it all the time and just party, but she dumped me a couple of weeks ago. So I’d like to associate Josh Hamilton with something other than getting dumped, and hopefully, reading this book can rehabilitate my opinion of the jersey to the point that I will actually want to wear it. Don’t let a jersey go to waste.

…but I’m constantly intrigued by those who do. Interested to see what path Hamilton took to get there and why other approaches to defeating his addictions didn’t work for him.

just give me the f’in book.

Laird is the ultimate badass, just like you.

because my sister and her kids are staying here with me, they’ve been here two months and are staying at least a another two weeks and are driving me up the wall. I fear that I may have bald patches soon from pulling my hair out, and that may look all sexy on men like Sean Connery, but for a woman it is the kiss of death, nobody wants to marry Lucy Chrome Dome. Not that I can invite a guy over without the little ones playing 20 questions. I love my nephews but living with them makes me want to tie my tubes, and smack my sister around for a good half hour.

So you see, this situation is threatening my follicular health, dating life, sex life and future reproductive prospects, not to mention that I might go to jail for sister-on-sister domestic violence. In order for me not to commit Hari Kari, I need to read about someone who has been through worse. I think this book fits that bill.

Thanks for listening.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxWJd3w3QPs

If you need a reason to send me one, I did create this image:

I’m also a (fairly) young sports journalist.

Oh, and I had a whole bunch of pirate jokes for whenever AJ Murray pitched.

I think I’ve been beaten in the response department, though. :(

I’ll have to circument AJM on this one…

Dear kind publishers making a nice gesture,
Tell AJM to send me one and, presuming reasonable quality, I’ll recommend it to all my loyal followers across multiple message boards. Thats at least 1 guaranteed sell!

Ok, so I dont have any real reasoning that doesn’t involve lieing. But I do want the book; perhaps the next contests will be more winnable.

I would definitely start it, and probably finish it!

I would not have to ask my mommy to go wait in line at Barnes & Noble at the Parks Mall on Oct. 22.

I would use it in multiple illustrations as I teach 6th-12th graders in our Youth Ministry.

and most importantly…

I wouldn’t have to compete in any more book winning contests.

And I’ve been without power for 24 days now.
This book + a flashlight = something to do.

Because my universal infinite awesomeness is superceded only by that of Josh Hamilton. Two such entities are bound by the same energy within this dimension. Clearly I should learn as much as possible about my synergistic brother so that I may prevent dimensional annihilation. Because I have yet to write have an autobiography, it is squarely on my shoulders to ensure a safe existence.

Plus I can read good!

Disclaimer: Adam J. Morris will solely be held responsible for the annihilation of this or any dimension should he not provide maxzoran with a free copy of “Beyond Belief: Finding the Strength to Come Back.”

is that I would best be served by the book in that still being young and in high school, I think it would provide me with some insight as to how to fight the temptation to do drugs and to always fight to accomplish your goals no matter what adversity rises in your way. Josh Hamilton is like a Phoenix, he was knocked down several times by adversity and drug use, among other things, but he continued to fight through and ultimately succeeded and that, I think is a lesson that we can all learn from.

Would want to read that? And if you did, just buy the book you tight-asses.

I vote for miles, someone of his status should have free things sent to him regularly

I don’t really want to read it. I just like to win contests.

for two reasons:

1) Today is my birthday.

2) I am totally incapable of entering any bookstore and spending under a hundred dollars. You’d be sparing my husband from having to go into a bookstore and finding it knowing I’m stewing in the car because I can’t come in.

a copy of the book, because Jamey has 5 to give away and he won’t give me one.

Used Josh’s story for a Young Life (high school outreach ministry organization) talk to eighty or so kids on opening day of this season. My main point to the kids was that he was a success story, regardless of how he would perform this season as he had so turned his life around through faith. As the season progressed, I kept them up to date on his progress, happily announcing his winning of AL POM for April and May. But his performance at the Home Run Derby was what got the kids attention. I received so many text messages during the course of the first round (that I unfortunately missed live), most of which are unrepeatable here…hey, they’re high schoolers.
   Just looking forward to next season, and what it holds for Josh and the Rangers. And I would love to share the book with the kids.

This is pathetic.

Let us not be a bunch of sheep participating in this sad little display.

BTW, don’t forget I posted higher up on the page :D

….and today is opposite day.

which so happens to be my birthday.

i would enjoy the book.josh is something of a role model of mine as i’ve actually battled my own addiction problems. my wife is sticking with me , so far, but it’s actually become a strain on us financially and emotionally from time to time. i actually wear my rangers shorts to work out in everyday as a reminder of how easy i can fall back into addiction and how i need to keep my head straight and on target.

Because I’m currently struggling through school hoping to be a sports writer (and one who wants to help avoid the nasty truisms that plague baseball), and can’t think of any better education than a book written about my current favorite player.

If I were you, this wouldn’t be good enough.

and donate the money to charity

today is my 22nd birthday (October 6th) and I am spending it reading about a hundred pages of torts, contracts, and civil procedure. As a lawyer yourself, Adam, I’m sure you can sympathize with the amount of monotonous reading a 1L like myself must encounter everyday. Reading something a little more gripping than federal statute and case law sounds very appetizing.

I have also been a Ranger fan since my entire life, even as I have been forced to relocate to Manhattan for school. I have read your blogs, posts, and ideas from the time I was 14 and you were just known as Meno on the ESPN board.

With all that said, I gotta agree with Gossamer- selling the book on ebay and giving the money to charity might be the way to go.

because she knows only 2 Rangers and little else about baseball, one is Nolan Ryan, because he is the king of Texas and all he did here as a ranger caught her attention in the early 90s, then this year when i gave her the Sports Illustrated to read Josh’s Story she wanted to know more about him, then after seeing him in the All star game HR Derby (she does not watch baseball at all, ever) but this event she watched, i even recorded it for her, as far as I know she has not heard of this book, i would love to have it to give to her. thanks

I am a band director who has to teach a class to 7th graders called Skills for Adolescence. This is my first year to teach it, and we’ve been talking about drugs and drug abuse for a little while now. Josh’s story is a great one to use in this case!

As a fan who is forced to watch the Rangers play in the absolute abyss of baseball stupidity (Anaheim Stadium) – and spend $50 in gas money just to do that – I deserve something to mitigate my pain.

Because I am a cynic who fails to see the “good” in the Josh Hamilton story other than that he kicked ass for the Rangers this year. Maybe reading it will turn around my opinion on Josh and possibly my entire outlook on life.

Because I’m a Rangers fan? Obviously not good enough…
Because I’m a minister and theologian? Nah…
Because I’m fairly confident that shipping it to me would incur the highest fee? Yeah, that’s a good reason…

Also, I posted my thoughts and semblance of a review of the book over on my blog. I encourage everyone to check it out. The book…not necessarily my review.

In which you said that I deserved a proper response.

Oh crap! Wrong gif…. Welp, looks like I’m out of contention

If I were to be given a copy of the book, I wouldn’t even want it for myself. I would give it to my dad for his 50th birthday, which is coming up in January. My family’s been wanting to do something for his 50th, but none of us are doing that well financially. I wanted to take him to spring training, just for a weekend, next spring, but I don’t have the money to do it. I wrote a book and sent it to a book contest, and if it wins I can afford the spring training trip. I would honestly rather have that than the book (which would be my first), and writing is the path I’ve chosen in life, but I love the Rangers. My dad loves the Rangers. It was kind of our first thing together, and it kind of took awhile.

So if I can’t take him to spring training on the prize winnings from a book contest, then I want to at least get him a good Rangers book for his 50th birthday. He certainly won’t have another.

I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and doggone it, people like me