And I’m pretty sure that most guys whose wife is in labor aren’t going to be very receptive to being hounded by some fan. I have no pity for obnoxious Boston fans

really? was it necessary to throw that in there? thats just ridiculous.

the guy was frustrated after a terrible series and was trying to get home for the birth of his child. to throw his former addiction in there as a reason is just plain stupid.

that he signs more autographs than anyone.

it sounds even more ridiculous. his options were to wait til 6am teh next morning for a flight or pay $41K to get home on a private jet. FYI, Josh is only making $386K this year. So thats 10% of his gross salary. Ridiculous.

The guy is visibly upset when he declines your autograph request and then your dumbass girlfriend follows him as he walks away, beseeching him over and over again for an autograph until he snaps and now you think she’s been wronged?

People have freaking limits.

The only wrong thing going on here is you not learning that woman some respect.

Do you not have a pimp hand, or are you just ignorant as to how to use it?

Since the Tea Party, is basically of no consequence. 99.999% of the world couldn’t care less if a fan in Logan Airport does or doesn’t get an autograph. And 100% of the world would be on the side of a new father trying to get home.

I would bet my life savings that this was not a Rangers fan.

The last thing a Rangers fan would do is call up the Boston Herald.

don’t post crap like that hear ever again.

what is it with people naming their child michaela?!?

Josh would never do anything like that

I think it’s safe to say Hamilton won’t want to play for Boston in the future….

I’ve had two children now, in the last 30 months or so.

On each occasion, I had a work commitment that required me to be away from the hospital the day after. That was extremely trying, and I was pretty much on edge each time.

I can only imagine how frayed my nerves would be if I knew my wife had gone into labor 1500 miles away, a couple of weeks before her due date, and I was delayed in getting back to her.

So while I don’t know what happened here, I can certainly understand why Josh might have reacted in a much less friendly way than he normally would.

That is very true for some fans, in fact i think most of the players including josh do a great job of controlling themselves around some of the people, most of those wanting autographs (including the kids) are just getting them to sell on ebay anyway, if i were in the shoes of some of the ML players I would not at this stage of my life be able to get away without pounding the hell out of somebody thus ending my career and maybe heading off to the pokey, needless to say i hate limelight.

i also dont think josh or any athlete is under any obligation to explain or justify why they dont want to sign an autograph or pose for a picture or whatever. a polite refusal should be sufficient and any fan who persists beyond that is the one who is out of line.

This is news, Boston Herald? My only question is where was Hicks to lend some help? This seems like a damn good way to show some goodwill to someone you might want to sign to a longer term contract.

of the SNL skit where Jimmy Fallon plays the annoying white trash Red Sox fan with Rachel Dratch as his girlfriend.

I tried to find images or video but I couldn’t find anything … not surprising since it wasn’t that funny anyway.

Sure, it’s great when a player stops to sign. And, yes, I’m disappointed when I can’t get a player to stop for me (which has happened a ton since I’m not a child and I’m not hot). But I, in no way, feel like a player is obligated to sign an autograph for me.

That said, I also don’t believe in approaching celebs/players in public places like an airport. They are there on private business and that is their time. It’s the same reason I didn’t approach any of the Rangers last summer when I was in Anaheim and staying in the same hotel as them. I sat 20 ft. from Kevin Millwood most of the night in the hotel lounge area. Gerald Laird walked by me a few times with his family. C.J. Wilson walked by four times — on his phone every time. And I was in an elevator with Kam Loe and his brother. But I didn’t feel the time was appropriate to ask them for an autograph. I CERTAINLY wouldn’t have approached Josh Hamilton in an airport…and even if I had, I would have dropped it after he refused the first time.

Maybe that’s just me.