its a pretty good take, but i’ve grown to really enjoy your blog b/c of the great in depth analysis of on the field stuff, i dont need to read another Josh Hamilton take.

The one thing i’ll say about it is, Narron is gonna let Hamilton fess up to it so that he appears to be totally honest and upfront about everthing instead of just having to acknowledge the obvious truth if Narron breaks it first

The nature of Narron’s statement just doesn’t seem to be one of protection for Hamilton, but one of honestly being either in the dark or extremely confused. If Hamilton called his “support system,” why didn’t that include Narron – who is supposed to be the most important part of his support system? Very odd, to say the least

You are making a big deal out of nothing.

But, if Hambone really hadn’t told him, that’d be… awkward, and certainly it would call his whole, “I immediately confessed and attoned” line of defense into question.

I honestly haven’t read too much about this situation cause it makes me sad, but this is an interesting question to ask.

I can imagine few things that would have a bigger impact on Hamilton’s future and, therefore, the team’s future. And lay off Joey for posting about this. It’s only the second time he’s commented on his blog, and it is a big deal (or at least has the potential to be a very big deal). Just because you are sick of reading all the verbiage about it collectively is no reason to tell any single writer he shouldn’t be talking about it. Some of the commenters over there are reacting as if Joey took the photos.

At the end of the day Hamilton hasn’t failed a drug test (that we know of), so I’m going to let it go.

“I have my doubts those are real.”

Is that even a contradiction?

What exactly is Narron’s job title with the Rangers’ org this year? That’s not a shot at him…just hadn’t heard his name in connection with Hamilton or in whatever capacity.

Is he still a Rangers employee?

To the believers in front of whom Hamilton was paraded as the paragon of discipline and epitome of willpower.

Hamilton’s was a story about success, and those always titillate.

"So why do y’all look like you’ve got sick feelings in your stomach?" Hamilton said. "Y’all don’t know what y’all are gonna talk about today? Just be honest, like I have been."

Fine.

This was sad. It was terribly sad. Alcohol killed Billy Martin. Drugs killed Steve Howe. Drugs and alcohol torpedoed the careers of Darryl Strawberry and Dwight Gooden. A sober Josh Hamilton represented hope. A relapsed Josh Hamilton represents a different sort of hope.

I guess I get it on the level of rooting for a team. Without Hamilton in the lineup for the next few years, the Rangers would have to spend a lot of money to fill that production and continue to be legitimate contenders. It would present a serious challenge to JD under the budget constraints the Rangers seem to have.

I don’t get it at all on a personal level. I can’t think of one athlete that I looked up to in my entire life as a person whose life I wanted to model. I maybe wanted to model the way they played the game, but that’s about it. And the whole idea of “follow this person’s path and you will be successful” just seems odd to me. It always has. But, I’ve always been of the find-your-own-unique-thing type of person. Maybe that’s why I’m not as connected to this situation as others.

On a personal level the only sympathy I feel is for his wife and kids. They have every right to be mad at him for a very long time.

So, since I don’t seem to get it, I think Passan’s article is about the best explanation that someone can give to me.

then, I read a second post, then I read posts from mjh… now I’ve wasted half the day on this thread and I don’t even really care about whether Hamilton has a relapse, so long as he’s still in a Rangers uniform.

slummed it up over at the DMN Blog

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anybody know what it means when someone texts you BGPG?

miles’ rambling ridiculousness gets rec’d up, but this doesn’t?