Hamilton reportedly admits "one time slip-up" per photographs
Hamilton says it happened in January, not March.
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Adam J. Morris
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i wonder if he told his wife about it already
if so, NON-STORY.
If not, pretty much still a non-story.
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He must have
if the Rangers are aware of it I cannot imagine he didn’t tell his wife. She’s been through a hell of a lot worse than this with him.
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the part that still scares me
is asking for coke
Can't be
He may have asked but there is no way in hell as often as he gets tested that he wouldn’t have pissed positive had he done any
Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.
It stays in your system for 3 to 5 days,
He could have passed if he did.
The bloggerformelyknownasBigBaddBubbaJ
I think he tests more often than that
-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I'm an Andrus-caliber catch. :-)
by The Best Micah on Aug 8, 2009 1:28 PM CDT up reply actions
It depends
If they do hair follicle testing, it is a lot longer than that.
by Adam J. Morris on Aug 8, 2009 1:39 PM CDT up reply actions
According to his book
its a urine test about 3 times a week
" I have no faith in the GM making a move to help the big club but I’m on board."
Josey Wales on the 2009 Rangers. A team with 18 active players acquired by the current GM.
So what,
People really shouldn’t make this a big deal. It really isn’t. He is human and makes mistakes not to mention it happened when?
The bloggerformelyknownasBigBaddBubbaJ
It doesn't, necessarily.
If it’s a one time thing then it’s not hypocrisy, it’s being human and having struggles.
Most addicts go through this at one point or another
I don’t think many addicts stay perfectly sober of all these things for the rest of their lives.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
Being a hipocrite
would be hiding that it happened, lying about it happening, and/or claimingit wasnt a big deal
" I have no faith in the GM making a move to help the big club but I’m on board."
Josey Wales on the 2009 Rangers. A team with 18 active players acquired by the current GM.
This is very dissapointing
but im glad he is owning up. I hope his wife already knew about it and I hope they worked through it
"Elvis Andrus has just preformed a MIRACLE!"
-Eric Nadel, 5/4/09
IM not married so take this for what its worth
But is dancing and licking whip cream off some college kids chest that big a deal. I understand it implies cheating but there is no evidence to that. IM sure his wife is upset and has every right to be but is it really that big a deal?
Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.
It depends on the couple
I’ve been married for 8 years, am very much in love with my wife, so there’s no way in hell in any sober state, I’d lick whipped cream off a college girl’s boobs.
Then again, I’m not a major leaguer, so I doubt very seriously that such a situation would ever present itself to me. :o)
But if it DID, I’m sure my wife would be pissed as hell. And if this was just a one time thing, I’d probably get a nice healthy dose of tough love from my better half, if you know what I mean?
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by Brandon Bibb on Aug 8, 2009 1:31 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
huge deal...
that part of the pictures is a much bigger deal than the booze and drugs, at least with his wife. The addiction lends some forgiveness to the drugs and alcohol but any seemed infidelity is a much bigger deal
Maybe she's into it...
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
My wife isn't the jealous type
But licking whip cream off some girls’ chest would piss her off.
by Adam J. Morris on Aug 8, 2009 1:39 PM CDT up reply actions
This made me giggle
and reminded me of the Melissa Lima dress entry and this gem:
And showed her the blog entry, and the suggestion that I take a picture of me singing the national anthem with Ben in the dress next to me (an outstanding idea, btw). Her response: “I find nothing about any of this amusing.”
It's baseball. You don't always get what you want, and you don't always want what you get. --Ed Coffin
heh
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Aug 9, 2009 12:36 PM CDT up reply actions
I feel sorry for him more than anything.
Dude obviously still has struggles. Here’s to this acting as a giant wakeup call.
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by ghtd36 on Aug 8, 2009 1:23 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
From hero to laughing stock....
That is waht I’m afraid of. He is a superstar as much for his story as for his baseball accomplishments, and I’m afraid he threw it away. I hope the party was worth it.
I propose a 5-year moratorium on trading any young Ranger pitchers who throw over 90 mph.
It's what your readership
specializes in.
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team. - LSJ
"I really think that" - LSJ, on being asked by AirJordan
What?
Based on a couple of pics of him NOT drinking and NOT doing drugs?
if he couldn't get drugs and shots
at ASU, we clearly have a problem.
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team. - LSJ
"I really think that" - LSJ, on being asked by AirJordan
I get what you are saying,
but isn’t this a little naive. I mean, c’mon. I assumed the pics were old and the tv was photoshoped in, but now that hope is out the window. Now it’s time to be realistic.
and besides, what's worse:
doing some recreational drug use or betraying your wife and kids to bang a handful of drunk college chicks?
Is this a serious question?
Some “recreational drug use” might get his ass kicked out of the league for good. His reputation would be gone and he’d be remembered as a huge hypocrite.
Banging a couple of women can be forgiven. MLB aint forgiving him for using drugs again.
Clearly from my thread of comments...
…I was responding to how this effects his family more than his relationship with MLB.
You don't think hes drunk?
A sober Josh Hamilton is smart enough not to do this stuff in public.. with people taking pictures..
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He's a dude just like the rest of us
Just because he got caught up in the moment and was having a fun with a couple of hotties doesn’t mean he had to be drunk. I still don’t see a drink in his hand or powder on the nose.
He's a dad and a husband.
It’s not right. It’s his personal life and his buisness so I’m not going to lose any sleep over it, but it still sucks.
If you're married
that behavior is unacceptable under any circumstances.
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Never said it was acceptable behavior
But he doesn’t have to be drunk to do what was in the pics. Athletes do these kinds of things and they don’t have to drunk to do em.
So you think a sober hammy
Could continue doing all this with people freakin taking photos?
Regardless, he was drunk, he admits so. And im pretty sure most other athletes in such photos are drunk too. Although most of them don’t have a history of addiction and thus them getting drunk isn’t as important.
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Yep saw that he was drunk.
I think it could be possible though. He obviously wasn’t drunk when he asked for the drink in the first place, so he’s capable of making mistakes without having to be drunk.
+ 1
And those photos will come in handy if she decides to divorce his ass.
The I.Q. test has been abolished.
It is now the Gardner Scale.
exactly he sure as hell looks smashed...
and I doubt if he would be stupid enough to have these pics taken sober on a number of levels.
me wonders what happened in the hotel room later in the evening :)
The I.Q. test has been abolished.
It is now the Gardner Scale.
x
Hamilton talked to Daniels in January directly after the incident happened.
I think Luke French has a lot of potential. TORP potential.-Dstar
good stuff
this makes me feel a ton better about this, it also probably means he was remorseful and its not something that happens alot
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
This is going to be like one of those steroid confessions...
“It happened, but only once, and that was a long time ago.”
He may have
Maybe he was asked about a March incident which there was none
Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.
January
was before P-C reporting. I’m sure Johnny Narron doesn’t spend all offseason with Josh.
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team. - LSJ
"I really think that" - LSJ, on being asked by AirJordan
and perhaps
Narron knew of an incident, but not the extent of it.
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Or just didn't want to talk about it
Could be he just figured he’d let the team decide what they wanted to do with this story
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
I wonder if he will from now on
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Aug 9, 2009 12:38 PM CDT up reply actions
Josh
Do whatever you want with your own time. Hell I don’t care if your having six-ways with college girls while some kid is sitting in the corner wearing a machine mask. Do coke off a hookers ass.
JUST HIT SOME DAMN BOMBS you son of a bitch.
by SaltyGoesYard on Aug 8, 2009 1:31 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Fucking this
He could fuck all of ASU for all I care, as long as he starts mashing again.
ehh
not blaming his horrible season on what happened, but I’m sure between the slip up and some self doubt, it messed with his mind. did he change his swing because of that self doubt? maybe, maybe not. but I’d bet it had a bit of an effect on this season…assuming he hadn’t slipped up in the 2 years prior.
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Aug 9, 2009 12:40 PM CDT up reply actions
meh
if he’s truly back and out of the season long slump, this will disappear in a couple of weeks and all will be forgiven.
if he keeps sucking, itll linger for the rest of the season
Out of the the possible things that could have happened
this is fairly mild, I’m a tad relieved, actually. Best of luck and prayers, Josh, keep trying.
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yea
and i feel like its a one time thing, which honestly, its kind of amazing it hasnt happened before with a guy with such problems with addiction towards coke and booze
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
In other news...
TAG was just asked for his reaction to all this.
He doesn’t give a shit.
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by Brandon Bibb on Aug 8, 2009 1:32 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
That should be the tagline on LSB
Texas Rangers Baseball:Thomas Alan Grieve doesn’t give a shit.
by TooLegitToQuit on Aug 8, 2009 1:38 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
ha, that would be a good one
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
cause ESPN
correctly sees this as a non-story.
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team. - LSJ
"I really think that" - LSJ, on being asked by AirJordan
ESPN doesn't give a shit about Texas
They’d rather talk more about Ortiz than Hamilton
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
oh it definitely will
but it’s a small market slugger during a bad year. But it’s a non-story, just like Tony Parker’s drunken french party was a non-story.
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team. - LSJ
"I really think that" - LSJ, on being asked by AirJordan
Your giving ESPN too much credit
they’re just waiting to get some ESPN guy to say he broke it and then role with the story.
I think Luke French has a lot of potential. TORP potential.-Dstar
Way too busy
With the Ortiz story….
Bill Simmons: "I will tell you right now, if the Boston Red Sox traded Clay Buchholz for Justin Smoak, I will run around my neighborhood naked...celebrating for an hour. I love Justin Smoak"
Whatever happens off the field,I frankly don't give a shit. As long as he's not killing anybody or doing anything that's gonna get him suspended,"I don't give a shit"
What,we’re in fucking August already?
by TooLegitToQuit on Aug 8, 2009 1:37 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Edinson's elbow, now this?
What a trade update!
People who say this means nothing are dead wrong. It’s not about morality. It’s about the potential issue of your star player falling in a relapse.
by 3Bagger on Aug 8, 2009 1:38 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
We're in August,that happened in January..
If he hasn’t relapsed by now…
by TooLegitToQuit on Aug 8, 2009 1:39 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
My own hypocrisy admitted...
If he were hitting .330/.410/.600, I might be happier about his Buttery Nipple shots off the bosom.
Despite last night, he ain’t had a good year. Is he off PED’s? Is he not capable of handling all this stress that comes with being a Star in the MLB? At one time, I hoped, but now? We need to look at other options for the longer term. Not because of his morality, but because of the risk he poses.
That issue is always there
But one night in January doesn’t mean he’s back to blowing all his money on crack.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
Timing of it...
I agree, and I’m not offended by his actions, in fact, many MLB players have these moments. And many woman have fun too. But, I guess I considered Josh a Future Star in Texas. This has changed my optimism.
The potential will always be there
that’s a part of the risk with Josh. We all should have known this, to go into full knee-jerk mode now is idiotic.
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team. - LSJ
"I really think that" - LSJ, on being asked by AirJordan
reply
It is predictable. The shame of it is, many MLB players do this stuff. But, Josh sorta went so far that he can’t “get drunk” without causing a ruckus.
I think you're seriously overreacting
to a one time relapse. Small sample size cavats exist in real life as well.
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team. - LSJ
"I really think that" - LSJ, on being asked by AirJordan
he clearly didn't fully relapse or he would have failed a drug test.
But i do think it means something. Hamilton knows the attention placed on him and how he is being used as an example for many people, and he has himself taken to the role of speaking to people about his recovery… its just ugly. But of course realistic people know that relapses happen.. just glad he did’nt take drugs.
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Long Term Deal issue...
We don’t need to change a thing this season. But, would you sign him to a long term deal?
Again. He smiles, I love him as a player, but, this is a shocking development.
Well I wasn't anxious to sign him to al ong term deal this offseason
I don’t know that this really makes me any less favorable to it, though his performance this year certainly does heh.
i think we can get into his arb years before we worry about that. see how it plays out.
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Josh's Next Deal
Maybe this saves us money? Nice.
Any contract would need to include a “Buttery Nipple” clause.
Gosh
Hammy’s wife really really really loves him.
Good quote
“I don’t feel like I’m a hypocrite. I feel like I’m human,” he said. “I got away from the one thing that keeps me straightened out and going in the right direction.”
http://rangersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2009/08/hamilton-admits-to-being-drunk-in-photos-1.html
this is very encouraging to me, he was obviously extremely remorseful and quick to get on top of it.
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
I guess 7 months is
“quick to get on top of it.” lol. I’m not trying to be an ass, but that was kinda funny.
I don't give a shit if he tells you or me
he told his team and I presume he told his wife. He is accountable to them, not to me.
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by t ball on Aug 8, 2009 2:04 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
And, apparently
he told them all the next day, a good sign for an addict to take responsibility right away.
Yikes.
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Sigh.
It’s none of anyone’s business, but Josh isn’t very bright if there were people taking pictures and he just carried on.
Just get back to moon shots, not body shots.
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My thoughts exactly
It wasn’t like those pictures were taken secretly from the other end of the bar, he was posing for them. I guess that’s part of his disease: he must of subconsciously wanted to get caught. Or something.
That's why they call them business sox
To quote Christopher Walken...
…of this, I agree.
Or something to that effect :o)
It happened and he owned up to the people he should have owned up to after it happened. I’m also glad he had some of his teammates standing around him after it happened.
Says a lot about how much they support him and how this could be a galvanizing moment for the team.
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by Brandon Bibb on Aug 8, 2009 2:00 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
had to Rec this
any reference to Walken deserves it…
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Aug 9, 2009 12:43 PM CDT up reply actions
yea, he said he didnt even remember most of it
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
Who knows?
I just imagine that he has this little voice that he’s pushed to the far reaches of his subconscious that’s always there. And one day he just said “fuck it, I ’m getting loaded,” and that little voice, or whatever it is, took over for a night. And part of just saying “fuck it, I’m getting loaded,” means that he doesn’t care much about things like consequences. That happened before he ever took a sip.
When the camera got involved, that’s when things changed. He wasn’t trying to hide (or Hyde, for you literary types) his addicted self anymore. When he took his shirt off and posed for pictures, I believe, rightly or wrongly, that he was fulfilling some baser need to get caught, and push that little voice back down in its place.
Then again, maybe I’m over-thinking this. But, having been drunk off my ass with some regularity at several points in my life, there’s a point where you still have some modicum of control. You’re still drunk, but your motor functions are still passable. The point beyond that, your a sloppy mess. Those pictures would have had to happen in the space between those two points for it to be him just getting tanked. I guess what I’m saying is: I dunno…
That's why they call them business sox
you are over-thinking this
he’s an addict. There is no explaining behavior when using. that’s the lesson for josh.
by stltxfan on Aug 8, 2009 2:08 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
+1
Godwin's Law Version 2.0 (Rangers Edition)
"As a Ranger discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Danks, Volquez, or Young approaches one."
The fact that Josh owned up
to it immediately in January says way more about Josh and his recovery than the slip. Like he mentioned, just a big reminder what happens to his behavior when he indulges.
Addicts slip. It happens. Avoiding a relapse to addiction is what matters. He’s handled this just like a recovering addict would and should.
I may end up applauding Josh more after today than at any time in his Rangers tenure.
Yup.
Anyone who has friends who are addicts know that they slip – and what happens afterwards is key.
It’s tough…
interesting that the rangers or his agent didn't tell him to come out with the story
bad p.r. hit to have the story leaked now
"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)
You're right... but, they had no control of the pictures
Whoever had control of these pictures is cashing in big time
This is spectacular timing
by oc on Aug 8, 2009 2:03 PM CDT up reply actions
Probably an Angel fan
Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.
by bigsteve on Aug 8, 2009 2:04 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I happen to use
“Angels fan” and “douchebag” interchangably, so on this issue, I suppose we agree.
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team. - LSJ
"I really think that" - LSJ, on being asked by AirJordan
Bet that was MLB's call
remember the josh hamilton special (s) on josh this spring on MLB Network?
He was straight with everyone it seems....
“As soon as it happened, I called my support system — my wife, the Rangers, MLB and told them what had happened. I was absolutely open and honest about it.
Well, seems everyone knew but wanted to keep it hidden from the public
If they didn’t do any discipline actions back then, then there won’t be any coming in the next couple days.
Bill Simmons: "I will tell you right now, if the Boston Red Sox traded Clay Buchholz for Justin Smoak, I will run around my neighborhood naked...celebrating for an hour. I love Justin Smoak"
Nah, he had to...
“Did this happen in March?” Narron: “No.”
As his ‘sponsor’ (‘cuz that’s what Narron functions as essentially), it isn’t Narron’s place to volunteer the details…it’s on Josh to do that.
Josh
needs to go into full “fuck you” mode on opposing pitchers.
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team. - LSJ
"I really think that" - LSJ, on being asked by AirJordan
Josh just imagine the baseball has whip cream on it...
and HIT IT HARD!!!!!
The I.Q. test has been abolished.
It is now the Gardner Scale.
just imagine
every opposing pitcher writes for deadspin. Like I heard that fuck Jered Weaver posts on it at least 4 times a day.
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team. - LSJ
"I really think that" - LSJ, on being asked by AirJordan
oops this story ain't gonna die quickly lol
The I.Q. test has been abolished.
It is now the Gardner Scale.
give the ball a good lickin Josh...just like in the photos
The I.Q. test has been abolished.
It is now the Gardner Scale.
i wonder if this incident
made the rangers ‘low-ball’ josh on an extension before the season started…
usa
Me, too
I’ve been pondering how the whole contract situation plays/played out in all this mess.
How many millions did he just cost his family?
How much trade value was just destroyed?
How much team leadership was just lost?
I don't really think
it affects those things too much. Everyone knows his history and the likelihood of relapse. Maybe I’m wrong, since this is such a graphic illustration of those risks, but I think his trade value was well under his player value already because of the risks. I think his teammates are still behind him.
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Also
fuck Jean-Jacque Taylor.
I had to get that in there.
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team. - LSJ
"I really think that" - LSJ, on being asked by AirJordan
by FirebatM3 on Aug 8, 2009 2:12 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
recap
Lucky
That this broke the same day as Ortiz’s press conference. Even though Ortiz said nothing in that thing ESPN will be way more focused on that and this may pass under the radar, at least nationally.
no legs to this story
no cover up, told wife and team, didn’t deny anything, admitted being human. The story dies after Monday.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland -Tom Grieve Rangers Minor League Player of the Year
Martin Perez - Nolan Ryan Rangers Minor League Pitcher of the Year
Other players should take notes of this
No one cares about players screwing up when they tell the truth. They care when the players lie and treat the fans like morons
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
Presidents should, too
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Aug 9, 2009 12:46 PM CDT up reply actions
So He's Not Using Now
I couldn’t possibly care less. It’s his personal business, and if this is the worst step backward he’s had, then that is good for him.
Ive got no problems with any of this
happened before the season, he notified everyone that should be immediately afterward.
slip ups happen, as long as he wasnt snorting lines of coke off a hookers ass i dont really care.
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
Hamilton
This does remind you, though, of why giving him a long-term contract is a bad idea. Given his past (and primarily the question of what all those years of drug abuse will do to his longevity) and his age, he should just take him year-to-year the next three seasons.
Even if the drugs were not part of the equation, extending Josh has always been a foolish idea
I'm Matt mutha-effing Bush, bitches, and mutha-eff East County.
"I'm as passionate and knowlegeable as any fan out there." Josey Wales
Just goes to show
folks need to listen to Miles.
"I saw a soldier try to dig a foxhole with his bare hands. He didn't notice that he'd torn off all his fingernails. I got him out of there quickly; not for his sake, but for ours. Fear is poison in combat...destructive, contagious." - Band of Brothers
I posted this back in January
http://www.lonestarball.com/2009/1/25/735950/sunday-a-m-things#11719444
Major league players regularly taking pre-spring training batting practice at Packard Stadium include Josh Hamilton (Texas), Craig Counsell (Milwaukee), Dustin Pedroia (Boston), Andre Ethier (LA Dodgers), Jacoby Ellsbury (Boston), Justin Morneau (Minnesota), Coco Crisp (Kansas City), Scott Hairston (San Diego), Russell Martin (Dodgers), Conor Jackson (Diamondbacks) and Luis Gonzalez (free agent).
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
I just realized LSB ate the rest of my post
The point of this is that Packard Stadium is around the corner from API and Maloney’s. I had friends who saw him around Tempe, so this is no shock to me at all.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
F-ing Pedroia
I bet he took Josh to the bar and slipped him a “floorie”
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Aug 9, 2009 12:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Shit like this is the norm, not the exception
I'm Matt mutha-effing Bush, bitches, and mutha-eff East County.
"I'm as passionate and knowlegeable as any fan out there." Josey Wales
Fucking Josh Hamilton's wife
I think it will be a great day when Hamiltons wife gets boned by a few dudes with 12 inch cocks who are actually adults. Instead…she is stuck babysitting a fucking clown who can’t figure out how to be a grown up. Hey..if you are a single MLB player, more power to you, live it up. But when you don’t have enough common sense not to hurt your kids..you are a pretty low, self-indulged fuckbag. But he is stuck being a 12 yr old his whole life..talking like he just got out of vacation bible school. Fuck this clown.
Vinny?
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on Aug 9, 2009 12:49 PM CDT up reply actions
I'd still extend him
I believe both the rangers and Josh have acknowledged that any extension will be voidable by the rangers if he relapses with drugs and/or is banned as a result
Not me
year for year for him til he is free agent eligible.
"I saw a soldier try to dig a foxhole with his bare hands. He didn't notice that he'd torn off all his fingernails. I got him out of there quickly; not for his sake, but for ours. Fear is poison in combat...destructive, contagious." - Band of Brothers
Me either
And it has nothing to do with his drug and alcohol issues. It’s more about his injury history and lack of sustainable play that would keep me from extending him.
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by LSBUser on Aug 9, 2009 9:24 AM CDT up reply actions
Yeah...
at first I thought I’d be ok with the Rangers extending him, but there are just too many issues involced with that. Especially given the lack of financial flexibility the team has right now.
It’s best to go year to year with Josh.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
There's really no upside for the team to extend him
I'm Matt mutha-effing Bush, bitches, and mutha-eff East County.
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by Brian Thomas on Aug 10, 2009 9:37 AM CDT up reply actions
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