Hamilton might be done

by lonestarJon on Sep 28, 2009 8:12 PM CDT Comment 14 comments

“I’m playing when I’m able to play,” [Hamilton] said of his injured back Monday afternoon. “It hasn’t stopped hurting. The three injections I got helped, and for a while, it didn’t get worse, but once I got out there and ran, it started up again. [Sunday] I couldn’t go. Today, I feel a little better. I can probably pinch hit, but if I got on base, they’d have to run for me.”

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Asked if it would be in his best interests to not play again this season, Hamilton said: “Absolutely.”

Hooray, common sense!

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Hmmm so I guess that whole "Hamilton should have PH for Jones" argument is null now

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 Sep 28, 2009 8:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Hamilton PH'ing for Jones wouldn't have been an improvement anyway.

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by lonestarJon on Sep 28, 2009 8:34 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Not my point

All the idiots who say Wash cost us the game yesterday and one of their reasons is he didn’t PH Hamilton for Jones

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 Sep 28, 2009 8:42 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I know

That wasn’t directed at you, I’m just saying. PHing the guy who flails at everything and has had his power sapped by injury isn’t really an improvment over the guy who can at least take a walk.

by lonestarJon on Sep 28, 2009 8:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I fear this is a disc situation.

Hope I’m wrong.

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by Ryin A on Sep 28, 2009 8:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I remember back in the GDT when he first hurt it

My first thought was a hernia reinjury.

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 Sep 28, 2009 8:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

He should have never come back...

our worst fears with Hamilton and injuries could have become a reality this year.

I don’t know what the Rangers are going to have to do to keep him on the field. He said he doesn’t like to DH, but he may not have a choice.

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by slc ranger on Sep 28, 2009 11:28 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Before we get too

dramatic in our predictions of Josh’s being a permanent cripple, lets remember that this started with a couple of really hard crashes into the outfield wall. I don’t think he’s going to be so delicate that running around in the outfield is going result in serious injuries. Its always possible that he’ll continue to hit an outfield wall just right to injure himself every year, but the odds are really against it.

by mcgee48c on Sep 29, 2009 12:36 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

It isn't further impact damage I'm scared of

It’s his systemic difficulty in recovering. Just pray he gets whole by next March.

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by Ed Coffin on Sep 29, 2009 1:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

i thought the knock on hamilton dating back before this year was that, as a crackhead, he damaged his body's ability to be consistently in good shape and to recover

or was that just a rumor last year?

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by sam in so cal on Sep 29, 2009 10:09 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

rest is what will heal his disc

but, I hope it doesn’t come back in ST. He then would be looking at surgery.

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by RangerMad on Sep 29, 2009 6:45 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Considering the season is over

they should be resting everyone who is fighting through any injury. Its monumentally stupid to play anyone with a back issue.

With the Angels clinching and Boston having a magic number of 1, its time to wind down for the offseason.

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by DJCahill on Sep 29, 2009 7:12 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

but they can still clinch second!!

then we can all chant “we’re number two!”

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by rentz on Oct 1, 2009 4:23 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Well....

If Hamiton can’t stay healthy, that might fix the outfield situation with Murphy, Barbon, Byrd and Cruz, with Murphy splitting time with the other three.

by Ryan2907 on Sep 29, 2009 10:29 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs