Speaking of Josh Hamilton

Posted on May 28th, 2008 11:30am by Tim Rogers
Filed under Local News

Holy cow. Did you know this guy used to do drugs? (Kidding aside, it’s a story for the ages, really.)

19 comments

  1. Wilonsky broke this story.

    @ 11:52 am on May 28, 2008

  2. Yet if somebody broke a story on baseball but nobody cared about it in the first place, would it make a sound?

    @ 11:55 am on May 28, 2008

  3. actually, newberg broke the story. And its a good article.

    @ 12:09 pm on May 28, 2008

  4. I will go out on a limb, Eric, and say that Sports Illustrated broke this story.

    @ 12:16 pm on May 28, 2008

  5. A crack dealer that takes checks? Baseball players get all the perks.

    @ 12:20 pm on May 28, 2008

  6. The guy has flames tattooed on his arm. Because his arm is that fast!

    @ 12:20 pm on May 28, 2008

  7. Thanks for posting this, Tim. It’s probably the best sports-related story I’ve ever read. Really good stuff.

    @ 12:43 pm on May 28, 2008

  8. Actually, Tim, I think the Washington Post was the first to write an in-depth story on Josh Hamilton’s comeback way back in February, 2007. Dave Sheinin wrote it and it’s a great piece of work. My story appeared in January of this year, before Hamilton played a game for the Rangers. I realize sometimes D overlooks things that happen, well, right under their nose, so I thought i’d be helpful and post the link to the DMN story readers could have gotten five months ago: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/stories/012708dnspowebrangersz.218a1b6.html

    @ 1:07 pm on May 28, 2008

  9. Wow. And here I was, just trying to draw Big Bob offsides with a hard count (successful; thank you, game tape), and suddenly the estimable Evan Grant is in the backfield. How did that happen?

    Just for the record: Not only did we all read Evan’s story, we decided it precluded a Josh Hamilton profile, because it was so good. And Tim, dumb as he is, did try to make a subtle joke, as in, “Hey, did you know Josh Hamilton did drugs?” (Which is why the next sentence begins, “Kidding aside…”.)

    Evan: Love you, miss you, mean it.

    @ 1:23 pm on May 28, 2008

  10. Good story, Evan. I didn’t read it back then, because your newspaper was using such a tiny font, and the colors didn’t catch my eye, but now I’m hooked!

    PS: More charts and graphs please!

    @ 1:25 pm on May 28, 2008

  11. what’s a newspaper?

    ps: will they play this baseball thingy at the new Cowboys universe, too?

    @ 1:30 pm on May 28, 2008

  12. i drafted fort worth’s brad hawpe and arlington’s hunter pence in the 10th and 13th rounds of my fantasy league and hamilton was still on the board…dumb dumb stoopid i am

    i’m in last place and dude that stole josh in the 16th round is in 1st

    to understate the obvious, hamilton is a great great talent and i hope we can watch him stay sober forever and play CF for the strangers for the next 10+ years

    @ 1:31 pm on May 28, 2008

  13. Speaking of hooked, nice bonefish, Evan!

    @ 1:33 pm on May 28, 2008

  14. Yes, Evan has himself a nice bonefish. He is the Josh Hamilton of the Abaco Islands. Well, except for the drug part. Or the tattoo thing. But comeback kid? Texas Sportswriter of the Year. Yes, yes, yes.

    @ 2:28 pm on May 28, 2008

  15. A Texas Ranger finally makes the cover of Sports Illustated and they don’t even show his face? What kind of cover photo is that?

    And we should all be glad the Yankees and Mets both suck this year, or else the Hamilton story would never see the cover in (NY)SI.

    @ 3:32 pm on May 28, 2008

  16. Like Hamilton, I hope the bonefish got a second chance, too. If not, Evan is species bigot.

    @ 5:03 pm on May 28, 2008

  17. Fish still swims.

    @ 5:09 pm on May 28, 2008

  18. Looks like that dude caught Evan.

    @ 5:42 pm on May 28, 2008

  19. jeez. Now I know why DMNs site traffic is up whatever percent. All the FB links to it!

    @ 9:15 pm on May 29, 2008