I'm sick of it. I've heard the same shit over and over the past year. "Josh Hamilton is a great story, he should be everybody's favorite player. He is a great human being." Fuck that. A great human being wouldn't have became a heroin addict in the first place! He brought those problems on himself, and it's not that great of story. Why not talk about the 99% of players who weren't heroin addicts! We got to hear how insipirational his home run derby performance was. Yea, somebody hitting home runs in batting practice with juiced baseballs is great. And now he has a book out. Hey, at least if my career path doesn't work out I can become a heroin addict and write a book.
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It's a feel-good story no matter how you look at it. Addiction is a disease, kid. The story isn't that he blew it in the first place, it's that he overcame the usually crippling problem and became one of the best players in the league.
ReplyDeleteWell, Shields is definitely going over the top about 4 months too late on this subject.
ReplyDeleteamen, 35th and shields.
ReplyDeletei hate to be that guy, but imagine if Hamilton was black. a) would people be applauding his comeback? and b) would he have even been given the chance to comeback?