Great Read!!

[AJ the TP Guru]

Did anyone say they hated him??? Anyone?

Man, if you can't see the hate there, I can't help you.

[Dale Moser]

I don't need any help. He copied and pasted an article from an Anaheim newspaper for the love of cheerios!

I'm glad he's not playing well because he plays for the angels......no one hates the dude.

[Tmag]

With that kind of hitting I'd be glad he left and saved the team $125 mil for a no hitting batter.

Hope he gets himself up out of that cellar soon.

[AJ the TP Guru]

That "slump" is about to have a birthday.



The problem is he quit late last July, and the season wasn't over until September.

It didn't help that he then proceeded to run his mouth about the Rangers, and their fans. Then he let that wife of his talk at his press conference and spread her version of idiocy.

Guess I missed this one, but I do now see why you can't see the hate - you too are a hater.

Rhetorical (look it up) questions here:

Why would a pro ballplayer quit on a team in July when he was scheduled to become a free agent after the season? Why would he want to diminish his value by hitting poorly? And if indeed he did quit, why wouldn't he be able to find his groove once he hooked on with another team?

I'm personally glad he's not with the Rangers now (but apparently not for the same reasons you are).

Martin and Gentry have gotten a lot of playing time they otherwise wouldn't have. This may become very important if MLB follows through on their proposed illicit drug suspensions later this season as has been reported. One or the other would then need to play right field.

Murphy has also benefited from Hamilton's absence. Gone from a part-timer to a very important cog. When he himself hit a slump, so did the team.

Hmmmmm..... another rhetorical question: did Murph "quit"? If so, wonder why he decided to start playing well again? I'll bet they offered him more money under the table, you think?

[Lonestar63]

Hamilton is a quitter.

He knew regardless of how well he performed at the end of the season he would receive a contract well over 100 million this year.

I think he quit trying at the plate, in the outfield, and in his clubhouse. From what I've heard more than one teammate was glad to be rid of him.

You see it in other sports as well, such as the NFL, where a player gets a huge contract, and then is never the same. Look at guys like Jerry Rice, Michael Irvin, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan. They never eased up. In fact, the older they got the harder they worked. That's why they all played well past their prime.

Josh Hamilton is a natural talent, perhaps one of the best to come along. He's been told his whole life how great he is, but i believe he is a bit lazy, and doesn't work as hard as he used to.

After watching him last year, and that i don't give a **** attitude and that **** eating grin of his after every strike out, I'm glad he's gone....

[Dale Moser]

First off, I don't need you to tell me what I do, and don't hate. My mother taught me better than to hate people and I try my best not to. I certainly wouldn't "hate" someone over a baseball team.

Secondly, well I don't have my dictionary with me, and clearly am not educated enough to converse with your pretentious old ***. But for now we'll pretend that I don't know what rhetorical means and answer just one question.

Why would a pro ballplayer quit on a team in July when he was scheduled to become a free agent after the season?

A perplexing question for sure. Another one would be what kind of pro ball player (that's two words btw) would quit on his team, having been drafted #1 and drawn comparisons to Mickey Mantle, so that he could pursue a life filled with cocaine, meth, pills, heroin, etc.....when he was certainly poised to make tens of millions with his next contract? And then what kind of player after having survived all the drugs and booze, been given a 2nd chance by his family, a team, and MLB, would then go out to a bar and get loaded knowing full well that it could cost him everything he has........twice???

I'll tell you why, because he's a QUITTER. Some of his teammates said as much, albeit off the record, and anyone who watched a game late last year could tell it.

Look it up, huh....that's rich coming from the "guru" of an imaginary condition fostered by those who can't shoot.....or does that stand for toilet paper? Nevermind, consider that a rhetorical question.

[Smart]

First off, I don't need you to tell me what I do, and don't hate. My mother taught me better than to hate people and I try my best not to. I certainly wouldn't "hate" someone over a baseball team.

Secondly, well I don't have my dictionary with me, and clearly am not educated enough to converse with your pretentious old ***. But for now we'll pretend that I don't know what rhetorical means and answer just one question.



A perplexing question for sure. Another one would be what kind of pro ball player (that's two words btw) would quit on his team, having been drafted #1 and drawn comparisons to Mickey Mantle, so that he could pursue a life filled with cocaine, meth, pills, heroin, etc.....when he was certainly poised to make tens of millions with his next contract? And then what kind of player after having survived all the drugs and booze, been given a 2nd chance by his family, a team, and MLB, would then go out to a bar and get loaded knowing full well that it could cost him everything he has........twice???

I'll tell you why, because he's a QUITTER. Some of his teammates said as much, albeit off the record, and anyone who watched a game late last year could tell it.

Look it up, huh....that's rich coming from the "guru" of an imaginary condition fostered by those who can't shoot.....or does that stand for toilet paper? Nevermind, consider that a rhetorical question.

[AJ the TP Guru]

Ok, how about we agree to disagree about Hamilton. I simply can't see the "quitting" thing, although obviously you are not the only one who claims to be able to see it.

I follow the Rangers pretty closely, but do not recall any rumors about teammates saying he quit on them.

As for target panic only happening to guys who can't shoot, well, I've got a few former world champion archers in my stable who would beg to differ with you. One 5-time world champ appears on my REVIEWS page (sorry, TBH rules prohibit a hotlink). A number of TBHers might also differ on that opinion.

[Swampa]

Hamilton quit on the team last year. Make no mistake about it. Anyone that halfway watches the Rangers knew this.

[rossivey]

Hamilton quit on the team last year. Make no mistake about it. Anyone that halfway watches the Rangers knew this.

Depends on what Half of the season they watched

[mjhaverkamp]

Hamilton quit on the team last year. Make no mistake about it. Anyone that halfway watches the Rangers knew this.

I would have to agree with this, I am also going to give Dale a 10 for his response.