You don't have to be a baseball fan to be swept up in the excitement of the amazing display of power put on last night by Josh Hamilton at the All-Star Homerun Derby. The Texas Rangers slugger hit a record 28 homers in the first round before running out of gas losing to Minnesota's Justin Morneau in the finals. The crowd at Yankee Stadium went absolutely wild! Hamilton has turned out to be baseball's greatest reclamation project. The reformed heroin addict and alcoholic suddenly finds his career back on track with 21 homers and a major-league-leading 95 RBI this season -- and he's kinda hot too!
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A little Grady Sizemore please!
I was disappointed that he lost but I agree with the commentators, who said that noone will probably remember that Morneau won the HR Derby because of Josh Hamilton. Anyway, he looks like a meatier, hotter Cole Hauser.
I was impressed and was cheering for Hamilton all night long. I agree I don't think people will remember Morneau winning, they will remember the awesome comeback of Josh Hamilton.
I did have one small problem with everyone making Hamilton a "hero". He cleaned up his act, yes but that doesn't make him a hero.
drownedworld73: I TOTALLY agree about the hero thing. Isn't NOT becoming a heroin addict in the first place more heroic? :-)
Maybe, he's being hailed as a hero because he's so open about and using his newly found fame/celebrity to talk to anyone, especially kids about drug abuse.
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