shysterball.blogspot.com - 6/21/2008
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Reader Charles Kitchen writes in with an ethical dilemma: I loved Josh Hamilton. I loved the story, loved the struggle, loved the triumph. And then this stuff with the agent came out, most of which I saw at ShysterBall. Now, I am going to see all three Texas games this weekend in D.C. and I had been planning on putting my Nationals fandom aside and cheering for him. However, I now think I ...
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Josh Hamilton Does Not Fuck with the Jesus
crashburnalley.com —
... decisions based on their imaginary friends. Hamilton is a great story and all, but his decision to fire Sosnick has dropped his score on the likability scale a great deal, considering that Sosnick has been at Hamilton’s side for the whole ride. We often hear of the selfishness of sports agents, but if IIATMS has portrayed Sosnick accurately, he is clearly an exception to the rule. Is Hamilton now boo-able? Someone was curious about it and asked Craig Calcaterra at ShysterBall. Craig made a lot of good points , but I’ll quote the most prudent point: […] let us remember that no ...
THT Daily:THT Daily: Free Falling
The Hardball Times —
... left the game early with a gimpy knee. He's hitting .285 over his last ten games. As slumps go that's pretty minor, but you have to think that the heat and the fact that he doesn't get rested much could be catching up with him. While we're talking about Hamilton, I wanted to reprint a comment an anonymous commenter recently made in that " to boo or not to boo Hamilton " thread from the other day: At Spring Training in Surprise this year, the Giants blew off my kids, age 9 & 11 when they went autograph hunting on Easter Sunday after the Giants/Rangers played. Josh Hamilton ...
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dugoutcentral.com 6/20/2008 — Great article on Brien Taylor, Grant Hill Len Bias and others who should have been greats - and comparing it to Josh Hamilton who's made an amazing comeback.
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hardballtimes.com 6/20/2008 — I don't know if you've followed the story of Josh Hamilton and his agent (I haven't), but it's resulted in an ethical dilemma for one fan, who did the natural thing: He asked Shysterball what he should do .
The "Hamilton situation" has been covered nicely by It is about the Money, Stupid . Hamilton recently fired his agent because he had a dream in which Jesus told him to . The timing is ...
Josh Hamilton Does Not F with the Jesus
crashburnalley.com 6/21/2008 — Major League Baseball’s legitimate triple crown threat — a former heroin addict — was advised by Jesus in a dream to fire his agent Matt Sosnick. Seeing as how Hamilton does not F with the Jesus, he followed instructions and dropped Sosnick.
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NYT > Baseball 6/18/2008
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Josh Hamilton put Texas ahead to stay with his American League-best 19th homer and Milton Bradley added a two-run single on which he got hurt in the Rangers' 7-5 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday night. >
