Josh Hamilton shattered Bobby Abreu's first round Homerun Derby record with 28 tatters. - MLB - Texas Rangers - Josh Hamilton video.aol.com

Josh Hamilton beats the previous record (24 by Bobby Abreu) for home runs during the 2008 home run derby. - MLB - Texas Rangers - Josh Hamilton video.aol.com

By rss@youtube.com (elevateonline) In the fight of your life, how many times do you get knocked down before you find yourself too weak to throw another punch? Making more money than ever imaginable, suddenly everything Josh Hamilton knew and loved was taken away in an instant. When the rush and adrenaline of his spot in profes...

By rss@youtube.com (nytorcle) Josh Hamilton signing autographs before the game in April 2008. Author: nytorcle Keywords: Josh Hamilton Texas Rangers Home Run Derby The Natural Hambone Dream Added: February 18, 2009

By rss@youtube.com (AssociatedPress) President highlighted his eight-year record in reducing drug use while surrounded by law enforcement, religious leaders and one of baseball's most famous comeback stories: recovering addict and Texas Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton. (Dec. 11)

By rss@youtube.com (AssociatedPress) Josh Hamilton, a former No. 1 overall draft pick, descended into a cocaine addiction that nearly destroyed his career. In his book "Beyond Belief" Hamilton discusses his dozens of indelible tattoos, and his comeback with the Texas Rangers. (Oct. 19)

By rss@youtube.com (AssociatedPress) The AP's Ben Walker interviews Josh Hamilton of the Texas Rangers. In his new book "Beyond Belief," the former No. 1 draft pick of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays discusses his remarkable comeback from drug addiction back to the Major Leagues. (Oct. 18)

Unknown length - 2008-10-04 Raleigh's own MLB slugger for the Texas Rangers joined Mike and Dave in The Fan's studios.

By rss@youtube.com (excelvir) Top of the 9th Michael Young flies out to right fielder Ryan Sweeney. One out. Josh Hamilton strikes out on foul tip. Two out. Author: excelvir Keywords: Oakland A's Athletics Texas Rangers Josh Hamilton MLB Baseball Added: September 25, 2008

By rss@youtube.com (excelvir) Top of the 7th Josh Hamilton strikes out swinging. Michael Young steals (10) 2nd base. One out. Author: excelvir Keywords: Oakland A's Athletics Texas Rangers Josh Hamilton MLB Baseball Added: September 23, 2008

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By rss@youtube.com (excelvir) Bottom of the 5th Kurt Suzuki flies out to center field Josh Hamilton. Ryan Sweeney to 3rd. One out. Author: excelvir Keywords: Oakland A's Athletics Kurt Suzuki Texas Rangers MLB Baseball Added: September 22, 2008

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By rss@youtube.com (040702) Josh Hamilton flies out to the centerfielder. Author: 040702 Keywords: Baseball Josh Hamilton Texas Rangers Added: September 9, 2008

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44 sec - 2008-09-04 Big Papi's 6 RBIs and 2 HRs (should have been 3) vaulted the BoSox past the Rangers in possibly the wildest game of the season. - MLB - Boston Red Sox - Josh Hamilton - Ian Kinsler - Michael Young - David "Big Papi" Ortiz - Dustin Pedroia - Jonathan Papelbon - Jacoby Ellsbury

7 min - 2008-09-04 Awed is an understatement. And: What about ARod's handling of the Madonna saga? - MLB - Texas Rangers - Josh Hamilton - Alex Rodriguez

7 min - 2008-09-04 Josh Hamilton has gone into drug rehab 8 times since 2003. Now he leads the AL in HRs, RBIs, and BA. Don't get any ideas. - MLB - Texas Rangers - Josh Hamilton

By Adam J. Morris The next deadline is December 12, which is the deadline for tendering arbitration to non-free-agent players.  The Rangers' group of arb-eligibles consists of Scott Feldman, Josh Hamilton, Frankie Francisco, C.J. Wilson, Dustin Nippert, Brandon McCarthy, and Esteban German, and ever...

By Adam J. Morris 2 months ago: Texas Rangers batter Josh Hamilton tosses his helmet after striking out swinging in the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

By Adam J. Morris But that was before Josh Hamilton and Chris Davis tanked, before the catchers decided not to hit, and before the weak offense derailed the Rangers 2009 playoffs hopes.  That was before I realized the Rangers need more offense, and aren't really in a position to deal bats away.

By Adam J. Morris All these years where we've lamented, if only the Rangers had league-average pitching. Michael Young -- 21.3 runs above average Ian Kinsler -- 7.8 runs above average Josh Hamilton hasn't hit. And so the 2009 Rangers aren't a playoff team.

By grantlovesbaseball(noreply@blogger.com) TR: Hank Blalock is a free agent at the end of the season. If the Rangers don’t re-sign him, I think that will take care of that issue. Me: Do you think Josh Hamilton should move to one of the corner outfield spots long term? If so, who’s the Rangers’ center fielder of the future?

By grantlovesbaseball(noreply@blogger.com) Me: Do you think Josh Hamilton should move to one of the corner outfield spots long term? If so, who’s the Rangers’ center fielder of the future? Anthony: That’s right but I did get to watch all three of the Cubs/Rangers games here at the ballpark two years ago, so that was kind of like my World...

Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton is already running on a treadmill and expects to resume baseball activities in about 10 days after surgery to repair of his abdominal muscle.

By grantlovesbaseball(noreply@blogger.com) Top of the 3rd - Cesar Ramos pitching: Josh Hamilton – Josh pushed one to left field for a double. Nelson Cruz – Nelson hit a sac fly. David Murphy – David got a 3-1 count, and then hit an RBI sac fly. Score: Rangers 5, Padres 0 Chris Davis – Chris forced a 3-2 count and then got a walk.

By grantlovesbaseball(noreply@blogger.com) I asked 15 players a poll question this week. The following players participated: Josh Hamilton, CJ Wilson, Kevin Millwood, Ian Kinsler, Doug Mathis, Chris Davis, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Scott Feldman, Kris Benson, Thomas Diamond, Justin Smoak, Derek Holland, Jason Jennings, Blake...

Rangers infielders and outfielders don’t have to report to Surprise until Feb. 15, but Hamilton wants to try and improve his overall fitness. Despite hitting 32 home runs and driving in an American League-best 130 runs, Hamilton wore down in the season’s final months.

Texas Rangers The O shined, led by the probably soon-to-be-departed Milton Bradley, and holdovers like Ian Kinsler, who took another big step forward, Chris Davis, who emerged as a serious power threat in a half season, and Josh Hamilton, who enjoyed a major breakthrough.

By Joey Matschulat With a 23-30 record over the season’s final two months, the Rangers finish under .500 for the fourth year in a row and eighth out of the last nine. Josh Hamilton, Milton Bradley, and Ian Kinsler all place in the league’s top 10 in VORP, but their pitching is so offensive—last in the majors in com...

By Joey Matschulat ● Had Taylor Teagarden accumulated the requisite 100 plate appearances needed to qualify, he would have placed second in the PrOPS+ department (.058). Milton Bradley (.025), Chris Davis (.024), Josh Hamilton (.015), David Murphy (.014), Gerald Laird (.009), Hank Blalock (-.003) and Ramon Va...

By Joey Matschulat ● Josh Hamilton is the fifth Ranger in franchise history to claim the American League RBI title, thanks in no small part to John Danks’ eight magnificent shutout innings against the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday evening to claim Game 163 and the AL Central title. Justin Morneau came within a s...

By Joey Matschulat Quick Hits: Blalock’s third-inning double on Saturday evening was the Rangers’ 374th double of 2008, denoting a new all-time Major League record…Josh Hamilton has begun to modify his batting stance with the intention of making his swing “simpler”…injured right-hander Jason Jennin...

By Joey Matschulat Dallas Morning News: Texas Rangers rout Angels, 12-1 Dallas Morning News: Texas Rangers’ focus shifts to coaching staff “He ain’t going to give that up,” Washington said. “Not in that ballpark.” Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Best yet to come from Texas Rangers star Josh Hamilton

By Adam J. Morris If you could swing a deal to land Hardy, then I think you can bring back either Milton Bradley or Blalock to DH, roll with Josh Hamilton in center until Julio Borbon is ready and the Murphy/Byrd/Cruz combo in the outfield corners.  You've got one area where you are probably weak defensively -...

By grantlovesbaseball(noreply@blogger.com) Scott Feldman walked by and said hello.) Me: Do you like pitching or hitting better? Why? Me: I pitch in little league and I like pitching better. Josh: Do you? Josh: Cool. Me: 9-2. Josh: Right. Hitting was kind of tough. It was just kind of weird. We’ll see how good their pitching is this time.

By Joey Matschulat Quick Hits: Josh Hamilton (fatigue, absceessed tooth) could get the day off on Sunday…David Murphy (strained right knee) abstained from physical activity for a second consecutive day on Saturday due to swelling in the knee; he’s still approximately a week away from returning…Ian Kin...

By Joey Matschulat Quick Hits: Joaquin Arias, Michael Young, and Milton Bradley all contributed three-hit efforts along with Cruz; Texas ultimately pounded home 19 hits, their best showing since August 12th in Boston…Josh Hamilton reportedly got into a “semi-heated pregame batting-practice exchan...

By Joey Matschulat Update: Silver has released Part II this morning, with Josh Hamilton registering at number 21: ● And finally, those of you interested in hearing team president Nolan Ryan’s lengthy interview in its entirety with Randy Galloway and Chuck Cooperstein on ESPN 103.3 FM on Thursday afternoo...

By Joey Matschulat Is it the grizzled veteran shortstop (Michael Young), Tuesday evening’s real All-Star Game hero with the 15th-inning walk-off sacrifice fly? Perhaps the dynamic center fielder (Josh Hamilton), who gave Yankee Stadium the ultimate sendoff with his unforgettable effort in Monday’s...

By Joey Matschulat Rangers Major League Player of the Month - Josh Hamilton 115 AB, .322/.360/.617, 8 HR, 29 RBI, 161 OPS+ First Runner-Up: Vicente Padilla (35.2 IP, 33 H, 16 BB, 35 K, 3.53 ERA, 1.37 WHIP) Second Runner-Up: Joaquin Benoit (16.1 IP, 13 H, 5 BB, 13 K, 2.20 ERA, 1.10 WHIP) ● Texas is six games back again. Uh-oh.

By Adam J. Morris It occurred to me yesterday that the Rangers have sucked in day games this season...but then I figured, well, it is probably my imagination.  But no...the Rangers are 5-12 in day games this year.   And Randy Galloway likes Josh Hamilton.  And David Murphy.

By Joey Matschulat ● Vicente Padilla (5 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 2 BB) will have better days, as will Jamey Wright (0.2 IP, 1 H, 2 ER, 2 BB), and Frank Francisco (1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB) and…erm…Joaquin Benoit (2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2 BB). And finally, one more Josh Hamilton interview for your enjoyment.

By Joey Matschulat Well-noted Ranger killer Vladimir Guerrero led off the top of the fifth inning by skying a lofty fly ball to center field, which was badly misjudged by Josh Hamilton - who later attributed the defensive miscue to the unpredictable wind patterns at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington - and cons...

By Joey Matschulat The club also held a variety of Q&A sessions throughout the day, with the docket of speakers including general manager Jon Daniels, manager Ron Washington, hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo, shortstop Michael Young and center fielder Josh Hamilton, who undoubtedly had the most enthr...

By Joey Matschulat For one day at least, there will be little talk of Roger Clemens or Brian McNamee here at Baseball Time in Arlington. Now, on to assorted Rangers stuff: ● Baseball America’s Jim Callis touched on the always buzz-inducing Josh Hamilton trade on Tuesday:

By Joey Matschulat As it so happens, outfielder Josh Hamilton may not be the only member of the 2007 Cincinnati Reds to be joining the 2008 Texas Rangers. …] …] Rangers Question Please! TEXAS: A couple of Rangers questions, What is your take on the Hamilton/Volquez trade and what is your take on the state of the...