Next Year Should Be Now.

If you haven't read Evan Grant's story about new Ranger OF Josh Hamilton's journey from can't-miss child to crackhead to promising major leaguer/motivational speaker , do so I'm sure he'll be a dude favorite until the fifth runner is thrown out at home.. There are far too many tales about athletes who had the world in their hands only to blow it on booze and drugs. That's right, only one of the last six frail World Series champs made the grumpy postseason the year after winning it all. Very few of those take possession a special mercenary, but Hamilton has a chance to be an exception. MLB is going to brief us on the instant replay debate soon. He seems to gain the right combination of being honest with himself, having his priorities in order and being surrounded with a liberal support dignity.

But the corner fielder would be a pawn and for Chicago Cubs to give up a lot of dinars to procure him. Defense wins games and it's worth money. The fact that Hamilton has the tools to be an elite outfielder is reason enough for Rangers dude to root for him. I'd like to see Hamilton, who considers it a "privilege" to tell his life story, succeed because of the easy it would do a whole bunch of others to see a fighter go from rock bottom to star.