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It happens
Never has a drink shaken a teeming metropolis to its core.You would have thought Josh Hamilton fell to his death from atop the Empire State Building the way local TV were reporting his apparent relapse into debauchery and drink this week at a Sherlock's in Dallas.
The reporting, to say the least, was and is sketchy. Early reports were that Ian Kinsler and Hamilton were pounding drink after drink.
Immediately, my wife and I questioned the main details of the early reports. No way Kinsler was out boozing it up with Hamilton. Granted, I don't know Kinsler and most people don't. But he's a family guy, someone that's never gotten into a lick of hot water and a team leader. The implication that Kinsler was an accessory to Hamilton's "binge" or "relapse" was pretty irresponsible, I thought.
Outside of battling the array of details, there's no real story here. This is not a surprise. Anyone that knows anything about addiction knows that addicts are addicted. Hamilton's screw up before. He screwed up this week. He's going to screw up some more in his life.
I guess the question is about the Texas Rangers and the quandary surrounding whatever extension they might sign Hamilton to. Clearly, Hamilton's skeletons in the closet existed before the incident this week. It's not like overnight the Rangers are scared off.
Still, it provokes the media and public to chime in and rattle their pitchforks and lanterns as they attempt to cage the monster. By all accounts, Hamilton's relapsed twice in the time he's been a Texas Ranger. The bigger issue -- by a mile -- is his health. Do you sign a guy that misses 50 games a year to a long-term contract? Alcohol and drugs, probably, are the least of the Rangers' worries.
As it is, everything is OK. Hamilton's not going to miss the season (unless there's a billion other things going on in private). He's not dead. He's just a dumb human being. Who can hit. And play centerfield.
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