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Josh Hamilton. So at some point today, Josh Hamilton will be named the American League Player of the Week. Sorry to ruin the suspense but is there any doubt? Plus it will give opportunity to speculate what will happen with Even the uninitiated should know that Joshua Holt Hamilton is a very skilled baseball player. [...]

ARLINGTON, Texas — Josh Hamilton's fourth home run last Tuesday barely had landed before his contract status became a hot topic (again) in the Metroplex and beyond. Understandably so. Hamilton arguably is the game's greatest talent and he can become a After hitting four home runs in one game, Hamilton had two more last night [...]

Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton (pictured below, left) and St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Carlos Beltran (below, right) are the hottest players on the planet. Even before Friday, their numbers for the week were phenomenal. Sitting in the newsroom Tuesday night, watching Josh Hamilton round the bases for the 4th time, we knew who the Ranger [...]

By Richard Durrett | ESPNDallas.com BALTIMORE — Texas Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton vowed Wednesday not to let any contract talk distract him from having a successful season. Less than 24 hours after becoming the 16th player to hit four home runs in This is what I imagine the game of baseball looks like through Josh [...]

By DAVID GINSBURG AP Sports Writer May 9, 2012 9:44AM Texas Rangers center fielder Josh Hamilton, center, walks off the field with left fielder David Murphy, left, and right fielder Nelson Cruz after a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/keithallison/7177699424/" title="Josh Hamilton by Keith Allison, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8006/7177699424_edbb01c958.jpg" width="500" height="407" alt="Josh Triple [...]

Tuesday night in Baltimore, Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton batted five times and came away with four homers and a double. That's one of them productive games, and for your convenience we have video of his feat. By Richard Durrett | ESPNDallas.com BALTIMORE — Texas Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton vowed Wednesday not to let any contract [...]

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer February 8, 2012 10:22AM FORT WORTH, Texas — Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton visited doctors for Major League Baseball and the players' association this week in New York Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton, recovering from alcohol and drug addictions, had a relapse this week in his quest to remain sober. The [...]

Josh Hamilton reportedly relapses. A ballplayer drinking in a bar would normally, of course, be a non-story, but given Josh Hamilton's history of substance abuse, he's been outspoken about avoiding drugs and alcohol. Last night brought us some terrible news about Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton. The Dallas Morning News reported that Hamilton was seen drinking [...]

Hamilton, who is set to become a free agent at the of the 2012 season, had reportedly wanted to get an extension agreed upon before the start of spring training. But now, after his second alcohol related relapse since coming to Texas, the organization by Justin Bopp on Feb 3, 2012 1:23 PM EST in [...]

Who else is uncomfortable with receiving an alert whenever someone sees Josh Hamilton take a drink? Who else is uncomfortable with receiving an alert whenever someone sees Josh Hamilton take a drink? Yet when a famous ballplayer like Josh Hamilton falls off the wagon like he did on Monday night, so many of us seem [...]