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Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton, whose past struggles with drugs and alcohol are well-documented, reportedly suffered a relapse earlier this week. Hamilton reportedly drank alcohol in a local Dallas bar on Monday, though details of the relapse were unavailable.
The report, citing sources familiar with the situation, comes from Gerry Fraley of the Dallas Morning News. Fraley also notes this is the second time Hamilton relapsed, with a similar, but perhaps more serious, incident occurring in 2009.
This was Hamilton's second alcohol-related relapse in just over three years. In January, 2009, he drank to excess in a bar in Tempe, Ariz.
A day after that episode, Hamilton informed his family, the Rangers and Major League Baseball of what he had done. He passed a drug test that day and later participated in a MLB-mandated counseling program.
The Rangers are aware of the situation, but did not comment on the matter. It's unclear what comes next for Hamilton, who is set to become a free agent at the conclusion of the 2012 season.
For more on Hamilton and the Rangers, visit Lone Star Ball.
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I have a newfound respect for Ian Kinsler
for going to the bar just to get him to stop and go home. That’s a great teammate.
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"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev
by TheThinGwynn on Feb 3, 2012 3:04 AM EST reply actions
wow
did not hear that.
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by Ray Guilfoyle on Feb 3, 2012 6:31 AM EST up reply actions
It must be pretty damn hard
never to drink alcohol in a bar.
by aronofsky40 on Feb 3, 2012 4:41 AM EST reply actions
As the saying goes around 'the program',
“If you hang out in a barbershop long enough, you’re gonna get a haircut.”
www.FriarsOnCardboard.blogspot.com
"jbox does not drink coffee, as it makes him clean house big time." ~Kev
by TheThinGwynn on Feb 3, 2012 10:35 AM EST up reply actions
Disconnect
Why is the reaction to Josh Hamilton’s alcohol use so much more sympathetic than it has been to Miguel Cabrera?
by bdjeff42 on Feb 3, 2012 8:09 AM EST reply actions
different situations
Hamilton has admitted his problems and the need for help. Plus, he’s not getting arrested for what he’s doing and then downplaying the seriousness of it, like Cabrera.
by Stephen Suffron on Feb 3, 2012 8:14 AM EST up reply actions
Drinking and drinking and driving are not the same... so I guess that's part of it?
by aronofsky40 on Feb 3, 2012 8:22 AM EST up reply actions
One drives and gets into domestic disputes.
"Many people need desperately to receive this message: 'I feel and think much as you do, care about many of the things you care about, although most people do not care about them. You are not alone.'"
by U-God on Feb 3, 2012 9:31 AM EST up reply actions
One has owned up that he's an addict
and makes an honest and hard working attempt to stay clean and fight his demons. The other denies having a problem despite having numerous booze related situations with law enforcement.
by Yankees199 on Feb 3, 2012 1:07 PM EST up reply actions
Blanket response
I’ll grant the driving, but do we know how Josh Hamilton got home? Are we sure that Miguel Cabrera has never admitted that what he did was wrong? I remember him apologizing, getting counseling and stopping drinking, but then relapsed, and then he apologized, stopped drinking and had further counseling.
Which sounds like Hamilton.
Yes, he never said, “I’m an addict,” but is that really the difference here? Am I to assume that if Miguel Cabrera had said, “I’m an addict and working on it” he’d get the same reaction as Hamilton? That’s semantics and the facts don’t even seem to bear it out.
by bdjeff42 on Feb 3, 2012 4:12 PM EST up reply actions
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