We still aren’t willing to write anything actually bad about Texas Rangers home run derby Hercules Josh Hamilton…but we aren’t quite prepared to pronounce him the ‘Comeback Player of All-Time’ as is a certain homosexual Chicago douchescribe.
Let’s remember the legion of previous athletes celebrated for overcoming their addictive demons only to eventually fall back down the powdery rabbit hole. Guys like Darryl Strawberry, Doc Gooden, Ricky Williams, Tim Raines, Brett Favre, Dennis Rodman, Keith Hernandez & Vida Blue (among hundreds, if not thousands, of others) are just a few high-profile jocks who have battled substance abuse and admittedly slipped on the rocky road to recovery.
Hell, even Steve Howe, Art Schlichter and Denny McLain were pronounced ‘recovered’ by the media at one point or another, and we all know how those stories collapsed through the years.
Another question begs to be asked…
Are we all so desperate for new MLB heroes that we are intentionally overlooking the monstrous distance these home runs traveled? Just because Josh Hamilton has proclaimed himself clean of mind altering substances, doesn’t mean he’s all of a sudden offering his blood for HGH scrutinization. Remember, Human Growth Hormone doesn’t ‘puffify’ your body the way anabolic steroids do.
If it were Bonds, McGwire or Sosa hitting these tape-measure bombs…71 year-old, feel-good pitcher or not…there would be some serious questions.
If Josh Hamilton is as clean as he claims…and we all hope he is…he will welcome ongoing questions about his sobriety and seemingly super-human strength.
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