Josh Hamilton is not winning friends and influencing people, at least not in Texas. He ought to plan on flying into Texas next time he plays here, because his bridges into Dallas-Fort Worth may now be burned
Hats off to Texas Ranger Josh Hamilton, the AL leader in All-Star votes when the teams were announced yesterday, for the game that will be played in Kansas City on July 10. Here’s a look at all the news from MLB this week:
How 'bout them Rangers, and how 'bout Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton! This guy is awesome, right? He hit four home runs in his team’s 10-3 win against the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards on Tuesday night. Hamilton became the 16th player in Major League Baseball history to accomplish the feat, and the first since Carlos Delgado of the Toronto Blue Jays, back in '03.
Leading the charge in the Rangers’ victory, Hamilton’s four homers were all two-run homers: two off Orioles’ starter Jake Arrieta in the first and third innings; one off Zach Phillips in the seventh, and one off Daniel O’Day in the eighth. Rangers’ shortstop Elvis Andrus was on base for every home run.
Watch Hamilton’s homer explosions in the video below:
In her first public statement regarding the tragedy, Jenny Stone, the widow of the firefighter who fell to his death at a Texas Rangers game last week, thanked the Rangers organization, and said that Rangers star Josh Hamiliton remains her son's favorite player.
Her husband, Shannon Stone, who was attending the game with their six-year old son Cooper, was trying to catch a ball tossed to him by Hamilton when he tumbled over the railing at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.
A man died at the Oakland A's-Texas Rangers game Thursday night in Arlington, Texas when he fell 20 feet over the left field wall while trying to catch a ball.
The victim, identified as Shannon Stone, had reached over a rail to grab a foul ball thrown into the stands by Rangers' star Josh Hamilton in the second inning. Stone, who was in the lower level with his son, tumbled into an area behind a wall near a scoreboard.
