Josh Hamilton Report

[Chuck]

 

From our Salt Lake Bees Correspondent, Rick Dykhuizen

 

Josh looked good tonight (he was wearing a large padded glove while running the bases), he went 2-4 with a ground rule double and didn't look like his thumb was bothering him at all. Josh didn't have the best plate discipline tonight, but he was probably a little too eager being this was his first game back. Josh hit the ball, second pitch, past the second baseman for a single in his first at bat. His second at bat was a little different as he swung at a pitch way out of the zone for the first strike. Took a ball on the second pitch and almost swung out his shoes on the third pitch. The last pitch he hit to the second baseman, but was able to reach on a fielding error. His third at bat, Josh waited for a pitch to hit and drove the ball deep to right-center that eventually bounced over the wall for a ground rule double. Josh's last at bat saw him hit a routine grounder to short stop for an out.

 

Josh had some really good swings tonight and looks like he might continue the hot streak he had when placed on the DL.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

I hope that there isn't much of a lag when he returns to the club. He was finally off to the start we all envisioned when he suffered this fluke injury.

[Chuck]

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[Taylor]

Thanks for the thumbary.

[Chris]

HamilTON!!!

[Dave Saltzer]

Great report Rick! Hopefully you can keep the money coming over the weekend.

[TooCool]

Appreciate the report! He looks weird in that Bees uniform.

[Spirit]

Nice report, Rick.  

 

Were the Bees fans geeked up to see him?  I was considering driving to SLC this weekend to see a game.

[wopphil]

Good to see he still looks roided out. I had been concerned that he would deflate with the time off.

Edited May 23, 2014 by wopphil

[CanadianHalo]

Thanks.

Back when the injury took place we all kind of agreed if we could play .500 ball until he got back we'd put ourselves in a good position. Well we're 6 up and can't be any worse than 3 up when he gets back. Really excited about this teams potential.... Again

[Chuck]

Thanks.

Back when the injury took place we all kind of agreed if we could play .500 ball until he got back we'd put ourselves in a good position. Well we're 6 up and can't be any worse than 3 up when he gets back. Really excited about this teams potential.... Again

Well said!

[Ohtaniland]

What remains to be seen is his hand strength and if he can throw a baseball with authority and accuracy. He was the DH last night so I'm just wondering why he wasn't playing in the OF.

Edited May 23, 2014 by Hamiltown

[Lou]

I'm guessing it's because it was his first game back after a long layoff

[rdykhuizen]

Thanks for the kind words everyone.

Geoff- Josh got the loudest cheers I can remember anyone getting here. There's definitely a "buzz" in town right now

[Spirit]

What remains to be seen is his hand strength and if he can throw a baseball with authority and accuracy. He was the DH last night so I'm just wondering why he wasn't playing in the OF.

 

 

[TEvans]

Nice report, Rick.  

 

Were the Bees fans geeked up to see him?  I was considering driving to SLC this weekend to see a game.

 

Yes, local news have been amping it up and the Bees have put a lot of marketing efforts into this weekend.

[CanadianHalo]

@Alden_Gonzalez: Josh Hamilton was a late scratch for Triple-A Salt Lake tonight. Per @sluhm, was jammed on fastball last night and didn't feel right in BP.

FFFFFFFFF

[Butcher'd]

**** that sucks

[CanadianHalo]

@Alden_Gonzalez: Scioscia said Hamilton has discomfort in thumb from getting jammed. "Not overly concerned." Should return tomorrow. #Angels

[Richard]

and there it is.

[CanadianHalo]

@Alden_Gonzalez: As for a Monday return, which Hamilton was hoping for, Scioscia said, "we're going to take this one day at a time." #Angels

[Ohtaniland]

 

 

[TEvans]

There are a few unhappy patrons at the Bees game right now.

[Lou]

They deserve it for not reading AW.

[tdawg87]

He'll be back next thumber.