Orange County Register: Josh Hamilton: 'I'm dying today'

[AngelsWin.com]

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Josh Hamilton's sore shoulder has gotten bad enough that he had two more cortisone injections on Tuesday, which weren't providing any immediate relief on Wednesday."I'm dying today," Hamilton said Wednesday afternoon. "I got a...

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[DowningRules]

That's not good.  He needs to be saved.

[QuinlansMinion]

He should DH when he comes back.  

[Lhalo]

That's not good.  He needs to be saved.

According to his testimony he's been saved.

[Kenny]

Man, I was really hoping he'd get another shot to destroy the non-baseball town.

[Stradling]

In before Claude says, "Good"

[DowningRules]

In before Claude says, "Good"

 

We won't be hearing from Claude for quite some time.

[Ohtaniland]

In before Claude says, "Good"

 

Just pull the plug.

 

[laagamer]

This deal continues to go well 

[Guest]

This dude needs to buy a can of Copenhagen and go out to a bar and get laid like old times. That Josh Hamilton was an MVP. 

 

This Josh Hamilton is a boring decaf drinking neck bearded slob. Get it together. 

[Ohtaniland]

All aboard.....

 

 

[bloodbrother]

Well, what's Trout waiting for? He needs to bring him back to life with his divine touch

[tomsred]

[JoJo26]

Not trying to pile on...well... yes I am since Hamilton's last game September 4th, the Angels have scored:

7

8

14

12

and 9 runs...that's 50 runs in 10 games...FIFTY!

 

I don't think that's a co-wink-a-dinky...Hamilton's bad one pitch at bats have stalled potential rallies.

 

Hamilton must sit...and that doesn't mean giving him the Steve Finely treatment in the playoffs. He's bad. He's a shell. It's Arte's fault. Cut the line...

[EDinTUSTIN]

All aboard.....

 

LOL

[YouthofToday]

I hope rest calms down inflammation and a shot will help him be effective in October.

[UndertheHalo]

I just find it amazing how much better we've been without him.  When we signed him, who thought it was possible that it would go this badly, seriously.  The Hamilton signing has been an unmitigated disaster of the Gary Mathews Jr. order( even worse) i mean at this point in October, even if he is healthy, do we start him ? I seriously have my doubts.  Cowgill has been much much better.  The other side of this of course is that Howie will not keep up his current rampage and that has been a big part of this current run explosion. 

Edited September 11, 2014 by UndertheHalo

[Halos of Anaheim]

Lets be real here, the second he feels ''fine'' he'll be slotted in at the 4th spot. Hopefully by then Howie's hot streak cools down and Cowgill starts to come back down to earth so Hamilton's presence at the top of the lineup doesn't sting as bad.

[SoCALkid]

I have a feeling all the hatred is going to turn around come October. I also have the feeling he will be the saving grace in a game or two in the post.

[ten ocho recon scout]

To be fair, in terms of our latest offense without him, weve been kicking the shit out of pretty bad teams. Thats got more to do with it.

But i do agree that hamilton has hurt the team batting 4th. He should probably bat 6th, mayyyybe keep howie (while hot) batting 4th and iannetta 5th.

[Inside Pitch]

To be fair, in terms of our latest offense without him, weve been kicking the shit out of pretty bad teams. Thats got more to do with it.

 

 

And facing a bunch of former/possibly future Cy Youngs and top tier pitchers right after the ASB had more to do with that offensive malaise than people wanted to admit.  Offenses go hot and cold and a lot of it has to do with who they are facing at the time.   When it's all said and done the Angels offense is legit, even the numbers with runners on base and in RISP were more of a statistical blip than a true lack of ability.   The Halos currently have a .771 OPS with runners on, and .753 with RISP. 

After all the hand wringing about the offense disappearing in the second half the Halos have now scored 227 runs the second half -- 4th best in the AL and 5th best in MLB.

[yk9001]

Not trying to pile on...well... yes I am since Hamilton's last game September 4th, the Angels have scored:

7

8

14

12

and 9 runs...that's 50 runs in 10 games...FIFTY!

 

I don't think that's a co-wink-a-dinky...Hamilton's bad one pitch at bats have stalled potential rallies.

 

Hamilton must sit...and that doesn't mean giving him the Steve Finely treatment in the playoffs. He's bad. He's a shell. It's Arte's fault. Cut the line...

 

 

Is that 50 runs in five games?

[Angel Oracle]

And now...58 runs in 6 games

[DB24]

 

Josh on Ron Washington…

 

The excitement he brought,” Hamilton said. “He was always very enthusiastic, always on your side and encouraging, so you always want to play for a guy like that.”

 

Is that a shot Scioscia?