Breaking the Hamilton Impasse

[Dave Saltzer]

The article at the top of the thread is better than anything I've seen in the media.  Nicely done.

Thank you.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Seeking legal advice and lawyering up are entirely different things. I don't think anyone has a real problem with him getting legal advice. But winning on a technicality, and engaging in no act of contrition or public apology, is entirely different, especially after representing yourself to be anything but that kind of person. That's what I think has Arte the most upset.

 

The actions I have seen from Josh Hamilton during this whole fiasco are those of a man interested in protecting his own self interests above all else. As long as he skates with minimal damage to himself, he doesn't seem to care what effect his actions have on anyone else. It's this "I've got mine" mentality that puts a lot of people off and makes them unsympathetic to whatever is going on with him.

[Ohtaniland]

Seeking legal advice and lawyering up are entirely different things. I don't think anyone has a real problem with him getting legal advice. But winning on a technicality, and engaging in no act of contrition or public apology, is entirely different, especially after representing yourself to be anything but that kind of person. That's what I think has Arte the most upset.

A man that openly says he doesn't necessarily play for the fans has no claimed audience to apologize to. His apology carries no weight.

[mulwin444]

from the article:

 

If anything, the Angels—rather than Hamilton—might have run afoul of the Program by issuing remarkably harsh and unsympathetic statements following the arbitrator’s award. For instance, a spokesman on behalf of Angels president John Carpino bluntly remarked, “It defies logic that Josh's reported behavior is not a violation of his drug program.”

 

That is "remarkably harsh and unsympathetic"?

 

Huh.

Poor Joshy might have got his feewings hurt by the bad man...

[IEAngelsfan]

The actions I have seen from Josh Hamilton during this whole fiasco are those of a man interested in protecting his own self interests above all else. As long as he skates with minimal damage to himself, he doesn't seem to care what effect his actions have on anyone else. It's this "I've got mine" mentality that puts a lot of people off and makes them unsympathetic to whatever is going on with him.

I agree.  I guess the supposed integrity he has goes out the window when his money is threatened.