Does Hamilton Even Care

[mancini79]

I wish people would stop caring in trying to figure out if Josh cares.

[seenoevil]

That is an inane and ignorant remark. 

So Hamilton home run today , he is exempted from his piss poor play in the 1st half of the season.

[Lifetime]

So Hamilton home run today , he is exempted from his piss poor play in the 1st half of the season.

How does that have anything to do with what has been said here? 

[SigBaby]

Just when you think this thread is done, it gets a second wind!

 

I think its on its 3rd or 4th wind

[mtangelsfan]

dude, have you ever dealt with theists?

 

LOL, watch out, the theists are coming!!!!!  Stay indoors on Sundays.

 

 

(and sometimes Saturdays, sorry tank)

[Lou]

I met Reggie Theist once.

[nate]

Hamilton doesn't care because of Jesus?  Lol, that is a new one.

 

I will never get how people think someone doesn't care based on outward emotion.

 

Also: like clockwork

[RenoHalo]

I met Reggie Theist once.

That Rebel was a bad muthaf-...

[Futch Winkleman]

He did have a longer career than Antonio McDeist.

 

Coincidence?

[SigBaby]

Hamilton doesn't care because of Jesus?  Lol, that is a new one.

 

I will never get how people think someone doesn't care based on outward emotion.

 

Also: like clockwork

I'm not sure how this jesus thing came up, but I would have thought that after being benched in favor for Harris and being pinch hit over by Brad Hawpe, Hamilton would at least be running hard down the line and making an effort to take pitches. Today he had some good ab's. Not just the homer, but the opposite field line drives

[Chuck]

Anyone notice a different countenance with Josh Hamilton tonight? He's had three good ab's in this game. Looks pissed in every AB. Awesome!

[desiderata]

He also had the luxury of facing Harang.

[nate]

He struck out looking and actually threw his helmet in disgust.  So I guess maybe he does care.

[Halos of Anaheim]

Anyone notice a different countenance with Josh Hamilton tonight? He's had three good ab's in this game. Looks pissed in every AB. Awesome!

And he K's back to back in the same inning. 

[fan_since79]

I think its on its 3rd or 4th wind

More like breaking wind.

[Lifetime]

And he K's back to back in the same inning.

Obviously because he doesn't care, God's plan and all. 

[Halos of Anaheim]

Obviously because he doesn't care, God's plan and all. 

His words, not mine.

[mtangelsfan]

this has got to be aw screen name number 60 by now.

[seenoevil]

He struck out looking and actually threw his helmet in disgust.  So I guess maybe he does care.

 

he must of read this thread lol

 

anything to wake him up.

[Mark68]

"Religious suffering is, at one and the same time, the expression of real suffering and a protest against real suffering. Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people."-Karl Marx

 

"Their so-called religion acts merely as an opiate: irritating, numbing, calming their pain out of weakness."-Novalis

 

"Marx was wrong--religion is not the opiate of the masses, baseball is."-Madalyn Murray O'Hair

 

There are certain (cultish) churches that submit all worldly thoughts, needs, and desires to God's will, to the point of not even allowing children to receive health care. There were a couple of instances of such that were news items while I lived in Portland.

 

There is a parallel between Stoic philosophy (not concerning oneself with worldly things , the greatest good is living a virtuous life) and some Christian sects (indeed, Stoic thought was instrumental in the original spread of Christianity during the Roman Empire). Some Stoics also believed that our destiny was preordained prior to our birth, which is a preeminent thought in Calvinism and early Scottish Presbyterianism.

 

Some athletes, once they become Christian, seem to have an inner peace, which some may confuse with not caring, although some have probably not cared or have been "too blessed to be stressed" about their on-field performance, because their home and spiritual lives were more important than their athletic pursuits.

 

Am I saying that this is Hamilton's issue? No. Clearly, he was already religious when he had his MVP year and his other good years while in Texas. In fact, in his case, his spirituality probably allowed him to be successful because it was his way out of the dark abyss that his life had become. But, for some athletes, their spiritual pursuits have gotten in the way of their athletic pursuits, and, indeed, have become more important to some than being the best athlete they could be (I'm looking at you, Tim Tebow).

 

Hamilton's struggles aren't because he's a Christian. They are because he has failed to adjust to how he has been pitched for the last year. Maybe he's stubborn. Christians certainly aren't immune to character flaws.

[Angel Oracle]

Sorry AO, I was asking cezero that posted the quotes. I agree that he should be doing everything in his control to fix his issues, not to say he hasn't, like all of you I have no idea if he is or not.

No prob, it was good to see him hit one out tonight, granted against Harang, and have 2 hits total. If he's going to K twice in an inning, at least it was in the middle of a 7 run inning.

[CaliAngel]

 Christians certainly aren't immune to character flaws.

 

Who said they were?

[Mark68]

Who said they were?

That's what you got out of that?

 

Nobody said they were immune to character flaws. I was merely pointing out that it may be his stubbornness and not his religion that is causing him to suck.

[Glen]

fan_since79, on 17 Jun 2013 - 2:52 PM, said:

It's too simple, really.

 

Pitchers got wise and no longer throw heat over the middle.

 

Josh didn't get wise and continues to swing at almost everything.

 

 

 

 

It seems like it wouldn't take 7 years for pitchers to figure that out.

 

 

 

 

To be fair, most of the pitchers were reacting to AO telling them to quit nibbling and just throw strikes.

[Mark68]

 

fan_since79, on 17 Jun 2013 - 2:52 PM, said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To be fair, most of the pitchers were reacting to AO telling them to quit nibbling and just throw strikes.

 

Wouldn't YOU get tired of constantly being called Nibs Nibbler?