Josh Hamilton

[jersey cubs fan]

Anybody worried about bringing Hamilton from Arlington to Wrigleyville?

No more worried than I was to bring Milton Bradley from Arlington to Wrigley. Or Marlon Byrd.

 

I read that to assume he was referring to the nightlife?

 

Bingo

 

I would think living in Texas would drive a man to destroy his life with drugs and alcohol more so than living in Wrigleyville would tempt a man to indulge.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Give him whatever he wants, when he dies of an overdose you are out of the contract.

 

That's the problem with today's long term contracts. Back in the 80's, the shorter term contracts were motivation for these guys to play well and earn their next fix. How else do you explain Eric Davis' improbable comeback in his mid 30's?

[jersey cubs fan]

Give him whatever he wants, when he dies of an overdose you are out of the contract.

 

That's the problem with today's long term contracts. Back in the 80's, the shorter term contracts were motivation for these guys to play well and earn their next fix. How else do you explain Eric Davis' improbable comeback in his mid 30's?

 

Ryne Sandberg signed one of those shorter term contracts and he just up and quit.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Give him whatever he wants, when he dies of an overdose you are out of the contract.

 

That's the problem with today's long term contracts. Back in the 80's, the shorter term contracts were motivation for these guys to play well and earn their next fix. How else do you explain Eric Davis' improbable comeback in his mid 30's?

 

Ryne Sandberg signed one of those shorter term contracts and he just up and quit.

 

I bet if he had a drug habit to support he wouldn't have.

[Clem Fandango]

Anybody worried about bringing Hamilton from Arlington to Wrigleyville?

No more worried than I was to bring Milton Bradley from Arlington to Wrigley. Or Marlon Byrd.

 

I read that to assume he was referring to the nightlife?

 

Bingo

 

I would think living in Texas would drive a man to destroy his life with drugs and alcohol more so than living in Wrigleyville would tempt a man to indulge.

 

To be fair, Arlington is in the greater Dallas area, which isn't exactly a quaint little town of pleasantries. I'm sure he has as many temptations there as he would in Chicago.

[SouthSideRyan]

 

To be fair, Arlington is in the greater Dallas area, which isn't exactly a quaint little town of pleasantries. I'm sure he has as many temptations there as he would in Chicago.

 

I'm sure he doesn't.

[TruffleShuffle]

all mlb teams play in big cities with plenty of nightlife around. cardinal players keep getting loaded and the st louis nightlife sucks.

[dew1679666265]

Just think, Theo signing Hamilton would make up for Hendry's awful mistake of trading Hamilton away for nothing.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Just think, Theo signing Hamilton would make up for Hendry's awful mistake of trading Hamilton away for nothing.

 

Are you aware of the evil you're about to bring upon this thread?

[PriortoTheoIhadWood]

Just think, Theo signing Hamilton would make up for Hendry's awful mistake of trading Hamilton away for nothing.

 

Are you aware of the evil you're about to bring upon this thread?

 

Or the Tf in that post? The only thing that would help fix is the lineup/OF for the periods he's healthy.

[dew1679666265]

Just think, Theo signing Hamilton would make up for Hendry's awful mistake of trading Hamilton away for nothing.

 

Are you aware of the evil you're about to bring upon this thread?

 

Somebody was going to eventually, figured I'd get it out of the way.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Just think, Theo signing Hamilton would make up for Hendry's awful mistake of trading Hamilton away for nothing.

 

Are you aware of the evil you're about to bring upon this thread?

 

Somebody was going to eventually, figured I'd get it out of the way.

 

While it never was to be, I wish I lived in a world in which Josh Hamilton joined Lee, Ramirez, Soriano, Soto, and DeRosa in '07-'08, although 2010 is when he really exploded.

[Vanilla Ice]

Then you would have missed out on the Jim Edmonds era

[Careless]

Wait, it was really crack he was doing? How can he even play now? The crack shakes can be permanent.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Then you would have missed out on the Jim Edmonds era

 

Imagine a lineup of

 

1. Soriano

2. DeRosa

3. Lee

4. Hamilton

5. Aramis

6. Edmonds

7. Soto

8. Cajun who will remain nameless

 

Eta: since this is a fantasy world, I suppose that a 17 year old Starlin Castro could have played SS instead of the other guy.

[Tracer Bullet]

 

To be fair, Arlington is in the greater Dallas area, which isn't exactly a quaint little town of pleasantries. I'm sure he has as many temptations there as he would in Chicago.

 

I'm sure he doesn't.

 

Yeah, Dallas sucks.

[SouthSideRyan]

FFS, every [expletive] time somebody says the Hamilton thing, I swear WSR makes the same exact 9 posts.

[javy knows my name]

FFS, every [expletive] time somebody says the Hamilton thing, I swear WSR makes the same exact 9 posts.

 

At least this time he warned us he was going to do it before he did it.

[Garwilly]

FFS, every [expletive] time somebody says the Hamilton thing, I swear WSR makes the same exact 9 posts.

 

May 16, 2012

Imagine a lineup of

 

1. Soriano

2. DeRosa

3. Lee

4. Hamilton

5. Aramis

6. Edmonds

7. Soto

8. Cajun who will remain nameless

 

Eta: since this is a fantasy world, I suppose that a 17 year old Starlin Castro could have played SS instead of the other guy.

 

February 10, 2011

OK, I knw this as been beaten to death, and Hamilton was never meant to be a Cub, but still, its hard not to want to live in a world where the Cubs Rule 5d Hamilton for themselves and not the Reds. In this world, Hed have made a hell of a difference, and who knows how '07-'10 would have panned out with Hamilton in the lineup instead of the likes of Jacque Jones, the productive but grossly overpaid Kosuke Fukudome, and Milton Bradley. That lineup could probably have looked something like:

 

CF Felix Pie

2B Mark DeRosa

1B Derrek Lee

RF Josh Hamilton

3B Aramis Ramirez

LF Alfonso Soriano

C Geovany Soto

SS Ryan Theriot

 

Oh well, back to reality.

 

May 16, 2008

Josh Hamilton has been a 1 man wrecking crew tonight. Just imagine the Cubs had we kept him for ourselves instead of drafting him just to help a rival.

 

Soriano

Fuku

Lee

Ramirez

Hamilton

Soto

Theriot

DRo

 

AND

 

The Reds wouldn have Ednison Volquez.

[Little Slide Rooter]

And it never looks any less awesome.

 

AND the Reds wouldn't have Mat Latos. Who hasn't been particularly good for The Reds so far anyway.

[Clem Fandango]

Wait, it was really crack he was doing? How can he even play now? The crack shakes can be permanent.

 

I think he was an equal opportunity drug abuser

[javy knows my name]

Bravo, Garwilly