We should all have such embarrassment

Ok, so we start with this; Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton, a recovering substance abuser whose comeback from personal problems was one of the biggest stories in baseball in 2008, admitted Saturday that he had a night of excessive alcohol drinking at a Phoenix-area bar back in January.

The incident occurred while Hamilton was working out at the Athlete Performance Institute Tempe. Hamilton went to Arizona a month early to prepare for the season after a hectic winter. He had gone out to dinner at a restaurant/bar and decided to have a drink. His claim is that one thing led to another (I hate when that happens) and he ended up excessively intoxicated. He said he had trouble remembering what happened that night.

Well Josh, perhaps all these pictures that have surfaced of you making your move on three young ladies might refresh your memory?

Hamilton said he was "embarrassed" by the incident and extremely sorry for the pain it caused his family and the concerns it caused the organization.

"Obviously I'm embarrassed about it personally," Hamilton said before Saturday's game with the Angels. "For the Rangers, I'm embarrassed about it and for my wife [Katie] and my kids. Obviously it was one those things that reinforce that I can't have alcohol.”

Embarrassed about it for your wife and kids?! Josh, you are embarrassed? I don’t suppose that’s because we have a picture of you trying out your “back door” move on this young girl in the picture.

If you are interested in Hamilton’s complete repartee of moves, here is where you can find them here “The Devil is still in Josh Hamilton” (send the kids in the other room). He does pretty well for himself actually, he shouldn’t be embarrassed. We should all have such embarrassment.

"I feel like I've been humbled. It is what it is. I got away from the one thing that kept me on the straight and narrow and that was my relationship with the Lord. That should always come first. Hopefully some good will come out of this.”

Uh... Josh, see the thing is..... the only good anyone will get out of this is that someone might be able to copy one of your Rico Suave moves.

Hamilton does not believe he used illegal drugs, although his memory of the events are quite sketchy and he was not tested for any illegal substances at the time. I guess when pictures surface with a needle stuck in his ass he will be refreshed about that too....... But for now, we'll take him at his word because as we know, all players tell the truth about foreign substances.......

Hamilton, while in the Tampa Bay Rays organization, missed 3 1/2 years because of his problems with cocaine, alcohol and other illegal substances. He was reinstated on June 2, 2006, under strict rules of conduct that included being drug tested three times a week. He was not prohibited from using alcohol, although that was a severe part of his past problems.

Hamilton went into Saturday's game hitting .235 with eight home runs and 33 RBIs in 62 games and 226 at-bats. He has been on the disabled list twice, once for a bruised ribcage muscle and once for a torn muscle in his abdomen that required surgery. Both injuries occurred while running into a wall in the outfield.

He said his problems this season both in his performance and in his injuries have nothing to do with the incident in January.

"If you consider running into walls and making plays being not up to par, it hasn't affected me. I had a good spring. Since it happened, I haven't thought much about it. I don't see any connection with that happening and the way I've played."

Maybe he pulled something during his “back door” move:)- Peter Costa

Pete is a serious Rotisserie participant playing the same league with the same guys for 17 years. Not only has Peter never finished in the money; he’s finished last 13 times and no higher than 10th (in a league with 14 guys). Join us in following Peter’s trials, tribulations and frustrations, as he attempts to navigate his way out of the basement in 2009.