July 30 trade with Baltimore. "Mentally, I'm not settled down yet. It would be great if I could get that over with." Uehara has a limited, six-team no-trade clause, and he exercised it in January when he nixed a trade to the Toronto Blue Jays. He had...

And this year? Josh Hamilton's sobriety. Yu Darvish's international media entourage. Neftali Feliz's move from the bullpen. Beyond that -- crickets. Compared to the past two Februarys, it's going to be a dull spring. Fun, because it's still the camp of...

Kinsler, right, talked with MLB.com about teammate Josh Hamilton's relapse with alcohol. Texas Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler is talking about Josh Hamilton's relapse with alcohol. Hamilton is a recovering drug addict and alcoholic, and he admitted...

He's doing what he's always done. He's being open, up front and honest about it. It's not my place to talk about it. I know I was there for a certain part of the night. I've gotten over it. I'm focused on this season and baseball. I support Josh and...

He also has no progress to report about a possible contract extension that would keep him from being a free agent after the 2013 season. Kinsler discussed a number of subjects on Sunday -- including outfielder Josh Hamilton's relapse, since it left...

Kinsler said that the chain of events unfolded as Hamilton reported during a Feb. 3 news conference. Hamilton did not drink in Kinsler's presence and returned to a North Dallas bar after Kinsler had returned Hamilton to their original meeting place. ...

She said several actually got mad at her for refusing the amnio! She delivered a perfectly healthy baby girl. Wonderful. James Roberson who interviewed Josh Hamilton for Glenn on GBTV was a product of rape and his mother would not abort him. That’s...

Hamilton and Yu Darvish had met previously, but not publicly. Hamilton had also appeared in a recruiting video shown to the star right-hander during a visit to Arlington a few weeks earlier. They will be reunited this week as Rangers players, coaches...

Posted by Josh Blacc on Feb 17th, 2012 and filed under Home. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry This past Wednesday (Feb 15th), Texas Rangers All-Star outfielder, Josh...

Guy comes from good family, middle-class upbringing and is saturated with God-given baseball talent. Yet when he suffers one of his “relapses” the majority of fans inexplicably show sympathy, then somehow praise his noble fight against his dastardly...

17, 2012 Feb 17 12:27 PM CT The Rangers provided some updates on players who had offseason procedures: Mike Adams : Inguinal Hernia repair on Jan. 3, by Dr. Aronoff in Dallas. Josh Hamilton : Sports Hernia repair first week of November, 2011 by Dr....

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"I think we head into camp pretty strong," Washington said. "I think the key going in there is for everyone to stay healthy." Daniels and Washington addressed several issues before the team heads for the Arizona sun. Hamilton update Jon Daniels said...

Fla. Saturday and Hamels is scheduled to meet with the media Monday. The hottest topic? Hamels’ status as a potential free agent after the 2012 campaign. If the Phillies don’t lock up Hamels to a longterm deal, he would be arguably the biggest free...

Rangers' outfielder Josh Hamilton makes a statement about the events causing his relapse from sobriety during a news conference in Arlington, Texas, Feb. 3, 2012. (REUTERS/Tim Sharp) Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton won't be punished for his...

Josh Hamilton recently fell off the wagon, why didn’t say, Sid Rosenberg hire a publicist to arrange a series of print or radio chats about the nature of addiction? Possibly because it’s a terrible idea, or perhaps no one had suggested it. But lest you...

The Rangers head to Arizona bracing for unprecedented media coverage of pitcher Yu Darvish and the arrival of outfielder Josh Hamilton. They have contract situations that remain unsettled, injuries that need evaluating and questions that remain...

That's the important distinction. If Hamilton was on a HOF-track and got derailed by drug abuse, he'd be in exactly the same boat, a cautionary tale for the rest of his life. Through all of the snark and grammer policing, no one has touched the...

Rangers general manager Jon Daniels says outfielder Josh Hamilton will not be punished by the team or Major League Baseball for his alcohol-related slipup a couple of weeks ago. "We will take additional steps to support him," Daniels told The Dallas...