Josh Hamilton put on a show in tonight's first round of the Home Run Derby that will be remembered for a long time to come. He broke Bobby Abreu's record hitting 28 dingers in the first round. This was so many that he didn't even have to compete in the second round and he still would have been in the finals (although he did record 4 outs in round two before calling it quits). I blogged last month about how Josh Hamilton has the most interesting story in baseball and he might just be the one player to bring baseball out of the muck that it has been rolling around in. He is young (relatively speaking), has a made for movie background, and as we are finding out more and more is made to play this game. He didn't even pick up a bat for over two years and yet he has almost 100 RBI's half way through the season and obviously has power that is unbelievable. Keep an eye out, because Hamilton might be the first stellar player in awhile to continue an upward climb without tanking after being noticed.
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