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Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton said Friday that he had a relapse and had “three or four”
drinks Monday at a bar in Dallas, calling it a “weak moment” and that he is taking steps to make
sure it doesn't...
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JOSH HAMILTON
Posted byo Eiz n Thursday, 19 January, 2012, 7:14 AM
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Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton said Friday that he had a relapse and had “three or four”
drinks Monday at a bar in Dallas, calling it a “weak moment” and that he is taking steps to make
sure it doesn’t happen again.
At the news conference he held in Arlington, Texs, to discuss his relapse, Hamilton said he has
not taken any illegal drugs, has been tested twice since Monday and will meet with doctors from
Major League Baseball soon.
“You all know how hard I work on the field, I give it everything I have. When I don’t do that off the
field, I leave myself open for a weak moment. I had a weak moment on Monday night.
"... “[I] ended up ordering a drink ... probably had three or four drinks, ended up calling Ian Kinsler,
to just kind of ... hang out with me. Ian did not know I had been drinking.”
When the Rangers acquired him from the Cincinnati Reds in December 2007, they were aware of
Hamilton’s off-the-field problems. He is tested for drug use three times a week and has had an