Hamilton Proves hes Human

I usually like to keep this blog on just sports topics and nothing that these athletes do off the field. But with all the publicity that this story is getting i figured i would chime in with my two cents. Recently on deadspin.com some photos surfaced of Josh Hamilton at a bar doing some body shots with some young ladies. Most other publications are dragging Hamilton through the dirt with these photos. Whether or not you agree with his actions all this proves is that athletes are just as human as we are. Most baseball fans know Hamilton for his battle with drug addiction that actually had him out of baseball for a long time. He made a comeback which culminated with the outstanding Home Run Derby at Yankee Stadium. Hamilton also wrote a book about his ordeal and explained how he went from being homeless to one of the biggest stars in baseball. If anything to me its just a little disappointing, the only people who deserve an apology from Josh is his wife and kids. But also to me this proves to me that Hamilton is human and humans make mistakes. In a perfect world we would like all of our athletes to be perfect angels and not do anything bad when they are in their personal lives. But realistically we can expect these athletes to act how we would want them to. The only unfortunate part in this story is that his kids and wife can find these pictures anywhere on the Internet and that's not fair to them. Josh Hamilton inspired a lot of people with his courageous story and comeback and i hope just for his sake not for anybody elses that he doesn't go back into drug use and he can learn from this and go back to dazzling us on the field and not creating stories off the field.