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Photos of the night were published on a Web site this weekend, but members of the Rangers organization have been aware of it since January. 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." 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 said concentrating on his preparations for the season caused him to lose focus on what's important. "I feel like I've been humbled," Hamilton said. "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. "Maybe this will show people that if they are recovering and make a mistake, it's not the end of the world. You can get back on the right track. Hopefully I can use God's glory to show that I do have struggles. This just lets me know that I need Christ more than ever." |
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.