Josh Hamilton will miss 6-8 weeks of action with a torn ligament in his left thumb.

Hamilton suffered the injury while attempting to beat out an infield grounder with a headfirst slide into first base.

He was thrown out in Tuesday night's game between the Los Angeles Angels and Seattle Mariners.

"The news sucks. Anytime you play and you're playing hard and having fun, the last thing you want to do is do something that is going to cause you to miss time and maybe hurt your team in the long run," Hamilton said. "If I could see the future, obviously, I wouldn't do it."