Josh Hamilton: God called homer

[joeybee12]

ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- Josh Hamilton said God told him he'd hit a homer Thursday night. But that's the only promise he received.

Hamilton's towering home run into the Busch Stadium lights in the top of the 10th inning pushed the Texas Rangers to a 9-7 lead and moved the franchise for a second time in two innings to the precipice of its first World Series championship.

But the prize ultimately was yanked away when St. Louis third baseman David Freese hit a walk-off homer in the 11th for a 10-9 win.

Hamilton, who has been playing this postseason with a painful muscle pull or tear in his groin or maybe his abdomen, said divine intervention took over when he stepped to the plate in the 10th.

"He told me, 'You haven't hit one in a while, and this is the time you're going to,' " said Hamilton, who had gone 65 at-bats in the postseason without a home run. "You know what? I probably had the most relaxed, peaceful at-bat I've had of the whole series at that moment. It's pretty cool. You ought to try it sometime."

http://espn.go.com/dallas/mlb/story/_/id/7159892/2011-world-series-texas-rangers-josh-hamilton-says-god-called-hr

[a la izquierda]

1. Oh dear...

more sports folks hearing voices. I wish God would tell me the lottery numbers. I'd do a lot of good with $200 million in powerball winnings.

[SpiralHawk]

2. GaweD told me that Hammy needs an Ego Enema

Hammy somehow seems to have missed the secondary Divine Message when the Cardinals rallied immediately after his Spiritually Elite Hit, to kick unHolee BushRanger Butt and win the game...

Deal with it, Hammy.

Go Cards !

[Kingofalldems]

3. God is a baseball fan? Wow.

[TZ]

4. What does Stephen Strasburg have to do with this?

;)

[MaineDem]

5. You'd think God would also want him to win

Oh, I guess He's not THAT much of a baseball fan.

I hate religious stupidity.

[KamaAina]

6. And Pukehole is just as bad

a big reason why I was NOT looking forward to this particular matchup. :(

[Old and In the Way]

7. Can you imagine Cruz saying "Gold told me to blow that catch".

Drives me nuts when people assign God the credit for a play (but oddly, never the blame)...like God would give a rat's ass about what a player is doing in a friggen' game. Or maybe Hamilton is just special and God has him on his etheral speed dial.