How has Vladimir Guerreros presence helped Hamilton and maybe the other way around?
RON WASHINGTON: Well, I think they feed off of each other. We were very fortunate that we were able to convince Vlad to come to Texas, and I think Jon Daniels deserves a lot of credit for that. But in the process of talking with Vlad we made him understand that the one thing we were missing was a guy with his type of presence and a guy that has been there and done that before. And when he arrived in Spring Training, from day one he was committed to, number one, trying to stay as healthy as he could, and we knew if that happened, he would produce like he did. Along with that, it certainly made everyone else in our lineup a lot better. It relaxed Hamilton to the point where he realized he didn’t have to try to take us on his shoulder and do everything and try to be superman. He just had to be Josh Hamilton. On the days that he didn’t produce there was someone else in that lineup that could produce, and when the day was over, we still had an opportunity at winning. That also made Nelson C
Related Questions
- Budhists seem to think there is something non-material about the mind. But surely the mind is just the brain, or maybe a program running on the brain?
- In general, what are the drug detection periods for the most abused drugs and how long after use can a drug test detect drug presence?
- Is there any commonly accepted version of neoPaganism that is racist; maybe the followers of the Norse traditions?
