In the second inning, Oakland A’s outfielder Conor Jackson hit a screaming foul ball down the left-field line. It caromed toward Josh Hamilton, the Rangers’ left fielder. Hamilton picked it up and threw the ball toward the stands. Players do this hundreds of times in a season. It’s part of…
Every time I hear about this story it seriously makes me so sad. Sad that the man was going to do a good deed for his son. Sad that Josh Hamilton is now hated. Sad that the son now is growing up without a father. It’s just as it’s stated above. But what’s just as sad is that this man died sort of like a soldier. Fighting to make his son happy. It’s too bad we don’t hear of how other soldiers, like him, die at war everyday who all deserve their proper mourning.
