Josh Hamilton on public relapse: ‘It was just wrong. That’s all it comes down to.’

February 3, 2012   ·   0 Comments

Josh Hamilton on public relapse: ‘It was just wrong. That’s all it comes down to.’

first broke on Thursday night, we wrote with certainty that the Texas Rangers star would soon be forthcoming and honest about his public moment of weakness.

As expected, Hamilton did just that on Friday afternoon, explaining the circumstances of his Monday night outing for more than 10 minutes at a press conference he held at Rangers Ballpark.

Hamilton did not take questions from the press, but he did speak without notes and what he said was obviously from the heart. As Ken Rosenthal later said on MLB Network, it almost appeared as if he viewed the press conference as part of his recovery process — and not to calm a press and public that, for better or worse, will always play a role in his battle with addiction.

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram has a transcript of the full statement, but here are a few of the key information points:

• Hamilton said he went out to dinner on Monday night and ordered “three or four” drinks. He then called teammate Ian Kinsler and invited him to hang out but did not drink in front of him at either of the two restaurants they visited. The two later parted ways when Kinsler dropped Hamilton off at his car, but Hamilton returned to one of the restaurants and resumed drinking.

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