This will make the third time in as many seasons that Hamilton will be out with an injury. Hamilton will likely be out for about 8 weeks with the injury which occurred while he was trying to score from third on a pop fly. Hamilton was sliding head first into home plate when he broke his arm.
According to a quote from the Rangers web site, Hamilton said that his dive was “a stupid play. I definitely shouldn’t have gone. I was thinking, ‘I don’t want to do this. Something is going to happen.’ I listened to my coach.”
Hamilton will be greatly missed by last year’s World Series team after his performance last season including 100 RBI’s and 32 home runs.