Homerun Hamilton

The house that Ruth built, whether your a fan of the team that calls this place home or not, there is no denying this is holy ground for baseball. Countless baseball greats have walked through these long dark corridors to walk onto the field surrounded by 50,000 fans, and as their names echo in this mammoth house, it is instantly known how the residence of this house feel about them. It is rare that anyone but a Yankee receives an ovation here, but on Monday night, as Josh Hamilton began to bombard Roth's house with home run after home run, the crowd rose to its feet. Then as clear as day, a Texas Ranger's name was being chanted by some of the leagues most ruthless fans..."Hamilton, Hamilton!" Josh crushes a ball 500 feet to right center field..."Hamilton, Hamilton!" Another ball is sent screaming to the upper deck. After the first round of the 2008 Home run Derby was over, Hamilton was cheered after hitting 28 home runs, a Home run Derby record. He also left the jaw's of his fellow All Stars on the floor with his display of power.

Josh went on to lose the derby in the 3rd round, when the scores are reset, but even though he was beaten everyone will remember the show he put on in the first round and will forget that he did not walk away with the hardware. And as Ranger's fans, we will also remember that a Ranger's name was cheered throughout the Bronx that night, in the last days of one of baseballs most sacred places, the house that Ruth build, Yankee Stadium.