I’m not a huge fan of Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game.  I’m generally less of a fan of the Home Run Derby which drags on way too long.  That said, I found myself flipping channels last night and in a bit of luck I was able to watch Josh Hamilton launch 28 home runs in the first round, a record.  It was an amazing feat and a lot of fun to watch.

Jay Mariotti of the Chicago Sun-Times has a column today about Hamilton and how he turned his life around after drug and alcohol problems forced him out of baseball for three years.