Josh Hamilton and the Rangers Make the Play-Offs

Back in February of this year I was blessed to meet Josh Hamilton and hear his testimony regarding his life, his struggles and his walk with Christ.
When the Rangers won their right to enter the play-offs in September, Josh Hamilton opted to avoid the "post-game" celebrations in the locker room as he is a recovering alcoholic and has purposed to keep his life clean by avoiding anything and any place that could cause him to stumble.  Here he is one of the best players on the team and he opts out of the festivities to keep a commitment to speak at an area church after the game.

Well, some of the player wanted to celebrate with water but he just felt he needed to avoid all the appearance of the alcohol and cigars so he could go communicate his message to the youth at this church event.

There was talk that the Rangers as a team wanted to include Josh Hamilton in the after-game festivities if they were to win the right to play for pennant.  Being a team sport, this past week, when the Rangers won that right to advance (the first time in 38 years) you knew the celebrations were going to be huge.  So what did the players decide to do?  They opted to not have alcohol involved in their celebration so that Josh could participate with them.  They used, Ginger-Ale and the party was incredible.  I LOVE this.  What a great team to honor one of their own and including him in all the celebrations.  Way to go Rangers!

Tonight the pennant race begins at 6:30 PM Central Time, here, on our home field.  Let's go Rangers!  Let's Go!