Josh Hamilton Book

Justin Michael CabanEnglish 10 Mrs. MeyerBook Report For my 1st take out book report I read Beyond Belief which is compose by taunt Hamilton. Hamilton is a Major league baseball pseudo who now plays for the Texas Rangers and was named MVP two short seasons ago. Josh is a premier center fielder and the captain of his team, for the aver period mortal you may think Mr. Hamiliton lives the ordinary life of a sports star , the lovely women , fancy cars , huge houses and the six figure render checks.Even though this may be true, living an everyday lifestyle was exceedingly difficult for Josh passim his whole life , you would think soul who is so healthy respected and idolized by many fans throughout the world would try to live up to his expectations, but that was not the oddball for Josh , he was addicted to cocaine and struggled with many other addictions much(prenominal) as alcoholism and having anger issues with his loved superstars. Josh wrote this book to present his fe elings and give readers a point of view on how things may not also be the same as it seems.So future(a) time you judge someone just by their appearance, financial berth or even idolizing someone just by the way they bring about a certain thing, you might want to think that over. Josh Hamilton of the Texas Rangers who make last years all-star team and hit a accede 28 home runs in one round of the Home un clunk Derby has a lot more than All Star memories to be thankful for. He is alive, reunited with his family and back in baseball, which only a some years ago seemed impossible since he was in the middle of dealing with a cocaine addiction.Josh was drafted in 1999 by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays , as a young kid , Josh stunned all divers(prenominal) kinds of people with his skill for the game of baseball , reaching nearly 80 mph on a pitching gun at age 12 meant he was destined to play in the MLB at one point or another. When Josh was drafted in 1999 he as well as others expected him to be an automatic first round pick , which he was but instead of going right to work with his advanced team , Josh was sidelined, not by his coach , but by his devastating addiction to cocaine. The MLB has a very strict drug polity and there players are constantly found =. are serve a suspension of 50 games.