
Josh Hamilton has spent the past 11 weeks lifting weights, shagging fly balls, taking swings, running bases, rehabilitating his surgically repaired right shoulder. The uniform, the logo on his hat, the nameplate on his locker, the crack of balls being hit, the camaraderie with fellow players, even if they weren't going to be his actual teammates - all of it meant he was part of a team again and the Texas slugger couldn't have enjoyed it any more. ''I was on my own, removed from the game,'' Hamilton said. Following a self-reported cocaine and alcohol relapse during the offseason, the prodigiously talented outfielder was back in uniform Tuesday after being traded from the Los Angeles Angels back to Texas, where he went to the World Series twice and was the 2010 AL MVP.
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