Kevin Hunt Video

I’m in Dallas for my day job, getting ready to do some podcasting and blogging from a conference that my company is participating in.

Had a chance to go to see the Texas Rangers – and home run derby phenom Josh Hamilton – in a game tonight at the Ballpark at Arlington. As a Minnesotan, I haven’t been to an outdoor Major League Baseball game since 1979 – the Twins moved into the Metrodome in 1982. Let’s just say I was in awe of The Ballpark, and the fact that we had nothing but the sky over us. Even if there were many, many empty seats.

I took this picture with my cellphone:

While the Rangers lost, and Hamilton missed on some opportunities to be a hero, it was just good to be outside at a big league baseball game again.

Hamilton’s story, in his own words, has been interesting to track as he has come back this summer in full force from drug problems to fulfill the potential he showed as a standout high school baseball player. In this compelling video from Major League Baseball, Hamilton talks about his dreams of playing pro baseball as a kid and the path his career has taken.