One of the great things about the Cincinnati Reds blogosphere is that they have not one, but two local beat writers that write blogs at Cincinnati.com. This gives them a place to share funny stories and asides that might otherwise get lost in the shuffle of newspaper writing. C. Trent Rosencrans gives us such an tidbit today when discussing the Reds exhibition opener, a 9-7 win over the Pirates that included eight homers between the two teams. Behold: [Josh]Hamilton and David Ross were talking before [Hamilton's] at-bat. Ross was counting all the homers that had been hit already during the game. Hamilton then said, "You forgot one." After Ross looked at him, Hamilton continued, "The one I'm going to hit."
Hamilton proceeded to crush a 400 foot homer that happened to be his first homer in a game since 2002. The guy hasn't hit a home run in almost five years and is still calling his shot in the on-deck circle. That is badass my friends. Now granted, the knock came off of Allan Simpson and even as a Pirate fan I'm not entirely sure who that is, but it's still badass.
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