ARLINGTON -- Josh Hamilton had already put on a tour de force of destruction in the American League Championship Series. So when it came to the final game, the Yankees would no longer pitch to him.
As the Rangers clinched the series with a 6-1 victory that punched their ticket to the World Series, Hamilton delivered a single in his first at-bat and was then walked intentionally in his final three plate appearances.
But the damage had already been done. And that's why Hamilton was named Most Valuable Player of the ALCS.
As the Rangers clinched the series with a 6-1 victory that punched their ticket to the World Series, Hamilton delivered a single in his first at-bat and was then walked intentionally in his final three plate appearances.
But the damage had already been done. And that's why Hamilton was named Most Valuable Player of the ALCS.