We were one strike away, man.
And those teams were so loaded, too.
I've never searched around on this, but I wonder where the historians put Josh Hamilton talent-wise. Obviously, the guy had not even a 5 cent brain. But I can think of very, very few players with more talent. I mean he could truly do everything. Bonds, okay, and there are a few others... but not many. I feel like as good as he was, he still was under the radar a bit playing for this franchise that stunk the vast majority of its history.