re: Nolan Ryan weighs in on Hamilton quitting tobacco

You're right, the whole team didn't do that now look where they are at. Kinsler and Cruz both had pretty bad years, Elvis fell into a big slump the last month, Napoli was injured half the year, and Young shouldn't have even been playing. Murphy and Beltre were pretty much the only consistent hitters all year.

Hamilton refused to take pitches when he was down 0-2 or 1-2. His average was pitiful in those situations. I don't expect him to have a .250 avg in those situations, but it was quite rare to see him battle back to a favorable count the last couple of months.