Hamilton Joins List of Sports, Personal Heroes

Update: I think it's fair to say my feelings about Lance Armstrong have changed somewhat, but not entirely…

At Beyond the Box Score, in which I fawn over newly-crowned 2010 AL MVP Josh Hamilton:

He's exactly who a hero should be: a human being, flawed like any other, who is able to recognize and triumph over his weaknesses and stand tall as a representative of everything that is good and hopeful in all of us. He's at once visible, successful and humble.