Josh Hamilton Quits Chewing Tobacco

The familiar circular imprint in Josh Hamilton's back pocket is gone.

Hamilton, who has successfully waged a holy war against crack, cocaine and alcohol since October 2005, has quit using smokeless tobacco.

"I started doing it when I started doing everything else," Hamilton said the other day.

Hamilton knew he'd eventually quit when his daughter Julia, 7, started regularly asking him to do it about a year ago.

"You know it's bad when your 3-year-old holds up a water bottle, and asks if daddy spit in this before she drinks out of it," said Hamilton, referring to his daughter Sierra. "That's when you know it's a problem." (more here)

Christ, this guy is amazing. Let's look at his timeline:

High School - National Baseball Player of the Year
College - Fuck college. Too good at baseball.
MLB draft - 1st pick in 1999
Minor Leagues - Tearing it up
Minor Leagues continued - Finds out what crack and cocaine are.
Next few years - Likes crack and cocaine alot. No more baseball.
Fast forward to 2006 - Selected in the ever-obscure Rule 5 draft and ends up in Cincy, quits crack, cocaine, weed, alcohol, and whatever else he did
Cincinnati Reds in 2007 - becomes a badass rookie and hits 19 home runs (still no drugs)
Texas Rangers in 2008 - hits .304 with 32 dingers and 130 RBI. Destroys home run derby record and is an All-Star starter. Redonkulious.
This week - quits dip.

If this guy can quit coke, crack, weed, alcohol, pills, and dip, then I hope I can keep on the no-chew wagon.

On a side note, I really hope this guy never did steroids. He is too good of a story.