We all knew that Hamilton and the Angels were going to have to meet this weekend, what with the Halos playing Houston, where Josh currently lives, and all. Nobody knew what was going to happen, but it figured to at least help break the current stalemate. The meetings started out innocently enough with some teammates meeting him for lunch and coming away encouraged, via Alden Gonzalez at MLB.com:
Based on their conversation, Wilson believes Hamilton’s latest relapse — which occurred late in the offseason and reportedly involved cocaine — was a “very tame scenario” compared to what he went through as a Minor League player in the Rays organization.