Texas slugger Hamilton breaks arm, to miss up to eight weeks
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DETROIT (Reuters) - American League MVP Josh Hamilton will be side lined for up to eight weeks after breaking a bone in his arm during the Texas Rangers' 5-4 loss to the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday.
"(It was) a stupid play," Hamilton told the team's website (texas.rangers.mlb.com). "I definitely shouldn't have gone. I was thinking, 'I don't want to do this. Something is going to happen.' (But) I listened to my coach."
Hamilton, the Rangers' left-handed slugger, batted .359 with 32 home runs and 100 RBIs last season and helped Texas to the World Series despite missing a significant number of games in the stretch last September with a rib injury.
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It is the third time in the last three seasons he has been placed on the disabled list.
(Writing by Jahmal Corner in Los Angeles; Editing by Greg Stutchbury)