Star-Telegram: Josh Hamilton wants to be Texas Rangers iron man

Very tasteful...a Robert Downey Jr. reference.

No, not solely in his early-MVP numbers but also in another stat that puts him among the league leaders. The center fielder has started all 30 of his team’s games, including Friday night against the Oakland Athletics.

As long as the Rangers need his big bat in the lineup, don’t expect to see Hamilton getting a day off. That’s fine by him, even if that means playing all 162 games this season.

“If I could do that, that’d be great,” he said. “I’m going to play until I can’t play anymore.”

...“When I tried to give him days off, he came in my office and told me he didn’t what them,” Washington said. “His day off was the day he DH’ed.

“As we get deeper into the season, I’m going to have to give him a day off. I know we’ve got to try to watch him … until I feel comfortable that I can totally take him out of the lineup.”