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  • Texas Rangers pitcher Cole Hamels donates his $9.75million Missouri mansion (TR)

    12/19/2017 6:13:04 AM PST · by DFG · 49 replies
    UK Daily Mail ^ | 12/19/2017 | Jessica Finn
    Texas Rangers pitcher Cole Hamels wasn't able to move into his dream Missouri mansion- so he gave it to a children's charity just in time for Christmas. Hamels, 33, and his wife, Heidi, announced Monday they are donating their $9.75million mansion and 100 acres of land in southwest Missouri to a charity that provides camps for children with special needs and chronic illnesses and their siblings. The 32,000-square foot home will be donated to Camp Barnabas. 'Seeing the faces, hearing the laughter, reading the stories of the kids they serve; there is truly nothing like it,' Hamels said in a...
  • Hamels' suspension 'too light,' says Leyland

    05/09/2012 9:53:05 AM PDT · by TBP · 85 replies
    CSN Philly ^ | May 8, 2012, 12:00 pm | Staff
    If there's anyone who should be familiar with the kind of throwback, old-school baseball Cole Hamels discussed after intentionally hitting Nationals rookie Bryce Harper with a pitch Sunday night, it's Tigers manager Jim Leyland. Leyland, a baseball lifer, has managed in 3,203 games since 1986 -- when Hamels was just 3. But even Leyland's joining the chorus of critics displeased by Hamels' actions. During his regular pregame radio show Monday night, he characterized Hamels' five-game suspension as being "way too light," and, according to MLB.com, suggested 15 games would have been more appropriate.
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