Through the Years

Hamilton family photos

1982 Joshua Holt Hamilton, age 1, dressed by his mother in a baseball suit and a Yankee helmet for his firstportrait. (The St.Louis Cardinals took the World Series that year.)

1988 From the second grade, Josh’s dream was in place. “I would be a baseball star,” Josh, 7, wrote. His teacher was encouraging. “You might be a famous player one day!”

1989 By the age of 8, Josh was beginning his extensive trophy collection. Here, he poses with his All-Star coaches in Raleigh, N.C.

1993 - 1995
A man for all seasons: Josh, 12, in his basketball uniform in seventh grade . . .	wearing his football pads that same year . . .	and holding the baton for track in the eighth grade.
He also played competitive soccer. In the ninth grade, he quit all other sports to focus on baseball.

1999

In his senior year at Athens Drive High High School in Raleigh, N.C., Josh,17, pitched andplayed centerfield.

1999

Baseball card dealers besieged the Princeton Devil Rays office with bids to buy large quantities of Josh’s rookie card. One man tried to buy 300 copies. (He was turned down.) [Photo: Grandstand ]

The back of Josh’s rookie card. [Grandstand]

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