Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton on Friday took practice swings for the first time all offseason after getting a cortisone shot in his troublesome left knee.
"I've just been fighting back and forth with it, just pushing through the rehab," Hamilton told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on Friday. "[Dr. Keith Meister] put some cortisone in there, and I tell you what, man, to wake up this morning and put my shoe on without any pain was a wonderful thing. Everything else feels good."
Hamilton, who had two procedures on his knee since having surgery in September, last week had an MRI, which revealed an inflamed capsule, and got the shot Thursday.