It's like having an east coast bias, but kind of different.

Josh Hamilton hits the baseball pretty well. The folks at ESPN were rooting for him to win the homerun derby last night. He didn't. Justin Morneau did. Nobody pays attention to this thing -- and they probably shouldn't. But the network pretty much ignored Morneau the entire evening while Hamilton was the subject of discussion for nearly three hours. If Brett Favre played baseball, he would be Josh Hamilton.

I can't imagine what will happen if Hamilton ends up playing for a New York team when he is a free agent in three years. ESPN might start an entire channel just for him. It is a nice story, he overcame a drug addiction and we are happy for him. But let's not make him out to be something he isn't. He's not a hero, he's a ball player who snorted $4 million worth of coke, messed up a huge opportunity, and then found a way to come back and make it right. Good for him.

Want to know how little respect Justin Morneau got last night? The Major League Baseball VP who presented him the trophy after the event called him Jason Morneau. Sounds about right.