by Michael Duca

SAN FRANCISCO–Former San Francisco Giant outfielder Darryl Hamilton 50 was shot and killed by his girlfriend Monica Jordan 44 on Monday in a murder suicide at their Pearland Texas home. Their 14 month old child was found in the home unhurt. According to authorities at the scene Hamilton was shot inside the front door area of the home. Questions to whether Hamilton was trying to get away from Jordan and escape through the front door is still not known.

“At this point there does not appear to be a struggle the incident took place inside the front door” said police Lieutenant Onesimo Lopez who spoke to reporters at the Hamilton home.

Hamilton was an MLB Network analyst he played 13 seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers, Texas Rangers, San Francisco Giants, Colorado Rockies, and New York Mets. Hamilton was close to the his teammates when he with the Giants and he was admired for his hard work and what he brought to the clubhouse and the team by Giants manager Dusty Baker.

Hamilton finished his career with a .291 average, 1333 hits, 707 runs scored, 454 RBIs, Hamilton was relentlessly positive as a person and his getting killed and shot like this was a waste and it leaves several children without a father. It leaves one child without a mother and it proves like every other murder-suicide in history the shooter got the order wrong.If you want to do something like this do it yourself but leave the rest of us alone.

Hamilton was always smiling, always thoughtful, and most of what I knew of the personal side of Darryl he was involved in his church, he was a father to his kids, he was available for appearances, he was available for fundraising, he would bid out prices and would buy up some of the auction items to help out with causes. He was generous to a fault. Right now I’m just consumed with rage over this.

Hamilton was one of the rare guys whose talents on the field and ended up talking about the game on radio, TV and the MLB Network. Given a fair opportunity he would have developed into a better analyst than he was player. Hamilton was part of a long line of veteran outfielders that former Giants manager Dusty Baker brought in with the likes of Ellis Burks and Eric Davis there was a long, long, list guys who brought character to the clubhouse.

Michael Duca is a San Francisco Giants analyst for http://www.sportsradioservice.com