I thought to myself, this is going to be a great challenge to get him to accept the situation. A few minutes later he called me to come outside. He gathered a group of his friends outside to see where the missing arm. As kids will, they all said it was gross. It was some comic relief to clear the tension.
Sportscasters often seem to want to hear only about the game.
When a reporter asked me a question about pitching, I tried to answer it. But when they asked about life itself, I never wanted to deny the importance of my faith as it related to the game of baseball. It is a long season, and I told people I hope God gives me strength to endure the season. I do try to live my life as a Christian, and it is not just what we say. We have just released a new translation of the Bible, it has many tools that people can go to help find scriptures they need.