God has given me a lot of ability to play the game of baseball.

I was raised in church by Christian parents and I was baptized when I was 11 years old. But I didn't really have a good understanding of what the Gospel was really all about until college.

I almost feel guilty. The physical toll is tremendous. Im exhausted and I only played nine innings.

Theres a little more margin for error this year. Last year, it felt like we had to win every game. That wasnt a lot of fun.

My father always told me that to be successful at anything, whether it was baseball or tiddlywinks, you have to be willing to pay the price. You have to be willing to do more than the kid down the street if you want to be better than he is.

They were chanting my name, but I don't know why. My name is on the back of my uniform. So, it's nice to know they can read.

The only way that we can truly have a purpose and an enriching life experience is to do all things in Christ and through the power of Christ. What happens when we're all about doing good works and we're doing that outside of the power of Christ is that we end up getting the glory and the whole point of this deal is that God gets the glory. That verse beautifully illustrates that point.