Baseball, Gambling & God | Overcoming Addiction Through Faith

This baseball player-turned-gambler was saved through God’s intervention

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When I was a freshman at University of Dayton I was the starting left fielder playing in our first game at Ohio State. During that game I knew my dream of being a professional baseball player was over. I was done. My friends came from Dayton with a case of beer in tow to watch me. The reality was that I wanted to be with them more than I wanted to play the game. Playing baseball had come to feel like a job; it was work 24/7. In my heart, the love of the game as it had been — was over.

After the last game