After the long-awaited triumph, it’s easy to draw parallels between baseball and the Christian life.
By Bobby Ross Jr. | The Christian Chronicle
ARLINGTON, Texas — I lived to see it.
The Texas Rangers just won the World Series.
Forty-one years after I first walked into the old Arlington Stadium and became a Rangers fan at age 14, my team achieved the ultimate baseball glory.
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“He struck him out looking. It’s over! It’s over!” longtime Rangers radio play-by-play voice Eric Nadel proclaimed as Texas reliever Josh Sborz retired Arizona’s Ketel Marte to secure the 5-0 victory Wednesday night.
Texas took four out of five games in the best-of-seven Fall Classic.
“Rangers fans, you’re not dreaming!” Nadel declared. “The Rangers are the World Series champions! After 52 years in Texas and 63 years as a franchise, the wait is over!”
As I celebrate the Rangers taking me higher “to a place with golden streets,” I can’t help but draw parallels between baseball and the Christian life.
This column appears in the online edition of The Christian Chronicle.
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