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Category: Sports & Recreation / Topics: Baseball • Faith • Grace • Metaphors, Life Lessons • Sports
Redemption for Foul Ball Boy
Posted: August 6, 2017
What we can learn from Steve Bartman about grace…
Steve Bartman was the butt of jokes.
To Cubbies fans, he was a goat
some fourteen years ago
His urge to catch a foul ball fly
(that left his critics cursing "why?")
spelled doomsday for the hated lout.
Seve Bartman was Black Bart.
And though he loved his Northside team,
Steve was a hated man it seemed.
He took his life into his hands
whenever he went out.
And then this week redemption came.
A Series ring with Bartman's name
was given to the Foul Ball Boy
to say that all is well.
It is a picture of God's grace.
The guilty one (once deemed abased),
is now included in the clan
that claims the victor's crown.
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Greg Asimakoupoulos (pronounced AWESOME-uh-COPE-uh-less) is an ordained minister, published author and chaplain to a retirement community in the Pacfic Northwest. Greg maintains a blog called Rhymes and Reasons, which he graciously provides to SeniorLifestyle.Greg's writings have now been assembled in book form. See the SeniorLifestyle Store. • E-mail the author (moc.loa@veRemosewA*) • Author's website (personal or primary**)
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