baseball
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Run as if Your Life Depends on It
Recently, my grandson hit his very first home run while playing baseball. Actually, what he hit was a single to the third baseman, who missed catching the ball. As my grandson ran to first base, the third-base player picked up the ball and threw it to the first baseman, who missed the ball, allowing it …
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‘It Brings Me Closer to Jesus’: Rickey Hill Says Movie About Miraculous Baseball Career Was ‘Ordained’ by God
Tethered by the weight of the braces binding his legs, Rickey Hill grew up hitting rocks with sticks, dreaming of one day hearing the crack of his bat against a fly ball headed for the outfield. That dream, he was told, couldn’t be a reality. The odds against him—and the near-countless exploratory surgeries he’d undergone—were …