Chris Singleton, Former Pro Baseball Player
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 3 May 2019
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Episode 291
Chris Singleton is a former pro baseball player, selected in the 19th round of the 2017 MLB Amateur Draft by the Chicago Cubs. He played his college ball at Charleston Southern University and after playing two seasons professionally, he announced his retirement in April of 2019. He is currently in his new role of Director of Community Outreach for the Charleston RiverDogs.
Chris' mother, Sharonda Coleman Singleton, was killed in the June 2015 mass-shooting at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, that also took the lives of 8 other people.
A new documentary titled "Emanuel," produced by basketball star Stephen Curry, will take a look back at that horrific day and will be released on the 4 year anniversary of the shooting, June 17, 2019.
On this episode of the podcast, we talk to Chris about his baseball retirement, why now is the right time to step away, dealing with grief, trusting God when nothing makes sense, and what he's learned about forgiveness.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation. |
| 0:17.0 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
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| 1:13.3 | sponsoring a child in Jesus' name. Today's guest on the podcast is Chris Singleton. Now, Chris has the |
| 1:21.2 | title of former pro baseball player. He was selected in the 19th round of the 2017 MLB amateur draft by the Chicago Cubs, |
| 1:30.6 | and he played his college ball at Charleston Southern. |
| 1:34.9 | Last year, in single A ball at South Bend, with the Cubs minor league affiliate, |
| 1:40.3 | he played in 107 games, hit four homers and had 26 doubles. |
| 1:45.0 | And then just before the 2019 season began, he was released. |
| 1:49.7 | And through that release, Chris decided that he was going to retire at the age of 22 from professional baseball. |
| 1:58.5 | Now, Chris has a new job. |
| 1:59.6 | He's currently the director of community outreach for the |
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