Dan Naulty, Former MLB Pitcher turned Pastor (Pt 2)

Sports Spectrum Podcast

Sports Spectrum

Sports

5 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2018

⏱️ 30 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Episode 208

Dan Naulty pitched for 4 seasons in Major League Baseball with the Twins and Yankees from 1996-1999. He was a member of the 1999 World Series championship team with the Bronx Bombers.

He was selected in the 14th round of the 1992 MLB Draft by the Twins out of Cal State Fullerton where he played in the 1992 College World Series.

Naulty was part of the steroid era of baseball and admittedly chose to use steroids, which helped him bulk up from 180 pounds in college to 245 pounds when he reached the Big Leagues.

Ironically after winning the World Series, Naulty reached his lowest point and began to have thoughts of suicide. Not long after, Dan turned to his faith and found new purpose in ministry. He's now the pastor of Faith Presbyterian Church in Jenison, Michigan.

In part 2, Dan shares his testimony, how he came to Christ, the moment he stopped using steroids, and how a celebration after winning the 1999 World Series with the Yankees led him to a place of desperation and ultimately how the switch flipped back to a full commitment to Christ.

For more, log on to http://SportsSpectrum.com

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation.
0:17.5	Here's your host, Jason Romano.
0:19.9	This episode of the Sports Spectrum podcast with Dan
0:22.7	Nalty, former Major League Baseball pitcher, part two of our conversation with Dan, is brought to you by
0:27.6	Compassion International. $38 a month food, education, medical care, all done in the name of Jesus. That's
0:35.5	what Compassion International provides to children in poverty.
0:39.5	This is a chance for you to release these same children from poverty by sponsoring a child through Compassion International.
0:46.6	It's $38 a month.
0:48.0	It's the best $38.
0:49.4	You will spend every single month over 150,000 children coming to know Jesus Christ through the great work being
0:56.5	done by Compassion International. Here's how you do it. Go to compassion.com slash sports spectrum.
1:03.4	That's the website. Sponsor a child, release a child from poverty. It's that simple, but that
1:08.9	powerful and impactful. $38 a month. I promise you
1:12.7	you won't regret it. Go to compassion.com slash sports spectrum and sponsor a child today.
1:18.8	Today on the podcast, part two of our conversation with Dan Nalty, the former Major League
1:23.3	Baseball pitcher, now pastoring a church in Geneson, Michigan, Faith Presbyterian Church out there
1:29.1	in Jenison. Dan is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched in the majors from 96 to 99, 1996 to
1:36.4	1999. He started out with the twins and then came to the Yankees in 99, where he was a part of a
1:41.8	World Series championship team in New York, that 1999 team with the Yankees in 99 where he was a part of a World Series championship team in New York, that
1:45.3	1999 team with the Yankees.
1:47.9	And in part one of our conversation with Dan, it got, I mean, it was just a whirlwind of
1:53.4	different places that we went.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Sports Spectrum, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Sports Spectrum and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.