Darryl Strawberry, Nick Ahmed and Pastor Rod Hairston on Biblical Manhood

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5 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Episode 473

Darryl Strawberry is an 8-time MLB All-Star who played 17 seasons in the big leagues with the Mets, Dodgers, Giants and Yankees. He is a four-time World Series champion, the New York Mets all-time leader in career home runs (252) and was inducted to the team’s hall of fame in 2010.

Nick Ahmed is a two-time Gold Glove winning shortstop with the Arizona Diamondbacks. He was selected by the Atlanta Braves in the second round of the 2011 MLB Amateur Draft, and he was traded after the 2012 season to Arizona in a seven-player deal. He made his MLB debut on June 29, 2014 and has been with Arizona ever since.

Rod Hairston is pastor Messiah Community Church in Maryland and served as chaplain and life-coach for the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens for more than twelve seasons. He is the author of Cover Her, released in 2013 and Cover Him, released in 2019.

On this episode of the podcast, we talk to Darryl, Nick and Pastor Rod about manhood. What does it look like to be a man of God? Darryl shares his testimony of growing up without Jesus and his struggles with the world. Nick shares his powerful story of coming to Christ in a minor league game and Pastor Rod talks about why it is so vital to be intentional in how we are as men in influencing our families.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation.
0:17.5	Here's your host, Jason Romano.
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1:12.8	Excited to bring to you a conversation that took place a few months back at a conference I was at.
1:18.1	I was able to host this session, if you will, and a conversation about manhood with three men that I admire and really enjoy talking to.
1:28.3	The first is Darrell Strawberry, eight-time Major League Baseball All-Star, four-time Major League Baseball
1:34.7	World Series champion.
1:36.5	You know, Darrell.
1:37.1	He's a legend.
1:37.8	He's in the New York Mets Hall of Fame.
1:39.4	He won titles with the Mets and the New York Yankees.
1:42.3	And now he's out preaching the gospel to anyone
1:45.0	that'll listen. He travels all around the country preaching about Jesus. We also had on our
1:51.4	panel, Nick Ahmed, who is with the Arizona Diamondbacks. He's a two-time gold glove shortstop
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