David Hess - Former MLB pitcher on battling cancer, overcoming fear and God's faithfulness
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5 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2024
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
David Hess is a former MLB pitcher who was originally selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the 5th round of the MLB Draft in 2014. He made his MLB debut in 2018 with the Orioles and picked with Baltimore until 2020. In 2021, he was with Miami and Tampa Bay. After a cancer diagnosis in 2021, Hess battled and returned to pro baseball, pitching in AAA with Tampa in 2022 before his cancer returned in 2023.
Today on the podcast, we talk to David Hess about his current battle with cancer, facing fear, standing firm in God's faithfulness and celebrating the small moments.
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| 0:00.0 | What's up, guys? Welcome to Sports Spectrum. Today on the show, I'm excited for a conversation with David Hess. David was on this show, 2012. He had a cancer diagnosis in 2021. And David's been through a lot the last few years. He's a professional baseball pitcher drafted by the Orioles in 2014, made his Major League |
| 0:22.6 | debut in 2018 with Baltimore. |
| 0:25.1 | He was also with Miami and with Tampa in 2021, and then had the news that nobody wants |
| 0:32.1 | to hear of a cancer diagnosis, a cantaloupe-sized tumor that was pressing on his heart and lungs. David's been |
| 0:39.9 | battling since then. We wanted to have him back on to kind of hear how he's doing and what this |
| 0:45.7 | battle has been like and what his walk with Jesus is like as well. David Hess coming up in just a |
| 0:52.4 | moment. It's a powerful story and I love David. I'm so glad |
| 0:55.2 | he agreed to come back on the show. We're going to listen to that conversation in just a moment. |
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