Jon Peters, Author - Former baseball pitcher
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 684 Ratings
🗓️ 25 June 2018
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Episode 121
Jon Peters was the first high school baseball player ever to grace the cover of Sports Illustrated. In 1989, he set a record with 53 consecutive wins by a high school pitcher. He finished his dominant 4-year career by going 54-1.
With dreams of making it to the Major Leagues, Jon accepted a scholarship to Texas A&M where injuries would end his baseball career.
In his first book "When Life Grabs You By The Baseballs," Jon chronicles his journey from riches to rags and back to riches. Struggling to find value and happiness, Jon turned to alcohol, and eventually suicide. In the worst place of his life, Peters took a risk, reached out in desperation, and found a God that loved him and cared about him.
In this episode of the podcast, Jon Peters shares his story of struggle, fame, identity and success. A very vulnerable and transparent Peters tell us about being on the cover of Sports Illustrated, why baseball was his God, losing it all, and how he was able to find a life full of joy and peace in Christ.
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| 1:04.9 | today. Today's guest on the podcast is John Peters. John is the author of the book when life grabs you |
| 1:13.2 | by the baseballs. And you may not know who John is, but in May of 1989, John appeared on the cover |
| 1:21.5 | of Sports Illustrated. Now, back in the late 80s, Sports Illustrated, which is still obviously a very respectable and very |
| 1:29.1 | well-known entity, but back in the late 80s, Sports Illustrated, being on the cover of that |
| 1:34.9 | magazine, that was a gigantic deal. And I'm talking about for the NBA and the NHL and |
| 1:40.7 | Major League Baseball and college football, college basketball. It was a big deal to be on |
| 1:45.8 | the cover of Sports Illustrated. And John Peters, a kid, high school pitcher, was on the cover of |
| 1:53.4 | Sports Illustrated. He became the first high school baseball player ever to appear on the cover of |
| 1:59.0 | of SI. And it was a big title underneath the cover. It said, |
| 2:02.9 | Super Kid. So to those of you my age, maybe in their 40s, might remember that cover of Sports |
| 2:09.6 | Illustrated. John actually in high school broke tons of records, including the record of 53 |
| 2:15.4 | consecutive wins by a high school pitcher in the four years |
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