Lary Sorensen, Former MLB pitcher
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 684 Ratings
🗓️ 30 July 2018
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Episode 134
Lary Sorensen pitched 11 seasons in the Major Leagues with the Brewers, Cardinals, Indians, A's, Cubs, Expos and Giants.
After finishing his college pitching career at the University of Michigan, Lary made his MLB debut in 1977 at the age of 21, and a year later, was an All-Star in 1978, winning a career-high 18 games for Milwaukee.
During his MLB career, Lary began to experiment with drugs and alcohol. After being suspended in 1986 and then retiring in 1988, his life began to take a downward spiral.
From 1992 to 2008, Lary was arrested for DUI seven times. He was in and out of rehabs and life was getting out of control.
And then something changed in 2013 when he stepped through the doors of a church at the age of 58.
On this powerful episode of the podcast, Lary Sorensen shares his journey from MLB player to alcoholic to follower of Jesus.
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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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| 1:00.0 | Today's guest on the podcast is former Major League Baseball pitcher Larry Sorensen. |
| 1:05.8 | Now, Larry pitched in the majors from 1977 to 1985 and then was out in the year of 1986 came back and pitched in |
| 1:14.5 | 1987 and 1988 before retiring. He was a pitcher at the University of Michigan in college and |
| 1:21.7 | then came to the majors and made his major league debut on June 7th, 1977 at the age of 21 with the Milwaukee Brewers. |
| 1:31.3 | A year later in 1978, he was in the All-Star game pitching with the Brewers and representing |
| 1:36.4 | them. He pitched in 346 games in the major leagues. He had quite a long career. And when he retired, |
| 1:43.7 | and after he retired, he became a broadcaster. And had quite a long career. And when he retired and after he retired, he became a |
| 1:46.8 | broadcaster. And he had a desire and a drive to become a broadcaster, specifically with the |
| 1:52.9 | Detroit Tigers, which is where he ended up. But that's just the beginning of Larry's story. |
| 1:59.4 | Larry Sorensen is an alcoholic, is an addict, and has |
| 2:03.1 | struggled for many, many years with substance abuse. And this podcast talks a little bit about |
| 2:09.3 | his baseball career and certainly what he accomplished. But it really takes a deep dive look |
| 2:15.9 | inside the life and the mind of an addict. |
| 2:19.2 | And Larry, I mean, seven times he was arrested for DUI. |
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