Our greatest responsibility is to honor those who came before us and those who will come after

to leave the Jersey in a better place. One, two, a two, a three.

The answer the law.

Welcome to In the Bullpin with Mark Dewey, sponsored by developing Contenders Ministries.

You're listening to the Fight Lab Feast Network.

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And look who's coming up. High fly ball into right field.

She is gone.

The words you just heard in my introduction for today come from a book.

They are some of the final words of one of the final chapters in that book.

And the heading over this chapter is... of the final chapters in that book.

And the heading over this chapter is,

Be a good ancestor.

You may be familiar with the words I read,

because you may have read the book.

Many have read the book, many especially in the world of athletics.

More about those words and that book in a few minutes.

Believe it or not, 30 years ago today, somewhere north of 700 Major League Baseball players were seeking to honor those who came before us,

as well as those who would come later.

In other words, those who are playing Major League Baseball right now in 2024.

We truly wanted to leave the Jersey in a better place. On the night of August 11th, 1994,

I walked out of our clubhouse at Three Rivers Stadium

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