Morgan Ensberg - Former MLB All-Star on placing control in God's hands and leading with actions not words
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5 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 27 March 2024
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Morgan Ensberg is a former MLB player who was selected in the 9th round of the 1998 MLB Draft by the Houston Astros. He made his MLB debut on September 20, 2000 with Houston and would go on to have an eight-year MLB career with the Astros, Padres and Yankees. In 2005, he was named the All-Star team and led the Astros to the World Series, hitting .283 with 36 home runs and 101 RBI.
After retirement, Ensberg went into coaching and is currently the manager of the Rays AAA affiliate Durham Bulls.
Today on the podcast, Morgan Ensberg shares with us his journey of baseball, faith, the moment he had to cry out to God in 2000, placing control of his life into God's hands and sharing his faith as a coach.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, welcome to Sports Spectrum. I am excited for today's conversation with Morgan |
| 0:04.4 | Ensberg. You remember Morgan Wright, played with the Houston Astros. He was on that 2005 |
| 0:08.8 | World Series team. He was also an all-star selection that year. Hit 283, 36 homers, 101 RBI, and helping |
| 0:18.1 | the Astros to the then National League championship in 2005. |
| 0:22.7 | The Astros were still in the National League at that time. |
| 0:24.9 | Of course, they're in the American League now. |
| 0:26.9 | Morgan Ensberg played many seasons with the Astros from 2000 to 2007, |
| 0:32.1 | finished his career with San Diego and then the Yankees with a little stint in 2008, |
| 0:36.3 | and then went into coaching where he's |
| 0:38.8 | been in development in the minor leagues for the last decade or so. |
| 0:42.6 | And recently he's been with the Tampa Bay raise. |
| 0:44.7 | He was the 2019 Southern League manager of the year in AA with the Montgomery Biscuits. |
| 0:50.7 | This year in 2024, he is with the Durham Bulls in AAA as their manager and one step |
| 0:57.2 | away from making it to the big leagues as a coach or manager. And we talk a lot about God being |
| 1:03.9 | in control. Morgan went through a really traumatic experience in the year 2000. He's going to share |
| 1:10.8 | that really haunting |
| 1:12.0 | story that I didn't even know until he brought it up and how a moment like that and many other |
| 1:18.3 | moments along the way have helped him grow in his faith and understanding that God is in |
| 1:25.5 | control. This was a wonderful conversation with the 2005 All-Star Morgan Ensberg. |
| 1:30.9 | It's coming up in just a minute here on Sports Spectrum. |
| 1:33.8 | First, I want to remind you about our Sports Spectrum magazine. |
| 1:36.9 | You can go to the Sports Spectrum website, sportspectrum.com. |
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