Pitcher Mark Appel on the blessings of 2022 and making his MLB debut after waiting 9 years
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 2 January 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Mark Appel was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2013 MLB Amateur Draft by the Houston Astros. In 2015, he was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies, but in 2018 at the age of 26, he stepped away from baseball.
After three years, he announced he was making a comeback to chase his MLB dream and return to pitch professionally. He appeared in 23 games with the Phillies’ Double- and Triple-A affiliates in 2021, striking out 60 batters in 71.1 innings pitched. In 2022, his dream was realized as he made his MLB debut in June with the Phillies. He would appear in 6 games, allowing two earned runs in 10.1 innings.
Today on the podcast, we talk to Appel about achieving his MLB dream, remaining patient with God's plan and why he's building himself a super-van to drive around the country with.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi friends, this is Jason and here at Sports Spectrum. |
| 0:03.4 | Our show today is presented by Compassion International, |
| 0:06.9 | and we love the work that Compassion does. |
| 0:10.2 | They have been a great partner with us for so many years, |
| 0:13.1 | and what they're doing each and every day, |
| 0:17.3 | their goal, their desire to release kids from poverty. |
| 0:21.5 | And right now you can join in the fight to release these children from poverty by going |
| 0:26.1 | to compassion.com slash sports spectrum. |
| 0:29.4 | Compassion.com slash sports spectrum. |
| 0:31.7 | And we're talking about changing the lives of kids for eternity because the gospel is presented to every single child that is |
| 0:40.3 | sponsored through the Compassion program. |
| 0:43.5 | And when you go to the website, Compassion.com slash sports spectrum, you will see a list of children |
| 0:49.6 | waiting to be released from poverty, kids from as young as two or three years old, up to the age of 15, 16, 17 years old. |
| 0:58.7 | Kids from Mexico, Tanzania, Kenya, I mean, all over the place. Ecuador have been waiting for more |
| 1:05.1 | than two years to be released from poverty and to be sponsored. You can go right now and sponsor a child. I urge you to consider this, to pray about this. It can truly change the life of a child forever. Go to compassion.com slash sports spectrum and pray about sponsoring a child today. |
| 1:37.3 | Welcome into the Sports Spectrum podcast, where we bring Jesus into the sports conversation. |
| 1:40.3 | Here's your host for today, Jason Romano. |
| 1:43.3 | Hey guys, welcome to the show. |
| 1:45.8 | I am Jason. |
| 1:46.6 | This is Sports Spectrum. |
| 1:48.3 | And happy New Year, 2023, our first podcast of the new year. |
| 1:55.0 | We're entering year six here at Sports Spectrum, which is just insane. |
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