Simon Gühring, German Baseball Champion
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 29 April 2019
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Episode 290
Simon Gühring is a 6-time German national champion baseball player.
Simon was just the 3rd German to sign a professional contract in the United States, where he played two years of pro baseball in the Milwaukee Brewers organization. Following his time in the U.S, he played one year in the Netherlands and four years in South Africa. He moved back to Germany and has been the German national team captain since 2004. Simon helps coordinate our mission trips to Italy, Germany and South Africa as part of his work with UPI (Unlimited Potential Inc.) Ministries.
On this episode of the podcast, we learn about baseball in Germany and talk to Simon about his pro journey, how he came to faith in Christ, how he lives out that faith as a German baseball player and what Christianity is like in Germany.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation. |
| 0:17.0 | Here's your host, Jason Romano. |
| 0:20.0 | Welcome everyone to the Sports Spectrum podcast. I am Jason Romano. Welcome, everyone, to the Sports Spectrum podcast. |
| 0:23.0 | I am Jason Romano. |
| 0:24.0 | Thanks for joining us on the program today. |
| 0:26.5 | Before we get to our interview with Simon Guring and learn about Germany and German professional baseball, |
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