Are you watching the 2016 World Series? The Chicago Cubs are playing in their first World Series since 1945 and are trying to win their first championship since 1908! Meanwhile, the Cleveland Indians haven’t won since 1948. The two franchises’ combined 176 years without a championship is the most since 2005 when the Chicago White Sox ended an 88-year drought against the Houston Astros (who have never won a championship in their 54-year history).
I’ve always loved baseball. In fact, my brother was Captain of the baseball team for Texas A&M (check out my blog post about him here). Earlier this Summer, I ran across a book by Mookie Wilson. It was a great $3 purchase!
Mookie provided reflections on the 1986 Mets—a team I loved as a teenager. I even had a poster of Doc Gooden in my room. He won the NL Cy Young Award in 1985 while pitching a Triple Crown with a 24–4 record and a league-leading 1.53 ERA and 268 strikeouts. Shortly after hanging my poster following their 1986 World Series championship, I learned that Gooden tested positive for drug use in the Spring Training of 1987. Then, I read a bio of Keith Hernandez and learned how he would smoke and drink during the games. These were not the kind of heroes and role models I should follow!
So, I was intrigued when I found Mookie’s book in Mardel—a Christian bookstore.
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