THE WOUNDS OF A GOOD SOLDIER (7 OF 7)
by Jeff Schreve
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:1-10
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The Wounds of a Good Soldier (7 of 7)
Soldiers of the Cross
Jeff Schreve
2 Corinthians 12:1-10
How many in this room would say that they love baseball? Anybody love baseball? I'm not a big baseball fan, but I do know the name, and every baseball fan knows the name Kirk Gibson. Kirk Gibson was an outfielder. He played baseball back in the 80s. He played for 17 years. Had quite a career, but he is known for one particular game, for one particular play. It was in the 1988 World Series. He played for the Los Angeles Dodgers. They were playing the Oakland As. It was Dodger Stadium. It was October 15, 1988. The Dodgers were down 4 to 3. It was the two outs in the bottom of the ninth. The game seemed to be over. They had a guy on first base, and they were going to pinch hit. So, Tommy Lasorda, the skipper, said, "Hey, I know we haven't played Kirk Gibson all game because he's hurt." He hurt his hamstring on one leg. He hurt his knee on the other leg. "He's not able to run. He's not really able to do much of anything, so he can't play," but he says that he is available to pinch hit. And so, Tommy Lasorda really rolled the dice, an put Kirk Gibson in to pinch hit, a guy that was so banged up, he couldn't even push off on his legs to swing the bat. And they put him in. And he immediately gets two strikes on him, and then he fights his way to a full count, and then this happened. Watch the screens.
IMAG Presentation
That was exciting. Hollywood couldn't have written a better script for the ninth inning in that World Series game. The Dodgers went on to win 4 games to 1, and that was the only play that Curt Gibson was in in that World Series. He hit that game-winning homerun. And what makes that so memorable is, he hit it in his woundedness, in his weakness. He had a lot of great plays throughout his career when he was strong and when his legs were good, but what we remember is when he was weak, because in his weakness great things happened.
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Soldiers of the Cross
Jeff Schreve
2 Corinthians 12:1-10
How many in this room would say that they love baseball? Anybody love baseball? I'm not a big baseball fan, but I do know the name, and every baseball fan knows the name Kirk Gibson. Kirk Gibson was an outfielder. He played baseball back in the 80s. He played for 17 years. Had quite a career, but he is known for one particular game, for one particular play. It was in the 1988 World Series. He played for the Los Angeles Dodgers. They were playing the Oakland As. It was Dodger Stadium. It was October 15, 1988. The Dodgers were down 4 to 3. It was the two outs in the bottom of the ninth. The game seemed to be over. They had a guy on first base, and they were going to pinch hit. So, Tommy Lasorda, the skipper, said, "Hey, I know we haven't played Kirk Gibson all game because he's hurt." He hurt his hamstring on one leg. He hurt his knee on the other leg. "He's not able to run. He's not really able to do much of anything, so he can't play," but he says that he is available to pinch hit. And so, Tommy Lasorda really rolled the dice, an put Kirk Gibson in to pinch hit, a guy that was so banged up, he couldn't even push off on his legs to swing the bat. And they put him in. And he immediately gets two strikes on him, and then he fights his way to a full count, and then this happened. Watch the screens.
IMAG Presentation
That was exciting. Hollywood couldn't have written a better script for the ninth inning in that World Series game. The Dodgers went on to win 4 games to 1, and that was the only play that Curt Gibson was in in that World Series. He hit that game-winning homerun. And what makes that so memorable is, he hit it in his woundedness, in his weakness. He had a lot of great plays throughout his career when he was strong and when his legs were good, but what we remember is when he was weak, because in his weakness great things happened.
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