A good picture of baseball

Although I, having grown up rooting for the Cubbies, am loath to admit this, I must salute Cardinals (sigh) shortstop David Eckstein, who draws a beautiful picture of what baseball and sports is supposed to be all about. Apparently not the most physically gifted of players (I can associate), he makes up for it by more or less out-hustling the competition.

Not a bad analogy for faith and life, really. Visit a ballpark sometime, and watch. More often than not, you'll see tremendously gifted people being outhustled and outplayed by people who really want to be there.