"that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit," (Ephesians 4:22 NASB)
When I was a kid we played a lot of baseball. Not organized baseball. we didn't have uniforms or sponsors. If you wanted a snack after the gae you went home and asked for one. Oh we had organize baseball, everything from t-ball to little league. But it was common for a bunch of us to get together and simply play. I don't see much fo that anymore. I'm all for organize spirits and teaching proper mechanics. BUt I think there are some valuable lessons in learning how to get along and play as kids as well.
When we played, you couldn't just play. ou had to be somebody. And as a kid growing up in the 70's just 45 minutes to an hour north of Cincinnati, everyone wanted to be one of the Reds.…show more content… I watched with a lot fo nostalgia as they played video over and over of Pete. Hitting running crushing Ray Fosse at the plate in an All Star game. Rose played as if a demon was chasing him. Which it turns out, it was.
Rose's battles with gambling and major league baseball have been well documented, even by Rose himself. While it certainly seems that Rose has a gambling problem, it seems to me that his greatest addiction is to winning to beating someone, of being better than another person. During his playing days a team charter flight hit a storm and major turbulence. Rose turned to his seatmate and said "If we die, I have a .303 lifetime batting average. What do you have?"
In the end Rose has been his own worst enemy. He lied, continued to gamble and show up in Vegas for autograph signings. The desire to be the best, to win to have his own way hs pet him from seeing that his life needed changing. He seems to assume that the world would eventually change to accept him, not the other way
