April 17, 2025 • 28 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:12):
Hey, game changers out there, Hope you enjoyed Part one
with twenty eighteen All Star in twenty twenty World Series
Champion La Dodgers pitcher Blake trying to get ready for
part two. You won't want to miss this. It's very powerful.
Tune in right now. They want to start arguments instead
of having conversation, and that's the problem.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Because they're really good at it, hoping that we are
irrational because truth truth say it is, just say the truth,
you know, like there's nothing you have to hide. So
if you're lying, then you're trying to like get people's
emotions involved. I had just without going down it, you know,
like the art of deflection. I don't want to deflect anything,
but the animals coming in and tell them you like,
it doesn't make a difference. You're not going to make
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a difference. And truth will always resonate. People know truth
in their spirit, they know what truth is. And so
for a week I did this, and then I felt
the Holy Spirit say, well, what do you feel in
the presence of godly people or godly counsel you know,
or in worship, what does your heart tell you you
want to do? And so I'm sitting in service, and
I'm like, yeah, I'm ready to run through a wall
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after a marked riskal message on this.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
This is what I have to do.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
I have to say something, and it's just it's literally
like the organization can make whatever decision they want. You know,
there's plenty of godly people in that clubhouse, and not
everybody's at a different point, is at the same point
in their faith willing to say something.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
You know, I know where people stood, but some.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
Of them were just like, you know, I just want
to play baseball, and that's their own that's their own prerogative,
and that's fine. I pray that we all get to
a point where we're all on the same page, same
beat for God, and I think their hearts are. But
like I was called probably in that moment, to be
more more fiery. You know, when Kershaw came out and
made a statement and I forget Williams, Trevor Williams for
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the Nats, you know, that was that was a profound statement,
that was incredible. So but I end up making a
statement and I never got any flat only positive and
the only thing that people attacked was the actual wording
of the message, which I thought was funny, Like it's
really comical that you can't attack what I said because
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I didn't say anything that wasn't true, you know, like
the facts were the facts. We've seen what's happened when
people got on this road, and really i've heard many
people say this, we just want to Americans.
Speaker 3 (02:29):
We don't.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
It's gotten to a point where like you can't just
have your lifestyle that you want because at one point
it was, hey, this is is who we are, this
is how.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
We want to live.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
That's fine, Okay, No, now you have to agree with us, right,
Oh okay, we agree that that's what you want to do. No, no,
now you need to affirm everything we're saying. If you don't,
then you're now a bigot, or you're homophobic or your X,
Y and Z fill it in. I mean it guess
just gets to the point where they find as many
words as possible with isms on it and trying to
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trying to cloud your character. And like I'm just I'm
I'm I'm not going to play those games anymore now,
Like I just am, Like I know who I am.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
I love I love everybody. I don't just don't.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
I don't agree with everybody's choices, nor do I agree
with my own choices at times and I look back
and I scratched my head and I'm like, what were
you doing? But in the best of my ability, I'm
going to try to stand for the honor of God.
And when that stuff happened, I said, I'm gonna say
what I need to say because IM sick and tired
of Jesus's name being ran through the mud and people
saying he's fake news when I know what he's done
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for me and I know what he's done for other people.
Speaker 3 (03:34):
So that's that's kind of where That's kind of where
I'll leave it. Now.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
On the flip side, I know people Christians out there
are sports fans, people who don't even know Jesus.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
But look at them like, yeah, there's something wrong with this.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
You know.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
There's a difference with decisions that are being made that
people just don't understand. And I didn't fully understand at
the moment, but I didn't need to to at least
stand for the honor of God. I it is very complex,
but there's a lot of good people in the Dodgers organization. Okay,
So I know God has called me to be a
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light or to encourage or to do whatever it needs
me to be in the Dodgers organization. And my prayer
is that I'm the best that I've ever been in
my career performance wise. So it draws attention to the
talent God's trust me with. So it points back to Jesus.
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That's what I've always wanted to do. Yes, you have
to fight off selfish ambitions or selfish pride and all
these things like, oh look what I can do, Like, no,
I didn't do it.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
I work hard, but God's the one doing it.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
My goal is to do that first and foremost, be
like blessed the Daughters organization with the talent God gave me,
and then let the rest just hopefully people find Christ
through it.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
So yeah, so you know you mentioned some of the
stuff you took a stand for and everything, but you know,
going back when that uniform thing happened with you know,
the certain patches that they were wanting to put on
on for the you know, the gay pride and everything,
and you refuse to do that. I mean a lot
of people in the body of Christ like stood with
you through that man and conservative Christians.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
You know, there's a lot more than just me like
there's a lot of guys in baseball that are that
are just like you know, like it is what it is,
but we don't.
Speaker 3 (05:17):
Have you ever noticed there's there's no other night for
any other.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
Yeah, you know, I said, this is just it's interesting,
but I remember that it's just it's just interesting.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
So like I don't I don't have to agree with it.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
And you know, like we don't sign up for baseball
to agree with every decision Baseball makes. We sign up
to be the best performance, to get to be the
best talent for that organization. So that's that's what I'm
here for. And you know, I don't agree with everything.
They don't agree with everything I see. But I'm not
going to be malicious with how how I speak. I'm
also not going to be passive. I'll just tell you
the truth. And I hopefully my message right now isn't
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coming across like, you know, the mean or intolerant.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
I just I know what God's called me to and
I want to live in that standard.
Speaker 1 (05:57):
Yeah. Have you ever had any moments where where God
has put you because of your stancer, because of the
light I mean, because Blake, like Anthony, I can sit
here people watching can sit here and somebody would have
to be pretty ignorant to not see the call of
God on your life and the annoying that's placed on
your life because not only are you anointed for baseball,
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but you are anointed to speak. You're very well spoken.
There's an annoying when you let words come from your
spirit out through your tongue, and you can just tell
that the voice of God is speaking through you. Have
there been, you know, moments where you've and you don't
have to name drop, but I mean obviously people who
watch baseball know your teammates man, I mean Kershaw, Freddie Freeman,
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Mookie Betts, I mean, go down the line, okay, and
just you know, now Otani, I mean, the biggest contract
we've ever seen is now you know your teammate. I mean,
it doesn't get much bigger than that. And so when
you see those guys every single day and you know
you're taking a stand for some has anybody ever came
to you and said, Blake, I need prayer for this?
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Can you pray with me for this? Can you teach
me this? And you've had those opportunities to really minister
to somebody, because you know, again, God is using your
career for something special such as that.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
I wouldn't say people are seeking prayer from other teammates.
I've certainly it's probably more of a one on one
of people you're really comfortable with.
Speaker 3 (07:27):
When I was younger, there I've had.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
I had really good teammates Stephen Drew, Chris Heisei, Adam
Larroach was like amazing, Ian Desmond amazing, Craig Stamon was
was a good teammate. All loved Jesus and gave me
just great examples of how to carry yourself as a Christian.
And you know, I don't If people want to pursue
that with me, that's fine, and I would be honored.
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I certainly, you know, put hands on some teammates and
prayed with them, you know, with certain things that have
come up, whether it be like a you know, this
guy took a shot off the kneels, make let's just pray.
Make sure it's nothing, you know, like this guy's ankles crushing. Hey,
you want if I come to your room later and
just pray it you for a couple of minutes, like
and and you'd be surprised like, yeah, sure, man, absolutely,
I don't care Like and that to me was like
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like really special moments that I won't forget because I
that's so out of my comfort zone.
Speaker 3 (08:17):
But I know that in those moments, I'm supposed to
do that, and.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
You know, like if God, if God wants me to
do those things, then I'm open for it. My biggest
thing is just to like people know where I stand
on things now, and I just I want to be
a better a better example of more of like the
the receiving side of Christ, like the listening side, and
just trying to trying to like, hey, like I don't
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have the answers, but I can show you we're in
the Bible and you can reflect off.
Speaker 3 (08:45):
That or you know, this is what's helped me.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
I really do want to start like a Bible study
this year on the road and just open door policy
who every wants.
Speaker 3 (08:56):
To come, you know, So just trying to figure out
like kind of how I want to lead that.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
You know, I've been praying about it. I've seen some
advice on it, so I I just think it's important
that one year we did a Daniel Murphy let it
when I was in d C and it was awesome,
you know, So just giving people an opportunity to go
up there and at least, you know, share some things
that they may be struggling with and realizing they're not
the only one that's ever went through it, so and
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that there's an answer court. You know, there's there's Jesus.
So I I hope there's opportunities for it, but you know,
God will be the one that that brings that.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
So this year, I'm not going to try hard.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
I'm just gonna be available, Anthony, if you have anything,
you know, go ahead. I know not only you know
we talk about all this, but I think there's so
many people, whether they're an athlete or not an athlete,
that are getting something out of this where you know,
they may be having that question in their mind of
like what's the next pitch that I need to throw?
And you know in baseball that's like always so important
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of like you got to know your batter. You got
to know who you're going against. Is the aliety is
the lefty because a lot of times you know how
many people are on base, how many outs do I
have you know, to get is it one? Is it two?
Is it all three? That I still need to get?
What ending is it? You know how many pitches have
I thrown. There's so many things that resonate through your
head as a pitcher, and I think people in life
Anthony feel that way too, like what is my next pitch?
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You know? And so if you have anything, go ahead
and share, but or if you question anything.
Speaker 4 (10:22):
Well, one of the questions I had for you, Blake,
was you know you mentioned the balance between kind of
ambition and being used by God. So I think this
would be a good one for young athletes if you
could answer. People who are like Matt pastor Matt mentioned,
are just trying to find that balance between being the
best version of themselves for themselves versus being the best
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version of themselves for God. So how do you balance
that between? You know, you've achieved some of the highest
levels in baseball, how do you balance personally ambition and
using that platform and using your talents solely for the
purpose of being used by God.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
I think a lot of it has to do with
like knowing the word of God and knowing how he
wants us to live.
Speaker 3 (11:12):
And if you.
Speaker 2 (11:12):
Truly love honoring, like everything, something I've always whether I'm
fully understood or not, is everything I do needs to
honor and glorify God. And if that's not the heart
of anything I do, like we were falling off the vine,
you know, like we are not. There's no fruit in
anything that you do that's not attached to the vine,
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you know. So I I've always if I'm not, if
I'm not, I mean, I've had moments where I've straight off,
like I can catch myself a little bit, and it's
and it's not a good look, like I'll replace certain conversations.
Speaker 3 (11:46):
And it's like, am I really where I was five
years ago?
Speaker 2 (11:49):
When I was like this humble young guy who maybe
wasn't as bold as my faith, but at least had
an honorable mindset. And so I'm like, dang, I need
I need to twist that back and still maintain my boldness.
And I think the biggest thing is knowing and understanding
the standard God has called us to. And like my
my favorite character in the Bible is character as if
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it's fake, but person in the Bible is David, and
you know he was so humbled to the Lord but
did amazing things like I just you just see like
this young build up of him where it's just like
faith that that fuels the miracles that like, how do
you how does the little guy like him as a
as a shepherd kill a lion and a bear, I mean,
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and then go in and defeat Goliath And then you
know he has all these amazing feats with humble attitude,
like everybody knew he was going to be king.
Speaker 3 (12:38):
Everybody knew, like he.
Speaker 2 (12:39):
Had this Anointingbody's like, nope, I'm not laying a hand
on Lord's annointing.
Speaker 3 (12:43):
Not my place, not my time.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
And he just he just waited his turn and his opportunity,
and it's like God will, God will bring those opportunities
to you. And if it's not, Like I tell people
this a lot, I love baseball.
Speaker 3 (12:55):
Growing up as a kid, I did not.
Speaker 2 (12:59):
And there was moments where was like, oh, play pro ball,
you know, like I'm gonna I'm gonna go MLB. But
then it left me and I felt like I was
called into just like a career's lifestyle, like landscape architecture.
I thought I went to school for landscape architecture, it
gonna be my career, and God is like baseball, and
I'm like.
Speaker 3 (13:13):
I don't know, like I didn't even cut it to
an aigh school.
Speaker 2 (13:16):
Now baseball Blake I'm like, are you sure, baseball, I'm like,
you're crazy, but I love you'll do it all right.
So I started pursuing it, and it just like door
kept opening, door.
Speaker 3 (13:27):
Kept opening, and I'm like okay.
Speaker 2 (13:29):
And then as I get closer to the target of
like where I'm seeing this realization like God's like revealing
what this future might look like, like little injuries came in,
and like you can see the enemy when you're getting
over the target, and then you have this big breakthrough,
like the enemy press is so hard. So just like
I encourage guys like no matter what your walk is
or if you're athlete or business or whatever you're doing,
like when you are living for God, the enemy's definitely
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gonna try to hold you down and understand that there's
breakthrough on the backside that is greater than anything you
would imagine because Satan wants to try to deter you
staying on that path of I'm gonna call it righteousness
and obedience for the Lord because.
Speaker 3 (14:06):
I feel like the Lord rewards those.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
Who diligently seek him and so I feel like I
know that's in the word so and and so, Like
if you if you know you're you're doing those things
and you're heading adversity like it's nothing more than you
can handle because you have God and He's gonna give
you a breakthrough on the backside. Again, I did not
know baseball is my thing. I love baseball as my
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childhood passion. And then it just kept opening up doors
and opening up doors, and so I'm like, I honestly
would not.
Speaker 3 (14:37):
Be here if it wasn't for God.
Speaker 2 (14:39):
So I mean, He's the one I pray Craig Grossel
give a passage or a sermon one time about like,
you know, can we stop like just giving God these
I'm gonna call them weak prayers, you know, like Lord,
bless my food.
Speaker 3 (14:55):
God's like simple, It's already done. Like give meselfing harder. Okay,
Can I have a happy sunshine today?
Speaker 2 (15:00):
Yeah, summertime. It's eighty five and Sonny good, congratulations. That
was like driving with something hard. I'm the God of
the universe. I'm the God of miracles, like he hit
me with something hard. So I'm at Arkansas University and
I'm at once removed a year.
Speaker 3 (15:17):
Removed from baseball. God tells me baseball.
Speaker 2 (15:20):
I started throwing and I said, God, I'm not leaving
this and as an ai a JV.
Speaker 3 (15:24):
The year before. So I'm like, not nothing special, right.
Speaker 2 (15:27):
And that's just like, that's like why I love when
I look back and I say this. I don't like
talking about my story because everybody's got a story, but
I know I need to. Like, I love that God
used somebody who was you know, for another time. I
was like overweight, bullied, short, not athletic in high school.
Nobody would ever expect that I'd even play college ball,
let alone start on a high school team. And then
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you know, he uses me to pursue this crazy career
which is completely unfolded because of his hand. And so
I I look back and I'm just like I pray
this prayer and I'm like, God, I'm not leaving unless's
Division one and they have landscape architecture. No joke, just
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turned D one landscape architecture. I was like, I'm going,
I got you, Like this is like there's no way
like this just happened. I prayed this crazy prayer that
literally nobody would probably ever experience. Yeah, and you gut
still there? Sorry, Yeah, got you? Okay, So this prayer
that like I would have never thought would happen, and
he's like, I did it for you. Now what are
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you gonna do? Are you gonna honor what you said?
Or you just gonna like have me show off for
no reason?
Speaker 3 (16:39):
So I packed up the left. Yeah, and the rest
is kind of history.
Speaker 2 (16:43):
There's more along the way, but like with our twenty
seven thirty, I got no room for it. So maybe
not even your fifty fifty five or whatever it would be.
I still have time for it, but for another time.
Speaker 1 (16:55):
Yeah, sure, yeah, absolutely no, Anthony, go ahead if you got.
Speaker 4 (16:58):
Something, though, I'm still kind of like wrap my head
around your story. You definitely have to share your story
because that is interesting. Okay, what age were you when
when God told you baseball? What what you said? College?
Speaker 3 (17:12):
Sophomore in college? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (17:13):
Wow, yeah, So a lot of guys have either been
drafted in the minor leagues or were on their platform.
Ye're for getting drafted in college And I wasn't even
throwing a baseball and God just simply said throw baseball and.
Speaker 3 (17:28):
Trust me, I guess.
Speaker 2 (17:29):
And again kind of like God gave me this naive
mindset to never pursue the ideas of realistic Like if
I look through it through a lens of like realistic,
like like obtaining obtaining it through realistic lenses. I would
have I would have said, no, shot, just want to
stay in my comfy bubble of a degree because I was.
Speaker 3 (17:48):
I was doing really.
Speaker 2 (17:48):
Well in landscape architecture, like almost all my projects were
kept for accreditations, Like I knew that that was validation
that I was in the right spot. But then God
was like, I got something better for you. All right,
give me D one, you know, and a NSC architectures
Like done, all right, now move I'm going.
Speaker 1 (18:09):
So it's like Angels in the Outfield. You like throw
a pitch in that movie and you don't realize the
kind of heat coming out of your hand or something.
You're like, you know, like dang, I could throw that.
Speaker 2 (18:18):
Yeah, And I was just an invited walk on. I
could have usually been cut at any point.
Speaker 3 (18:21):
Didn't know that either. I thought I was signing. It
was like, where's my paper signed?
Speaker 4 (18:24):
Day?
Speaker 2 (18:24):
And it's like, yeah, Blake, you're just an invited walk on,
so just show up.
Speaker 3 (18:28):
I was like, okay, So that's what I did, and
the rest is history.
Speaker 4 (18:33):
So I'm amazed at your story, because again, folks, this
guy was a crucial member of the twenty twenty World
Series team that won. Yes, a twenty eighteen MLB All
Star has over five hundred career strikeouts, and that's all
probably what within a decade of you being of God
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being like, yeah, you're gonna play baseball. Yeah, and you
were like a like.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
That would have been a two thousand and seven Tales
and seven He told me that, and then yeah, that's
been a journey since. This will be my eleventh, eleventh
season in the big leagues and you know, tenth year
of service time, so I'm hopefully a few more years,
you know, declared that I will have a few more years.
Speaker 4 (19:20):
There you go. But your your story, I I mean,
beside from you just having you on here because you're
a great person, but the story that you have, I
believe is a testament of what God is doing to
millions of people around the world in this season that
those who have felt like they've been hidden, maybe you
feel like you've been forgotten, Maybe you feel like, oh,
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maybe that dream is long gone. Listen to this man
and what God has done for him. That will happen
to you. And that's going to be one of those
things in this season where God's going to start showing
that more and more of people and what He has
hidden for such a time as this. That is your story, Blake,
and I think definitely you're going to continue to play
because that is the story that God wants to share
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with everyone else. And it's gonna be a theme in
this season as we take this country back.
Speaker 1 (20:09):
Yeah. Yeah, I want to just pray something for Blake
real quick, and Anthony feel free to pray something too.
But Heavenly Father, we just thank you right now for Blake. Lord,
and we just thank you, Lord for your hand that
is upon his life.
Speaker 3 (20:20):
Lord.
Speaker 1 (20:21):
He has stood for you, Lord, he has stood for
the kingdom. So now Lord, we ask that you send angels,
Lord and your hand upon his life. Lord, to strengthen him. Lord,
strengthen his abilities. Lord, make him Lord, not just a
testimony for your glory, Lord, but somebody Lord that will
shine Lord on and off the field. Lord. For God,
you have anointed him for such a time as this. Lord,
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So God, let him throw Lord with so much heat,
Lord and an anoying Lord when he is out there, Lord,
and when he's around his teammates, when he's around the opposition,
let people feel something on him, Lord, where they're like, Hey,
I got to talk to this guy. This guy, there's
something about this blake that I just need to have
a conversation with him. Because they may not know what
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that is. Lord, but when they start talking to him,
something is going to go through their spirit, Lord, because
it's gonna come through your heavens, Lord and into his spirit.
And threw his lips, Lord, into the ears of those
he speaks to. And Father, we declare now anything that
tries to harm him derail him, we bind and break
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that now in the name of Jesus. Like I said,
he has annoyed it for such a time as this.
Bless his career, bless his path. Put the right people,
Lord in his path that will uplift him, under gird him,
have his back, train him, Lord and Jesus name, both
spiritually and also in baseball. Lord, put the right people
in his life. Lord, in Jesus' name, And we declare
a blessed career, and that those years that he has
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had those conversations with you about shall happen, and he
will excel in those years. Beautifully give him back what
has been lost in Jesus's name, And we declare an
anoying goes before him now in Jesus's.
Speaker 4 (21:57):
Name, Yes, Father, and we just speak now super natural
accelerated healing over his shoulder, yes, even his arm and
his wrist. Father, we just declare any inflammation, any any
remnant of structural damage that is no more. But we
declare that his throwing arm is better than it even
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was before. We speak now, Father, that his arm is
preserved for such a time as this. We speak longevity, yes, Father,
we speak even accelerated recovery. We come against fatigue, soreness, inflammation, bruising,
swelling that will not be going forward for the remainder
of his career. Father, and we just thank you for
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the season that he is going to enter into shall
be one that shall be for the record books. God,
And we just speak it now in Jesus Mighty.
Speaker 3 (22:50):
Jesus name, bless him.
Speaker 1 (22:51):
Fathers. Yeah, Blake, I'm telling you.
Speaker 3 (22:53):
Man, Thank you guys.
Speaker 2 (22:54):
Yeah, it's pretty humbling when you people like yourself are
willing to pray.
Speaker 3 (22:58):
It takes time to do it. I appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (23:00):
Hey, it's humbling for your show. So yeah, you know,
the best days are ahead, brother, I'm telling you, and
you know I just know that God is going to
reward you for your stance and for what you have
said no to and been willing to put yourself on
the front lines and say listen, like, I'm not, you know, wavering.
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I'm not going to bend towards woke culture, woke trends.
And just because other people and everyone else is doing
this doesn't mean I have to. And God is going
to reward that because it's people like yourself, Blake that
are needed in this generation and God sees that and
that's why, hey, why not baseball? You know?
Speaker 3 (23:42):
Well, you guys, you guys keep pointing.
Speaker 2 (23:44):
It is like, you know, I'm the one that stood
up for all this, and I think I think it
starts with with leaders.
Speaker 3 (23:50):
You know.
Speaker 2 (23:51):
And yeah, you know, Matt, honestly like your mom and
your dad, yourself, guys like yourself, Anthony. It's like we've
I've there's a different boldness that's been impressed on Katie
and I because of people like yourself who have taken
a stand before the rest. And there is a reward
for that for you guys too. I truly believe it,
and there's there's a blessing ahead of you guys. I mean,
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I just think about like all the all the front
runners who did things against culture that were honorable to
God before it even became acceptable, you know, with with
the masses that love Jesus. It's just it's interesting to see.
And I know that that's something that kind of drove us.
You know, I don't want to miss out on what
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God's movement is. And you guys certainly were the ones
that the Lord is speaking directly to to get the
message out. So there's your church has seen the blessing
of the Lord. I feel like with just the increase
of followers, the increase of like anointing, the increase of
you know, just financial blessing and and reach. I mean
think about what your your dad is and mom, and
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your ministry has been able to do just the spear
since twenty twenty, you know. And it's not just them.
It's like you know, like the like Robin Bullocks that
can't Christmas the I mean every I mean, those are
the ones that we've tapped into. Now there's so many
other pastors and ministries that have have increased and been blessed,
much like prophetic words have said, because of standing firm
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and the word and saying it's you know, it's okay
to stand up the culture, and there's just such a
better life out there for all of us. You know,
culture doesn't have our interests in mind. It has it
has like this deteriorating self indulgence. Like it's so short
lived and fleeting. There's no long term joy or hope
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or satisfaction. I mean, you're just always left wanting more
and more. And it's it's such a it's ironic that
people telling us you know this, you gotta watch your.
Speaker 3 (25:50):
Carbon footprint, you gotta ego this, and you go back.
Speaker 2 (25:53):
It's like they're they're the ones forcing an indulgence lifestyle
down our throats, right, you know everything is like.
Speaker 3 (25:58):
Scroll here bis by, oh bye, I would look like that,
let me pay, let me do this. I'm like I
got to have new this, do that?
Speaker 2 (26:05):
Like whatever happened to nostalgia, you know, like holding all
this stuff like I just.
Speaker 3 (26:10):
It's crazy to me.
Speaker 2 (26:11):
So like we're listening to these people like they're the
ones that are like the standard of living we should have,
yet they won't even let us have their standard of living.
And God's saying I've got that standard for you. And
then some because you are heirs to the kingdom, your
sons and daughters, you.
Speaker 3 (26:24):
Know, like, yes, I just it's I want people to
see that so bad.
Speaker 2 (26:28):
I need to see it for you know, like I
have times where I'm just I forget that.
Speaker 3 (26:32):
Yeah, well, Blake, anyways, that's my pitch.
Speaker 1 (26:35):
We appreciate that.
Speaker 3 (26:36):
Man.
Speaker 1 (26:36):
Hey, it sounds like we might need to get you
back on mid season if you've got time. I know
your schedule's crazy. One hundred and sixty two games is
a lot of baseball, but ye.
Speaker 3 (26:44):
It'll be more than that. We got playoffs.
Speaker 1 (26:45):
Yeah, yeah, more. You're going to win the World Series. Man,
Like you're going you're playing November baseball, Okay, Like pitchers
and catchers are reporting now, and you're just gonna be
going till November because the Dodgers are stacked. You have
the most stacked roster in the league, everybody.
Speaker 3 (26:58):
The Association this year. And I'm sorry, yeah.
Speaker 1 (27:00):
I know, I know I'm gonna miss you in September.
But we'll do a mid season uh, you know, get
together or something along those lines. Uh, if you've got time,
we'll get you back on the show. But Blake, thanks again, man,
We enjoyed it. All the time together. Man, you're the man,
and call me if you ever get something. Maybe we
can link up at a ballpark or something somewhere across
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the country, somewhere just you know, we'll we'll talk.
Speaker 3 (27:23):
We play the Cup, so yeah, we're there the bullpen.
Speaker 1 (27:29):
No, you're mine, dude. I hope you. I hope you
strike my boys out because you're my guy. But when
you're not in there, I hope we're hitting bombs on
the rest of the rotation. But uh, but hey, man,
appreciate you much, love to you, and uh, you know,
go go out there, man, play for play for the
Lord this year, man, and he's annoyed you for such
a time as this. But audience, thank you guys so
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much for watching. We hope you guys learned something today.
And uh, Anthony, as we always say, go change the
game in your city. We love each and every one
of you. God LUs, and we'll see you next time.
Bye bye,
Hey, game changers out there, Hope you enjoyed Part one
with twenty eighteen All Star in twenty twenty World Series
Champion La Dodgers pitcher Blake trying to get ready for
part two. You won't want to miss this. It's very powerful.
Tune in right now. They want to start arguments instead
of having conversation, and that's the problem.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Because they're really good at it, hoping that we are
irrational because truth truth say it is, just say the truth,
you know, like there's nothing you have to hide. So
if you're lying, then you're trying to like get people's
emotions involved. I had just without going down it, you know,
like the art of deflection. I don't want to deflect anything,
but the animals coming in and tell them you like,
it doesn't make a difference. You're not going to make
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a difference. And truth will always resonate. People know truth
in their spirit, they know what truth is. And so
for a week I did this, and then I felt
the Holy Spirit say, well, what do you feel in
the presence of godly people or godly counsel you know,
or in worship, what does your heart tell you you
want to do? And so I'm sitting in service, and
I'm like, yeah, I'm ready to run through a wall
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after a marked riskal message on this.
Speaker 3 (01:17):
This is what I have to do.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
I have to say something, and it's just it's literally
like the organization can make whatever decision they want. You know,
there's plenty of godly people in that clubhouse, and not
everybody's at a different point, is at the same point
in their faith willing to say something.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
You know, I know where people stood, but some.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
Of them were just like, you know, I just want
to play baseball, and that's their own that's their own prerogative,
and that's fine. I pray that we all get to
a point where we're all on the same page, same
beat for God, and I think their hearts are. But
like I was called probably in that moment, to be
more more fiery. You know, when Kershaw came out and
made a statement and I forget Williams, Trevor Williams for
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the Nats, you know, that was that was a profound statement,
that was incredible. So but I end up making a
statement and I never got any flat only positive and
the only thing that people attacked was the actual wording
of the message, which I thought was funny, Like it's
really comical that you can't attack what I said because
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I didn't say anything that wasn't true, you know, like
the facts were the facts. We've seen what's happened when
people got on this road, and really i've heard many
people say this, we just want to Americans.
Speaker 3 (02:29):
We don't.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
It's gotten to a point where like you can't just
have your lifestyle that you want because at one point
it was, hey, this is is who we are, this
is how.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
We want to live.
Speaker 2 (02:39):
That's fine, Okay, No, now you have to agree with us, right,
Oh okay, we agree that that's what you want to do. No, no,
now you need to affirm everything we're saying. If you don't,
then you're now a bigot, or you're homophobic or your X,
Y and Z fill it in. I mean it guess
just gets to the point where they find as many
words as possible with isms on it and trying to
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trying to cloud your character. And like I'm just I'm
I'm I'm not going to play those games anymore now,
Like I just am, Like I know who I am.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
I love I love everybody. I don't just don't.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
I don't agree with everybody's choices, nor do I agree
with my own choices at times and I look back
and I scratched my head and I'm like, what were
you doing? But in the best of my ability, I'm
going to try to stand for the honor of God.
And when that stuff happened, I said, I'm gonna say
what I need to say because IM sick and tired
of Jesus's name being ran through the mud and people
saying he's fake news when I know what he's done
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for me and I know what he's done for other people.
Speaker 3 (03:34):
So that's that's kind of where That's kind of where
I'll leave it. Now.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
On the flip side, I know people Christians out there
are sports fans, people who don't even know Jesus.
Speaker 3 (03:43):
But look at them like, yeah, there's something wrong with this.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
You know.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
There's a difference with decisions that are being made that
people just don't understand. And I didn't fully understand at
the moment, but I didn't need to to at least
stand for the honor of God. I it is very complex,
but there's a lot of good people in the Dodgers organization. Okay,
So I know God has called me to be a
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light or to encourage or to do whatever it needs
me to be in the Dodgers organization. And my prayer
is that I'm the best that I've ever been in
my career performance wise. So it draws attention to the
talent God's trust me with. So it points back to Jesus.
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That's what I've always wanted to do. Yes, you have
to fight off selfish ambitions or selfish pride and all
these things like, oh look what I can do, Like, no,
I didn't do it.
Speaker 3 (04:36):
I work hard, but God's the one doing it.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
My goal is to do that first and foremost, be
like blessed the Daughters organization with the talent God gave me,
and then let the rest just hopefully people find Christ
through it.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
So yeah, so you know you mentioned some of the
stuff you took a stand for and everything, but you know,
going back when that uniform thing happened with you know,
the certain patches that they were wanting to put on
on for the you know, the gay pride and everything,
and you refuse to do that. I mean a lot
of people in the body of Christ like stood with
you through that man and conservative Christians.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
You know, there's a lot more than just me like
there's a lot of guys in baseball that are that
are just like you know, like it is what it is,
but we don't.
Speaker 3 (05:17):
Have you ever noticed there's there's no other night for
any other.
Speaker 1 (05:21):
Yeah, you know, I said, this is just it's interesting,
but I remember that it's just it's just interesting.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
So like I don't I don't have to agree with it.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
And you know, like we don't sign up for baseball
to agree with every decision Baseball makes. We sign up
to be the best performance, to get to be the
best talent for that organization. So that's that's what I'm
here for. And you know, I don't agree with everything.
They don't agree with everything I see. But I'm not
going to be malicious with how how I speak. I'm
also not going to be passive. I'll just tell you
the truth. And I hopefully my message right now isn't
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coming across like, you know, the mean or intolerant.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
I just I know what God's called me to and
I want to live in that standard.
Speaker 1 (05:57):
Yeah. Have you ever had any moments where where God
has put you because of your stancer, because of the
light I mean, because Blake, like Anthony, I can sit
here people watching can sit here and somebody would have
to be pretty ignorant to not see the call of
God on your life and the annoying that's placed on
your life because not only are you anointed for baseball,
(06:18):
but you are anointed to speak. You're very well spoken.
There's an annoying when you let words come from your
spirit out through your tongue, and you can just tell
that the voice of God is speaking through you. Have
there been, you know, moments where you've and you don't
have to name drop, but I mean obviously people who
watch baseball know your teammates man, I mean Kershaw, Freddie Freeman,
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Mookie Betts, I mean, go down the line, okay, and
just you know, now Otani, I mean, the biggest contract
we've ever seen is now you know your teammate. I mean,
it doesn't get much bigger than that. And so when
you see those guys every single day and you know
you're taking a stand for some has anybody ever came
to you and said, Blake, I need prayer for this?
(07:01):
Can you pray with me for this? Can you teach
me this? And you've had those opportunities to really minister
to somebody, because you know, again, God is using your
career for something special such as that.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
I wouldn't say people are seeking prayer from other teammates.
I've certainly it's probably more of a one on one
of people you're really comfortable with.
Speaker 3 (07:27):
When I was younger, there I've had.
Speaker 2 (07:28):
I had really good teammates Stephen Drew, Chris Heisei, Adam
Larroach was like amazing, Ian Desmond amazing, Craig Stamon was
was a good teammate. All loved Jesus and gave me
just great examples of how to carry yourself as a Christian.
And you know, I don't If people want to pursue
that with me, that's fine, and I would be honored.
(07:50):
I certainly, you know, put hands on some teammates and
prayed with them, you know, with certain things that have
come up, whether it be like a you know, this
guy took a shot off the kneels, make let's just pray.
Make sure it's nothing, you know, like this guy's ankles crushing. Hey,
you want if I come to your room later and
just pray it you for a couple of minutes, like
and and you'd be surprised like, yeah, sure, man, absolutely,
I don't care Like and that to me was like
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like really special moments that I won't forget because I
that's so out of my comfort zone.
Speaker 3 (08:17):
But I know that in those moments, I'm supposed to
do that, and.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
You know, like if God, if God wants me to
do those things, then I'm open for it. My biggest
thing is just to like people know where I stand
on things now, and I just I want to be
a better a better example of more of like the
the receiving side of Christ, like the listening side, and
just trying to trying to like, hey, like I don't
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have the answers, but I can show you we're in
the Bible and you can reflect off.
Speaker 3 (08:45):
That or you know, this is what's helped me.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
I really do want to start like a Bible study
this year on the road and just open door policy
who every wants.
Speaker 3 (08:56):
To come, you know, So just trying to figure out
like kind of how I want to lead that.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
You know, I've been praying about it. I've seen some
advice on it, so I I just think it's important
that one year we did a Daniel Murphy let it
when I was in d C and it was awesome,
you know, So just giving people an opportunity to go
up there and at least, you know, share some things
that they may be struggling with and realizing they're not
the only one that's ever went through it, so and
(09:23):
that there's an answer court. You know, there's there's Jesus.
So I I hope there's opportunities for it, but you know,
God will be the one that that brings that.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
So this year, I'm not going to try hard.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
I'm just gonna be available, Anthony, if you have anything,
you know, go ahead. I know not only you know
we talk about all this, but I think there's so
many people, whether they're an athlete or not an athlete,
that are getting something out of this where you know,
they may be having that question in their mind of
like what's the next pitch that I need to throw?
And you know in baseball that's like always so important
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of like you got to know your batter. You got
to know who you're going against. Is the aliety is
the lefty because a lot of times you know how
many people are on base, how many outs do I
have you know, to get is it one? Is it two?
Is it all three? That I still need to get?
What ending is it? You know how many pitches have
I thrown. There's so many things that resonate through your
head as a pitcher, and I think people in life
Anthony feel that way too, like what is my next pitch?
(10:18):
You know? And so if you have anything, go ahead
and share, but or if you question anything.
Speaker 4 (10:22):
Well, one of the questions I had for you, Blake,
was you know you mentioned the balance between kind of
ambition and being used by God. So I think this
would be a good one for young athletes if you
could answer. People who are like Matt pastor Matt mentioned,
are just trying to find that balance between being the
best version of themselves for themselves versus being the best
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version of themselves for God. So how do you balance
that between? You know, you've achieved some of the highest
levels in baseball, how do you balance personally ambition and
using that platform and using your talents solely for the
purpose of being used by God.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
I think a lot of it has to do with
like knowing the word of God and knowing how he
wants us to live.
Speaker 3 (11:12):
And if you.
Speaker 2 (11:12):
Truly love honoring, like everything, something I've always whether I'm
fully understood or not, is everything I do needs to
honor and glorify God. And if that's not the heart
of anything I do, like we were falling off the vine,
you know, like we are not. There's no fruit in
anything that you do that's not attached to the vine,
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you know. So I I've always if I'm not, if
I'm not, I mean, I've had moments where I've straight off,
like I can catch myself a little bit, and it's
and it's not a good look, like I'll replace certain conversations.
Speaker 3 (11:46):
And it's like, am I really where I was five
years ago?
Speaker 2 (11:49):
When I was like this humble young guy who maybe
wasn't as bold as my faith, but at least had
an honorable mindset. And so I'm like, dang, I need
I need to twist that back and still maintain my boldness.
And I think the biggest thing is knowing and understanding
the standard God has called us to. And like my
my favorite character in the Bible is character as if
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it's fake, but person in the Bible is David, and
you know he was so humbled to the Lord but
did amazing things like I just you just see like
this young build up of him where it's just like
faith that that fuels the miracles that like, how do
you how does the little guy like him as a
as a shepherd kill a lion and a bear, I mean,
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and then go in and defeat Goliath And then you
know he has all these amazing feats with humble attitude,
like everybody knew he was going to be king.
Speaker 3 (12:38):
Everybody knew, like he.
Speaker 2 (12:39):
Had this Anointingbody's like, nope, I'm not laying a hand
on Lord's annointing.
Speaker 3 (12:43):
Not my place, not my time.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
And he just he just waited his turn and his opportunity,
and it's like God will, God will bring those opportunities
to you. And if it's not, Like I tell people
this a lot, I love baseball.
Speaker 3 (12:55):
Growing up as a kid, I did not.
Speaker 2 (12:59):
And there was moments where was like, oh, play pro ball,
you know, like I'm gonna I'm gonna go MLB. But
then it left me and I felt like I was
called into just like a career's lifestyle, like landscape architecture.
I thought I went to school for landscape architecture, it
gonna be my career, and God is like baseball, and
I'm like.
Speaker 3 (13:13):
I don't know, like I didn't even cut it to
an aigh school.
Speaker 2 (13:16):
Now baseball Blake I'm like, are you sure, baseball, I'm like,
you're crazy, but I love you'll do it all right.
So I started pursuing it, and it just like door
kept opening, door.
Speaker 3 (13:27):
Kept opening, and I'm like okay.
Speaker 2 (13:29):
And then as I get closer to the target of
like where I'm seeing this realization like God's like revealing
what this future might look like, like little injuries came in,
and like you can see the enemy when you're getting
over the target, and then you have this big breakthrough,
like the enemy press is so hard. So just like
I encourage guys like no matter what your walk is
or if you're athlete or business or whatever you're doing,
like when you are living for God, the enemy's definitely
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gonna try to hold you down and understand that there's
breakthrough on the backside that is greater than anything you
would imagine because Satan wants to try to deter you
staying on that path of I'm gonna call it righteousness
and obedience for the Lord because.
Speaker 3 (14:06):
I feel like the Lord rewards those.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
Who diligently seek him and so I feel like I
know that's in the word so and and so, Like
if you if you know you're you're doing those things
and you're heading adversity like it's nothing more than you
can handle because you have God and He's gonna give
you a breakthrough on the backside. Again, I did not
know baseball is my thing. I love baseball as my
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childhood passion. And then it just kept opening up doors
and opening up doors, and so I'm like, I honestly
would not.
Speaker 3 (14:37):
Be here if it wasn't for God.
Speaker 2 (14:39):
So I mean, He's the one I pray Craig Grossel
give a passage or a sermon one time about like,
you know, can we stop like just giving God these
I'm gonna call them weak prayers, you know, like Lord,
bless my food.
Speaker 3 (14:55):
God's like simple, It's already done. Like give meselfing harder. Okay,
Can I have a happy sunshine today?
Speaker 2 (15:00):
Yeah, summertime. It's eighty five and Sonny good, congratulations. That
was like driving with something hard. I'm the God of
the universe. I'm the God of miracles, like he hit
me with something hard. So I'm at Arkansas University and
I'm at once removed a year.
Speaker 3 (15:17):
Removed from baseball. God tells me baseball.
Speaker 2 (15:20):
I started throwing and I said, God, I'm not leaving
this and as an ai a JV.
Speaker 3 (15:24):
The year before. So I'm like, not nothing special, right.
Speaker 2 (15:27):
And that's just like, that's like why I love when
I look back and I say this. I don't like
talking about my story because everybody's got a story, but
I know I need to. Like, I love that God
used somebody who was you know, for another time. I
was like overweight, bullied, short, not athletic in high school.
Nobody would ever expect that I'd even play college ball,
let alone start on a high school team. And then
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you know, he uses me to pursue this crazy career
which is completely unfolded because of his hand. And so
I I look back and I'm just like I pray
this prayer and I'm like, God, I'm not leaving unless's
Division one and they have landscape architecture. No joke, just
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turned D one landscape architecture. I was like, I'm going,
I got you, Like this is like there's no way
like this just happened. I prayed this crazy prayer that
literally nobody would probably ever experience. Yeah, and you gut
still there? Sorry, Yeah, got you? Okay, So this prayer
that like I would have never thought would happen, and
he's like, I did it for you. Now what are
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you gonna do? Are you gonna honor what you said?
Or you just gonna like have me show off for
no reason?
Speaker 3 (16:39):
So I packed up the left. Yeah, and the rest
is kind of history.
Speaker 2 (16:43):
There's more along the way, but like with our twenty
seven thirty, I got no room for it. So maybe
not even your fifty fifty five or whatever it would be.
I still have time for it, but for another time.
Speaker 1 (16:55):
Yeah, sure, yeah, absolutely no, Anthony, go ahead if you got.
Speaker 4 (16:58):
Something, though, I'm still kind of like wrap my head
around your story. You definitely have to share your story
because that is interesting. Okay, what age were you when
when God told you baseball? What what you said? College?
Speaker 3 (17:12):
Sophomore in college? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (17:13):
Wow, yeah, So a lot of guys have either been
drafted in the minor leagues or were on their platform.
Ye're for getting drafted in college And I wasn't even
throwing a baseball and God just simply said throw baseball and.
Speaker 3 (17:28):
Trust me, I guess.
Speaker 2 (17:29):
And again kind of like God gave me this naive
mindset to never pursue the ideas of realistic Like if
I look through it through a lens of like realistic,
like like obtaining obtaining it through realistic lenses. I would
have I would have said, no, shot, just want to
stay in my comfy bubble of a degree because I was.
Speaker 3 (17:48):
I was doing really.
Speaker 2 (17:48):
Well in landscape architecture, like almost all my projects were
kept for accreditations, Like I knew that that was validation
that I was in the right spot. But then God
was like, I got something better for you. All right,
give me D one, you know, and a NSC architectures
Like done, all right, now move I'm going.
Speaker 1 (18:09):
So it's like Angels in the Outfield. You like throw
a pitch in that movie and you don't realize the
kind of heat coming out of your hand or something.
You're like, you know, like dang, I could throw that.
Speaker 2 (18:18):
Yeah, And I was just an invited walk on. I
could have usually been cut at any point.
Speaker 3 (18:21):
Didn't know that either. I thought I was signing. It
was like, where's my paper signed?
Speaker 4 (18:24):
Day?
Speaker 2 (18:24):
And it's like, yeah, Blake, you're just an invited walk on,
so just show up.
Speaker 3 (18:28):
I was like, okay, So that's what I did, and
the rest is history.
Speaker 4 (18:33):
So I'm amazed at your story, because again, folks, this
guy was a crucial member of the twenty twenty World
Series team that won. Yes, a twenty eighteen MLB All
Star has over five hundred career strikeouts, and that's all
probably what within a decade of you being of God
(18:53):
being like, yeah, you're gonna play baseball. Yeah, and you
were like a like.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
That would have been a two thousand and seven Tales
and seven He told me that, and then yeah, that's
been a journey since. This will be my eleventh, eleventh
season in the big leagues and you know, tenth year
of service time, so I'm hopefully a few more years,
you know, declared that I will have a few more years.
Speaker 4 (19:20):
There you go. But your your story, I I mean,
beside from you just having you on here because you're
a great person, but the story that you have, I
believe is a testament of what God is doing to
millions of people around the world in this season that
those who have felt like they've been hidden, maybe you
feel like you've been forgotten, Maybe you feel like, oh,
(19:43):
maybe that dream is long gone. Listen to this man
and what God has done for him. That will happen
to you. And that's going to be one of those
things in this season where God's going to start showing
that more and more of people and what He has
hidden for such a time as this. That is your story, Blake,
and I think definitely you're going to continue to play
because that is the story that God wants to share
(20:05):
with everyone else. And it's gonna be a theme in
this season as we take this country back.
Speaker 1 (20:09):
Yeah. Yeah, I want to just pray something for Blake
real quick, and Anthony feel free to pray something too.
But Heavenly Father, we just thank you right now for Blake. Lord,
and we just thank you, Lord for your hand that
is upon his life.
Speaker 3 (20:20):
Lord.
Speaker 1 (20:21):
He has stood for you, Lord, he has stood for
the kingdom. So now Lord, we ask that you send angels,
Lord and your hand upon his life. Lord, to strengthen him. Lord,
strengthen his abilities. Lord, make him Lord, not just a
testimony for your glory, Lord, but somebody Lord that will
shine Lord on and off the field. Lord. For God,
you have anointed him for such a time as this. Lord,
(20:42):
So God, let him throw Lord with so much heat,
Lord and an anoying Lord when he is out there, Lord,
and when he's around his teammates, when he's around the opposition,
let people feel something on him, Lord, where they're like, Hey,
I got to talk to this guy. This guy, there's
something about this blake that I just need to have
a conversation with him. Because they may not know what
(21:03):
that is. Lord, but when they start talking to him,
something is going to go through their spirit, Lord, because
it's gonna come through your heavens, Lord and into his spirit.
And threw his lips, Lord, into the ears of those
he speaks to. And Father, we declare now anything that
tries to harm him derail him, we bind and break
(21:23):
that now in the name of Jesus. Like I said,
he has annoyed it for such a time as this.
Bless his career, bless his path. Put the right people,
Lord in his path that will uplift him, under gird him,
have his back, train him, Lord and Jesus name, both
spiritually and also in baseball. Lord, put the right people
in his life. Lord, in Jesus' name, And we declare
a blessed career, and that those years that he has
(21:45):
had those conversations with you about shall happen, and he
will excel in those years. Beautifully give him back what
has been lost in Jesus's name, And we declare an
anoying goes before him now in Jesus's.
Speaker 4 (21:57):
Name, Yes, Father, and we just speak now super natural
accelerated healing over his shoulder, yes, even his arm and
his wrist. Father, we just declare any inflammation, any any
remnant of structural damage that is no more. But we
declare that his throwing arm is better than it even
(22:18):
was before. We speak now, Father, that his arm is
preserved for such a time as this. We speak longevity, yes, Father,
we speak even accelerated recovery. We come against fatigue, soreness, inflammation, bruising,
swelling that will not be going forward for the remainder
of his career. Father, and we just thank you for
(22:42):
the season that he is going to enter into shall
be one that shall be for the record books. God,
And we just speak it now in Jesus Mighty.
Speaker 3 (22:50):
Jesus name, bless him.
Speaker 1 (22:51):
Fathers. Yeah, Blake, I'm telling you.
Speaker 3 (22:53):
Man, Thank you guys.
Speaker 2 (22:54):
Yeah, it's pretty humbling when you people like yourself are
willing to pray.
Speaker 3 (22:58):
It takes time to do it. I appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (23:00):
Hey, it's humbling for your show. So yeah, you know,
the best days are ahead, brother, I'm telling you, and
you know I just know that God is going to
reward you for your stance and for what you have
said no to and been willing to put yourself on
the front lines and say listen, like, I'm not, you know, wavering.
(23:22):
I'm not going to bend towards woke culture, woke trends.
And just because other people and everyone else is doing
this doesn't mean I have to. And God is going
to reward that because it's people like yourself, Blake that
are needed in this generation and God sees that and
that's why, hey, why not baseball? You know?
Speaker 3 (23:42):
Well, you guys, you guys keep pointing.
Speaker 2 (23:44):
It is like, you know, I'm the one that stood
up for all this, and I think I think it
starts with with leaders.
Speaker 3 (23:50):
You know.
Speaker 2 (23:51):
And yeah, you know, Matt, honestly like your mom and
your dad, yourself, guys like yourself, Anthony. It's like we've
I've there's a different boldness that's been impressed on Katie
and I because of people like yourself who have taken
a stand before the rest. And there is a reward
for that for you guys too. I truly believe it,
and there's there's a blessing ahead of you guys. I mean,
(24:16):
I just think about like all the all the front
runners who did things against culture that were honorable to
God before it even became acceptable, you know, with with
the masses that love Jesus. It's just it's interesting to see.
And I know that that's something that kind of drove us.
You know, I don't want to miss out on what
(24:37):
God's movement is. And you guys certainly were the ones
that the Lord is speaking directly to to get the
message out. So there's your church has seen the blessing
of the Lord. I feel like with just the increase
of followers, the increase of like anointing, the increase of
you know, just financial blessing and and reach. I mean
think about what your your dad is and mom, and
(24:57):
your ministry has been able to do just the spear
since twenty twenty, you know. And it's not just them.
It's like you know, like the like Robin Bullocks that
can't Christmas the I mean every I mean, those are
the ones that we've tapped into. Now there's so many
other pastors and ministries that have have increased and been blessed,
much like prophetic words have said, because of standing firm
(25:19):
and the word and saying it's you know, it's okay
to stand up the culture, and there's just such a
better life out there for all of us. You know,
culture doesn't have our interests in mind. It has it
has like this deteriorating self indulgence. Like it's so short
lived and fleeting. There's no long term joy or hope
(25:40):
or satisfaction. I mean, you're just always left wanting more
and more. And it's it's such a it's ironic that
people telling us you know this, you gotta watch your.
Speaker 3 (25:50):
Carbon footprint, you gotta ego this, and you go back.
Speaker 2 (25:53):
It's like they're they're the ones forcing an indulgence lifestyle
down our throats, right, you know everything is like.
Speaker 3 (25:58):
Scroll here bis by, oh bye, I would look like that,
let me pay, let me do this. I'm like I
got to have new this, do that?
Speaker 2 (26:05):
Like whatever happened to nostalgia, you know, like holding all
this stuff like I just.
Speaker 3 (26:10):
It's crazy to me.
Speaker 2 (26:11):
So like we're listening to these people like they're the
ones that are like the standard of living we should have,
yet they won't even let us have their standard of living.
And God's saying I've got that standard for you. And
then some because you are heirs to the kingdom, your
sons and daughters, you.
Speaker 3 (26:24):
Know, like, yes, I just it's I want people to
see that so bad.
Speaker 2 (26:28):
I need to see it for you know, like I
have times where I'm just I forget that.
Speaker 3 (26:32):
Yeah, well, Blake, anyways, that's my pitch.
Speaker 1 (26:35):
We appreciate that.
Speaker 3 (26:36):
Man.
Speaker 1 (26:36):
Hey, it sounds like we might need to get you
back on mid season if you've got time. I know
your schedule's crazy. One hundred and sixty two games is
a lot of baseball, but ye.
Speaker 3 (26:44):
It'll be more than that. We got playoffs.
Speaker 1 (26:45):
Yeah, yeah, more. You're going to win the World Series. Man,
Like you're going you're playing November baseball, Okay, Like pitchers
and catchers are reporting now, and you're just gonna be
going till November because the Dodgers are stacked. You have
the most stacked roster in the league, everybody.
Speaker 3 (26:58):
The Association this year. And I'm sorry, yeah.
Speaker 1 (27:00):
I know, I know I'm gonna miss you in September.
But we'll do a mid season uh, you know, get
together or something along those lines. Uh, if you've got time,
we'll get you back on the show. But Blake, thanks again, man,
We enjoyed it. All the time together. Man, you're the man,
and call me if you ever get something. Maybe we
can link up at a ballpark or something somewhere across
(27:20):
the country, somewhere just you know, we'll we'll talk.
Speaker 3 (27:23):
We play the Cup, so yeah, we're there the bullpen.
Speaker 1 (27:29):
No, you're mine, dude. I hope you. I hope you
strike my boys out because you're my guy. But when
you're not in there, I hope we're hitting bombs on
the rest of the rotation. But uh, but hey, man,
appreciate you much, love to you, and uh, you know,
go go out there, man, play for play for the
Lord this year, man, and he's annoyed you for such
a time as this. But audience, thank you guys so
(27:50):
much for watching. We hope you guys learned something today.
And uh, Anthony, as we always say, go change the
game in your city. We love each and every one
of you. God LUs, and we'll see you next time.
Bye bye,
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