From prospect to priest: Grant Desme...

[azterick]

This story's a little different than the ones we generally read here, but it involves a former Aztec none the less. Grant Desme played for Tony Gwynn and was a teammate of Stephen Strasburg. He was a rising prospect in the A's organization when he left baseball to become a priest. It's just an interesting story about a guy who left a very promising baseball career to fulfill a higher calling.

sports.yahoo.com/news/from-prospect-to-priest--grant-desme-leaves-the-a-s--becomes-a-monk-and-tries-to-find-his-peace.html

[bobbysavoy]

Great story.
Thanks for posting.

[jcljorgenson]

Whatever makes you happy! I know somebody who married one of the best plackickers in BYU history. He was basically guaranteed to find an NFL spot, but did not enter the draft because he wouldn't play on Sundays and didn't want the travel schedule to negatively impact his family life.

[Frantic]

Religion causes people do strange things.

[ziggy]

Interesting read. I can't imaging making that choice given the talent he had but to each his own.

[sancarlosaztec]

If there can be priests in a military unit why can't there be priests on a professional baseball team?

Think about it. A priest could handle cleanup hitter duties and administer team sermons.

Someone's gonna do it one day.

[ellbee]

Sept 28, 2012 10:26:00 GMT -8 Frantic said:

[Fill in the blank] causes people do strange things.

FIFY.

[Trujillos & Beer]

Sept 28, 2012 10:26:00 GMT -8 Frantic said:

Religion causes people do strange things.

That's what it was designed for.

..Sent from my Samsung GS3..

[RB Aztec]

People without religion do strange things. :-)