{"id":2039,"date":"2012-10-03T07:58:22","date_gmt":"2012-10-03T11:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/changingchannels\/?p=2039"},"modified":"2012-10-03T07:58:22","modified_gmt":"2012-10-03T11:58:22","slug":"marlins-greenbergs-great-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/changingchannels\/2012\/10\/marlins-greenbergs-great-moment.html","title":{"rendered":"Marlins, Greenberg’s Great Moment"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Adam Greenberg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Baseball has provided many magical moments over the years and Tuesday night was certainly no different.<\/p>\n

Adam Greenberg, who was beaned in his first major league at-bat seven years ago and dealt with an ensuing concussion and migraines, made his long journey back to the ‘bigs’ in a plate appearance vs. the New York Mets.<\/p>\n

The result, a three-pitch strikeout vs. Cy Young candidate R.A. Dickey, didn’t matter so much as the fact that Greenberg was back in a major league uniform since that terrible event occurred when he was a ‘Cubbie’.<\/p>\n

Dickey, for his part, played it right in giving Greenberg a few extra moments to absorb the love of Marlins fans. He also didn’t cheat the batter, or the game, by taking it ‘easy’ on Greenberg by tossing a few terrific knuckleballs too.<\/p>\n

Life isn’t fair, and the Marlins, who I ripped last week for how they have handled a terrible season, received some redemption in their classy move of signing Greenberg for a day.<\/p>\n

Sometimes a rocky story can still have a happy ending, and the Marlins and Greenberg certainly enjoyed just that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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