{"id":11157,"date":"2024-07-16T10:43:40","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T14:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/?p=11157"},"modified":"2024-07-16T10:43:40","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T14:43:40","slug":"baseball-player-wes-clarke-gets-baptized-on-field-after-game-incredibly-blessed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/2024\/07\/baseball-player-wes-clarke-gets-baptized-on-field-after-game-incredibly-blessed.html","title":{"rendered":"Baseball Player Wes Clarke Gets Baptized On Field After Game: ‘Incredibly Blessed’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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First baseman Wes Clarke of the Nashville Sounds was baptized by a teammate in a horse trough after their recent game against the Memphis Redbirds. The teammates both wore \u201cJesus Won\u201d shirts during Clarke\u2019s public display of faith in Jesus. The Sounds, the Triple-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers, won the game 4-1. Clarke, a 24-year-old drafted in the 40tth round of the 2018 MLB Amateur Draft out of Liberty Christian Academy in Lynchburg, VA, took to Instagram to commemorate the most important victory.<\/p>\n

Clarke wrote, \u201cHad the privilege of being baptized yesterday on the field by one of my good friends @brewerhicklen after our game. Thank you, Jesus, for this amazing moment in my life. I am incredibly blessed to be surrounded by so many supportive people. It was such a special night!\u201d His baptizer, outfielder Brewer Hicklen, told the Christian sports media ministry\u00a0Sports Spectrum<\/a>\u00a0that he had planned the baptism to be held after his club’s Faith and Family Night before team officials nixed the idea due to insufficient time to make arrangements. Officials then accepted his proposal for a baptism at a future date.<\/p>\n

The baptism had been slated to feature another teammate, shortstop Vinny Capra, until Capra was promoted to the major leagues only days before the game. Hicklen, who hit a home run in the game, said the team rallied around Clarke in support of the momentous occasion. “We had a team meeting before the game, and I was like, ‘Hey guys, you may be a Christian, you may not; you may support what we’re doing, but you may not. But I think it’d be really cool if you guys were there to support Wes as a teammate,'” he said. “Everyone was like, ‘Yeah, man, we’re all about it.’ So everybody stuck around; it was pretty cool. We even had a couple of guys from the other team stick around.”<\/p>\n

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