{"id":29705,"date":"2023-11-06T10:14:09","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T15:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=29705"},"modified":"2023-11-06T10:14:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T15:14:09","slug":"diamondbacks-pitcher-brandon-pfaadt-addresses-viral-dugout-image-it-wasnt-a-bible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2023\/11\/diamondbacks-pitcher-brandon-pfaadt-addresses-viral-dugout-image-it-wasnt-a-bible.html","title":{"rendered":"Diamondbacks Pitcher Brandon Pfaadt Addresses Viral Dugout Image: ‘It Wasn’t a Bible’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Brandon Pfaat has recently offered clarification about a viral image of him holding a book that many believed was a Bible in the dugout before game 7 of the National League Championship Series against the Philadelphia Phillies.<\/p>\n

Pfaadt has played a critical role in propelling his team to the World Series as a rookie, with a clutch performance in the decisive game 7 of the NLCS over the Philadelphia Phillies, notching seven strikeouts in four innings. However, what most fans may not have seen was Pfaadt, who joined only a dozen other rookies in MLB history to start a postseason game 7, reading a book, which some speculated was a Bible, before taking the mound.<\/p>\n

An\u00a0image\u00a0<\/a>of Pfaadt reading a large leather-bound book in the dugout went viral before NCLS game 7, garnering a number of reactions on social media. Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, the House Judiciary Committee chair, applauded Pfaadt for the visible act of faith, tweeting, “We need more of this in sports!” However, it turns out that it wasn’t quite the moment of devotion and prayer that everyone assumed it was.<\/p>\n

After the game, the 25-year-old pitcher told CBN Will Dawson that the book wasn’t the Bible but a “scouting report.” He said, “No, that was a scouting report. I am a man of faith, but it wasn’t a Bible. That’s just my little booklet journal I’ve had all year.” Pfaadt started his journey to the big leagues at Trinity High School, an all-boys school in Louisville, Kentucky. He later played college ball at Bellarmine University, a private Catholic school also located in Louisville.<\/p>\n

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D-Backs pitcher, Brandon Pfaadt, appears here reading the Bible moments before taking the mound for a winner-take-all Game 7 pic.twitter.com\/GkjEZcGu49<\/a><\/p>\n

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