LDS Professional Baseball Pitcher Speaks at Devotional in Missouri

The following was written by DeeDee Squires for Deseret News. 

Latter-day Saint pitcher Jeremy Guthrie, who started two games in the recent 2014 World Series, spoke to a crowd of 750 people about his personal baseball journey and how his faith has made all the difference.

With his wife Jenny at his side, Brother Guthrie addressed an audience of members and friends at a Church meetinghouse in Platte City, Missouri. The Nov. 1 devotional was dubbed “An Evening with Jeremy Guthrie.” In his remarks, the right-handed pitcher for the Kansas City Royals answered the question: “Who are you?”

Sister Guthrie began the evening by reminding attendees of the question young Simba is asked after the loss of his father in “The Lion King” — a question echoed throughout the evening: “Who are you?”

In his remarks, Brother Guthrie reminisced about his high school years playing basketball, baseball and football, and how his primary sports desire was to be a football quarterback for Brigham Young University.

However, when the professional baseball scouts came to see a teammate pitch, a wise coach put Jeremy up on the mound first.

Read Squires full article at DeseretNews.com.