SOURCE: Wall Street Journal, 8/26/24, p.A14; Beaumont Enterprise, 8/27/24, p.B2; "In Other Words," September 2024
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2024/08/24/danny-jansen-to-play-for-two-mlb-teams-in-same-game/74935744007/
KEYWORDS: double mind, doubt, decisions, team,
On August 27, 2024, Danny Jansen became the first Major League Baseball player to play for both teams at once…and play against himself. He was at bat as a Toronto Blue Jay on June 26th when the game was called at Fenway Park due to rain. Jansen was traded to the Red Sox on July 27th, and the rain-delayed makeup game was played on August 26th. When play resumed, Jansen was the Red Sox’ catcher, while Toronto’s Dalton Varsho pinch-hit for Jansen. So, Jansen caught the rest of an at-bat that he began in the batter’s box two months earlier.
Danny Jansen didn’t have control of that unique history from which the Baseball Hall of Fame collected memorabilia, but we often do have control of decisions and actions that lead us to rivaling commitments.
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