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Team Over Self
25 October 2026

Team Over Self

Baseball and the Bible

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What does it truly mean to lead well, especially when the pressure is at its highest? In this episode, we explore a powerful lesson drawn from the diamond that cuts straight to the heart of how we treat the people around us. Using the example of a catcher who steadies a rattled pitcher not with anger or ego but with quiet, selfless calm, we are invited to think about what real leadership looks like. The devotion anchors itself in Philippians 2:3, which calls us away from selfish ambition and vain conceit and toward a posture of genuine humility that values others above ourselves. The moment a leader points to someone else after a big play rather than soaking in the spotlight is the moment we begin to understand what this verse is really asking of us. It is a challenge that reaches far beyond the baseball field and into every team, friendship, workplace, and family we are part of. When we shift our focus from building our own reputation to building up the people beside us, something changes not just in our relationships but in our own character. This is a message worth sitting with, because the culture around us constantly pushes us in the opposite direction.