A Couple of weeks ago a friend of mine told me about getting autographs at the Ballpark and Josh Hamilton came up from the batting cage carrying some bats and started to sign autographs and a little kid asked Hamilton if he would give him a bat. Hamilton said he would give him one if the kid could recite two Bible verses. The kid didn't know any. Hamilton told him to come back three times and recite two Bible verses and he would give him a bat. Last week I was at the Ballpark and saw Hamilton walk up to a little kid about 8 years old and his mother. Hamilton spoke to the kid and then gave him one of his game bats. I tired to take a picture but wasn't quick enough. I asked about it and found out it was the Bible verse kid. I think this is a nice story and wanted to share it.
I hope some folks don't make an issue out of the Bible verses. I'm a firm believer in church and state separation and don't want people to impose their religious views on me. But this was voluntary. The kid didn't have to memorize the verses and it does no one harm to know some verses no matter what their religion or if they have no religious beliefs at all. The story here is Hamilton being nice to a kid and not just signing an autograph but giving him a bat which he didn't have to do.
I hope some folks don't make an issue out of the Bible verses. I'm a firm believer in church and state separation and don't want people to impose their religious views on me. But this was voluntary. The kid didn't have to memorize the verses and it does no one harm to know some verses no matter what their religion or if they have no religious beliefs at all. The story here is Hamilton being nice to a kid and not just signing an autograph but giving him a bat which he didn't have to do.
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