Article January 1, 2000 Issue

COMING TOGETHER to compete

An interview with former Major League hurler Sandy Vance

with contributions from Sandy Vance

Baseball continues to enjoy popularity worldwide. Stadiums are packed, and the fans enthusiastic. Here, former professional baseball player Sandy Vance offers an insider's view of athletics and competition. This interview was originally printed in The Herald of Christian Science, French edition.

Herald: What has drawn you to sports and what have they meant to you?

Sandy Vance: I began playing baseball as a professional when I was right out of college. At that time of my life, I went through a growing process, learning how sports related to my spiritual progress. For me, baseball and sports in general have been a waymark for other aspects of my life. It's more than just an athletic event. It's really a medium through which I learned about life. It was an arena that regularly tested my very best efforts. In some cases those efforts resulted in failure or loss, and in other cases, success. Then once I began to study Christian Science, I learned a higher view of what I was doing in athletics and sports.

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