Highly-rated A's prospect retires to become a priest

Post #1 » by **Schad** » Sat Jan 23, 2010 1:45 am

http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=7461

Grant Desme was rated by Sickels as the 4th-best prospect in their organization, eighth by BA. A 23-year old giving up the opportunity for riches and fame in favour of a life of chastity and the chance to listen to other people's problems...that has to be a first.

Liqourish · Post #2 » by **Liqourish** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 3:47 pm

Good for him. He obviously knew that fame and fortune weren't going to make him happy. If being a priest is his choice, good for him.

Post #3 » by **craig01** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 7:00 pm

CentralQB5 · Post #4 » by **CentralQB5** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 10:28 pm

this is a little odd

Relentless88 · Post #5 » by **Relentless88** » Sun Feb 7, 2010 6:08 am

Liqourish wrote:Good for him. He obviously knew that fame and fortune weren't going to make him happy. If being a priest is his choice, good for him.

+1

bogut6 · Post #6 » by **bogut6** » Sat Feb 27, 2010 9:25 am

sule · Post #7 » by **sule** » Fri Mar 5, 2010 6:28 pm

Why not play out his career and then become a priest? He could've done a lot more with the money he'd made.

A priest with lots of money doesn't need to worry about funding projects. A priest who left money on the table just ends up making his priestly objectives that much harder to achieve.

UKF · Post #8 » by **UKF** » Sat Mar 13, 2010 3:06 am

sule wrote:Why not play out his career and then become a priest? He could've done a lot more with the money he'd made.

A priest with lots of money doesn't need to worry about funding projects. A priest who left money on the table just ends up making his priestly objectives that much harder to achieve.

Good point. This whole thing is just weird. It's not a bad thing to go into that career, but geez...

Post #9 » by **darth_federer** » Sun Apr 4, 2010 6:36 pm

sule wrote:Why not play out his career and then become a priest? He could've done a lot more with the money he'd made.

A priest with lots of money doesn't need to worry about funding projects. A priest who left money on the table just ends up making his priestly objectives that much harder to achieve.

Because its going to be tough being a young, extremely good baseball player without being exposed to temptation. Personally I dont believe in religion, but If its going to make him happy, he should go for it. Its certainly an odd case though.

Wayne Simien was a draft pick for the Heat and was so tempted on road trips, he used to call his preacher and his preacher's kids to keep him from becoming a sinner. :lol:

Besides, if youre one of the guys you should be able to share a beer or go to a restaurant or bar and its hard to say no.