How many people have ever heard of Eddie Collins? Not someone most people are familiar with. But his stats are amazing. He was committed to the game.

Collins ranks 11th in the major leagues for most hits of all time with 3,315, and 7th for most stolen bases of all time with 745. He is one of five players to steal six bases in a game, and the only person to do so twice. To date, Collins is the only major league player to play for two teams for at least 12 seasons each. Upon his retirement, he ranked second in major league history in career games (2,826), walks (1,499) and stolen bases (744), third in runs scored (1,821), fourth in hits (3,315) and at bats (9,949), sixth in on-base percentage (.424), and eighth in total bases (4,268); he was also fourth in AL history in triples (187).

But Eddie Collins holds an incredible record that was established in 1930. He has held this record for almost 100 years. Eddie holds the record for the most sacrifice bunts in the history of baseball. 512 sacrifice bunts. No one has even come close to breaking it.

Eddie knew something that most men don’t. There is victory when you are committed to sacrifice. But you have to be committed to it. Eddie was committed to sacrifice. As a matter of fact, he won 6 World Series championships.

Let me ask you a simple question. Do you commit or do you quit? Most men look for the easy way out when things get hard. Marriage is tough…divorce. Kids a hard…withdraw. Work is rough…look for a new job. Relationships are painful..isolate. Church is truthful… find something else that’s not so I feel better.

The idea of sacrifice and commitment is a foreign concept in a “ME” culture. Especially when things get hard. In this episode, we talk about “5 things to do” if you don’t want to be committed to something. Join us as we talk about what it means to handle hard better through a commitment to sacrifice.