As for the backpack, the reliever with the least amount of service time is assigned to tote it to the bullpen. It's loaded with gum, candy, sunflower seeds -- whatever the pitchers need to get them through a game. Asked if he (Carlos Zambrano) would be carrying it on Friday, which was when he could make his debut in the 'pen for the first time since 2002, Zambrano laughed and said, "No.""No chance," Marmol said, smiling. Russell has the backpack now.
"I'm pretty sure I'm keeping it," Russell said.
(Excerpt by Carrie Muskat http://mlb.com/news/article.jsp? ymd=20100422&content_id=9500604&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb)
You have to get to the ball park early to see the parade of pink backpacks that nearly every team has for the 'rookie' to carry to the bullpen. It is fun to watch as the season progresses and someone new gets to carry the pack. What joy there is for the one who no longer has to carry it! There is even joy for the one who is carrying it at the start for it symbolizes having made it to the 'Show.'
This long standing tradition in baseball got me to thinking . . . What if as Christian Men we were asked to carry pink backpacks as glaring symbols of our inexpereience?
How quickly do you think would we 'recruit' someone to become part of the team so they could carry the Pink Backpack?
Perhaps we should issue PINK BACKPACKS to all the men of the church to carry around until they pass it on to the next rookie.
When is the last time you passed the backpack to someone else to carry?
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