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If you follow Major League Baseball you know me as the all-star center fielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates (or as \u201cCutch\u201d). People sometimes say my style of play looks effortless, as in smooth and easy. I\u2019m on the small side for a major leaguer\u2014and that probably adds to the perception.<\/p>\n

One thing I can promise you, though\u2014 no one gets to the big leagues without a ton of effort and more than a few setbacks. Especially me.<\/p>\n

March 30, 2007, was probably my worst day in baseball. The last game of spring training. McKechnie Field, Bradenton, Florida. A 90-minute drive from my hometown, Fort Meade. Growing up, family, friends, practically everyone in town, told me I was a natural. Of course I believed it. I trusted these folks.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: TORII HUNTER’S BASEBALL DREAM<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

I wasn\u2019t cocky, just confident. Eventually, I was picked by the Pirates in the first round of the 2005 draft. Since then, I\u2019d wound my way through the Pirates\u2019 farm system.<\/p>\n

On this final day of spring training for the big club, a few of us were invited to play with the starters who would go north\u2014big hitters like Jose Bautista and Jason Bay. In the top of the seventh I hit a wicked line drive into the right-field seats. I rounded the bases. My feet barely touched ground.<\/p>\n

At the end of the game, I was called into the manager\u2019s office. This was it. I was going to go north with the big club. I was going to be a major leaguer. I sat across from the manager, Jim Tracy.<\/p>\n

\u201cAndrew, you\u2019re a very talented player,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

This is awesome, <\/em>I thought. I\u2019d dreamed of this moment my whole life.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut…we just don\u2019t feel you\u2019re ready for the big leagues. You still need some seasoning.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not ready? <\/em>I walked out of his office, stunned. To me \u201cnot ready\u201d meant one thing: not good enough. I wasn\u2019t just letting myself down, I was letting down everyone who\u2019d believed in me. Especially my parents.<\/p>\n

Mom and Dad had me when they were 17-year-olds, in high school. She was a volleyball player and he was the school\u2019s star running back. Mom was a year ahead of Dad, and when she graduated, she accepted a scholarship to play volleyball at Polk Community College in Winter Haven.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: A SON’S LETTER TO HIS BASEBALL HALL-OF-FAME FATHER<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Dad graduated and took a football scholarship to Carson-Newman University in Tennessee, hoping to make it to the NFL. Mom supported him, believing he should better himself for my sake.<\/p>\n

They tried to make it work long distance. But after a year, Dad left his dreams behind. He and Mom moved into a trailer just outside Fort Meade. Mom got a job as a data-entry clerk at the sheriff\u2019s department. Dad juggled three jobs.<\/p>\n

He juggled more than that, though. He was partying in what little spare time he had. Mom wasn\u2019t having it. She was afraid that one night he might decide not to come back.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not going anywhere,\u201d Dad promised. His father had abandoned him and he swore he\u2019d never do that to her, or to me. But Mom wanted more than that. \u201cWe have a child. Unless you become a man of God, you\u2019ll never be my husband,\u201d she told him.<\/p>\n

Her words sank in…hard. Dad straightened out his act and became a youth counselor for the Peaceful Believers\u2019 Church, where Mom sang in the choir. They married when I was five, after he\u2019d proven himself a man of God.<\/p>\n

That was around the age I started skipping rocks with Dad at a lake near our house. Dad noticed that I had a good arm and signed me up to play tee ball. I tried to waggle my bat the way Ken Griffey, Jr., my favorite player, did.<\/p>\n

At 11, I joined a youth baseball league. To help me practice, Dad led me out to an open field by the trailer. He gave me a broomstick handle and tossed Wiffle balls or corks wrapped in electrical tape.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you can hit these, you can hit anything,\u201d he told me.<\/p>\n

Maybe it was because of working so closely with me\u2014on my faith as well as my playing\u2014that Dad eventually became a minister. He and Mom disciplined me and made sure I hit the books. No hanging out late.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: ADAM GREENBERG’S INSPIRING COMEBACK<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t want you to end up in a situation where you start a family before you\u2019re ready,\u201d Mom said. And Dad had his own advice. \u201cKeep the main thing the main thing, son,\u201d he told me one day.<\/p>\n

\u201cBaseball?\u201d I said.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo. God is the main thing. It\u2019s good to have other interests, but know that no matter what happens, God is all you need. All your gifts are gifts from him.\u201d<\/p>\n

I believed God had a plan for us all. But how would I ever get noticed as a ballplayer? My parents couldn\u2019t afford to send me to travel games. There was the motel room, gas money, tournament fees. \u201cIt will work out just as the Lord said in Romans 8:28,\u201d Dad reminded me. \u201c\u2018All things work together for good to those who love God.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

That year, an Amateur Athletic Union coach, Jimmy Rutland, noticed me during an all-star game. He asked Dad if I\u2019d ever been on a travel team. Dad just shook his head. Coach Rutland took me in as if I were another son. He helped pay for my jerseys and travel expenses. A teammate\u2019s parents helped too.<\/p>\n

By the time I started playing at Fort Meade High, I had a lot of people in my corner. Some of them said I was the best they\u2019d ever seen come through the school. That made me work even harder. Senior year I got the news that changed everything.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Pittsburgh Pirates are looking at you,\u201d Dad said. \u201cThey want you to go to their stadium for a workout.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dad and I flew to Pennsylvania. The park looked so much bigger than I expected. So did the players! I was 5 foot 10, weighed 160 pounds soaking wet. Some of these dudes were huge.<\/p>\n

That was the year the Pirates drafted me as the eleventh pick in the first round. I was named the Pirates\u2019 Minor League Player of the Year my first year as a pro. I was on my way to the bigs.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: DAVID ROBERTSON PROVIDES ANOTHER KIND OF RELIEF<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

And then came that brief conversation with Jim Tracy. He said I needed more seasoning. I felt like I was cooked.<\/p>\n

I was assigned to the Triple-A ballclub, the highest minor-league level. But my play wasn\u2019t at that level. I let my setback eat away at me, consuming my self-confidence. The fact was, I\u2019d never really had a knock like that before. I didn\u2019t know how to handle it.<\/p>\n

One hot summer night I stood in center field, replaying the whole scene in my mind. Maybe Jim Tracy is right, <\/em>I suddenly thought. Maybe it wasn\u2019t over for me. No matter how talented I was told I was, there was room to grow, to learn, to improve. Maybe I could turn struggle into progress.<\/p>\n

After all, we were talking about the majors. At that level the sport is teeming with talent! I had to man up and fight on. Another voice rose louder than my doubts. \u201cKeep the main thing the main thing,\u201d I could hear Dad say. God had this. I just had to show up…and do the work.<\/p>\n

Over the next two years I hustled. Big time. I listened and I worked. In 2009, I got the news: I was called up to the majors!<\/p>\n

In my rookie season, at just 22 years old, I hit .286 and got on base over a third of the time. I was named Baseball America <\/em>magazine\u2019s Major League Rookie of the Year.<\/p>\n

I had found my place on the team, but that team had had 20 straight losing seasons by 2013. Ouch! It was tough showing up at the park with a losing record, knowing that you\u2019re trying your best, and letting down your fans.<\/p>\n

I got on my knees. Lord, I love this game, but even if I didn\u2019t have it, I know what can never be taken away, and that\u2019s my love for you and your love for me. I want to do my best to help this team win. For the fans. For my family. For Coach Rutland. For Fort Meade and all the people who helped me and prayed for me.<\/em><\/p>\n

That year I won the National League\u2019s Most Valuable Player award and we made the playoffs. We\u2019ve made the cut every year since.<\/p>\n

But like life itself, baseball is a game of ups and downs. Last year I faced the worst slump of my career. Hitless in 12 of my first 25 games. I was rebounding from a knee injury. Still, it was pretty bad. A slump is the worst feeling a hitter can have. It\u2019s as though you\u2019re helpless, and every time you\u2019re at bat, the world is watching.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: HOPE FOR A HOMER<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Earlier in my career it would have been totally demoralizing. The fans were nervous. I was nervous. Again I prayed…but not for God to help me get a hit. I prayed for understanding. What was I supposed to learn from this experience?<\/p>\n

I thought about the adversity my parents had faced, the challenges they\u2019d overcome and helped me overcome. God had equipped me for this moment. If I never broke out of the slump, he still loved me.<\/p>\n

May 7, 2015. We were up against the Reds. I got three hits with a run batted in, two runs scored, a walk, a double and a steal. The slump was over. And after losing five games in a row, we won, 7\u20132. This time it wasn\u2019t a setback. It was a lesson. Trust in time. Trust in yourself. Trust in God.<\/p>\n

No matter what the stats and scores say, or what hits I take in life, I walk out on that field with one certainty: Struggles can be our greatest blessings.<\/p>\n

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