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The Boy Who Ran onto the Field

Traditional baseball anecdote (Babe Ruth)

In one of Babe Ruth’s last games, after a series of failures, the crowd booed and shook their fists. A little boy jumped the railing, tears on his face, and threw his arms around the great player’s legs. Ruth scooped him up, hugged him, and walked off the field with the child. The boos were loud. The loyalty of one small person was louder in the way that matters.

How you’d preach it

Loyalty that appears when the crowd has turned. A single faithful presence can outweigh many voices.

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