Brandon Clarke flipped through his Bible to find a verse he’d like to discuss. He had plenty of options. So did his teammates at State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota (SCF), many of whom spent their Thursday night in coach Tim Hill’s living room chatting about their faith over a spaghetti dinner. Among all those verses, one takes permanent residence in Clarke’s mind, heart and on one of his baseball gloves: Proverbs 16:33, which says that no matter what risks you take, you will always end up at the right outcome.
Clarke knows the verse by heart. It’s a verse with parallels to his young baseball career.