Episode 17: The Year He Stood on Baseball’s Two Biggest Stages with Brandon Finnegan

In this conversation, Brandon Finnegan tells a story almost no athlete on earth can tell. In a single year, he stood on baseball’s two biggest stages — first leading TCU to the College World Series, then just months later taking the mound for the Kansas City Royals in the MLB World Series. It was a historic rise that put him in a category of one.

But what the world sees as the pinnacle didn’t deliver what his heart was chasing.

Brandon opens up about the pressure, the adrenaline, the surreal reality of jumping from college ball to pitching under the brightest lights in baseball — and how the dream he had chased his whole life still left him searching. When injuries and setbacks ended his major league career far sooner than he expected, the collapse forced him to confront the emptiness success couldn’t fix.

What he found wasn’t a comeback story.
It was surrender.
And that surrender led him to Jesus — the only foundation strong enough to rebuild a life that had been shaped by pressure, platform, and unmet expectations.

This episode cuts deeper than stats or achievements. It’s about identity, loss, pride, purpose, and the grace that meets you when your greatest year still leaves you empty. Brandon’s story is a reminder that even the rarest accomplishments can’t hold the weight of a soul — but Christ can.

A powerful, grounded conversation for anyone chasing significance, wrestling with disappointment, or learning that the only victory that lasts is the one found in Him.

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