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\nLane Grindle | Courtesy photo <\/p>\n
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The Catholic convert spent 10 years at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln before joining the Milwaukee Brewers<\/p>\n
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By Jay Sorgi
for the Register<\/p>\n
He paints pictures for Major League Baseball fans on the radio, a skill that his time at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) helped construct.<\/p>\n
Yet former Cornhuskers baseball and current Milwaukee Brewers Radio Network announcer Lane Grindle has seen God and the Catholic Church\u2019s continual handiwork on his life, one which he recognizes is a lifelong building process and one which Lincoln fostered.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs our manager with the Brewers, Pat Murphy, would say, \u2018I\u2019m very much under construction,\u2019\u201d Grindle said.<\/p>\n
\nLane Grindle | Courtesy photo
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That construction comes filtered through the journey of conversion, one which began as a Lutheran and Methodist in his hometown of Malvern, Iowa. He credits his parents who raised him in faith and Christian moral principles that gave him a \u201ctrue north\u201d growing up, but his childhood best friend opened his eyes to the Catholic faith.<\/p>\n
Then he met Ali, a devout Catholic who opened his own doors to the Church.<\/p>\n
\u201cBefore I even proposed, I started to go through RCIA, and her father was my teacher,\u201d Grindle said.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy journey within Catholicism has been a winding journey, because as I got further into my faith, further educated with my faith, I just learned more about myself. I learned more about my beliefs, and I\u2019ve grown a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n
That growth was nurtured in Lincoln, as Ali and Lane moved there before they got married, two years after he graduated from the University of South Dakota and during his RCIA process. <\/p>\n
He grew his faith life at two Lincoln parishes, North American Martyrs and St. John the Apostle, where Ali taught. They have kept a relationship with the recently-retired Father Lyle Johnson.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was just a wonderful parish,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen we go back to Lincoln, I always try to go to Mass at St. John\u2019s to go see Father Johnson.\u201d<\/p>\n
Grindle dived into Catholic spiritual reading in Lincoln as he looked to grow this new faith, and an author who moved his life encountered his very journey.<\/p>\n
\u201cI started reading some Scott Hahn books. That probably influenced me externally as much as anything has in my faith. It motivated me to learn more about the different covenants and everything else that comes along with it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI actually got a chance to meet Hahn at North American Martyrs. He came and did a book tour, gave a speech and I was able to go to it. I could shake his hand and say, \u2018You have significantly impacted me,\u2019 which I\u2019m sure many, many people have come and told him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ten years at UNL led him to host pregame and postgame for Nebraska football along with a television show for Cornhuskers basketball, all while building a family with Ali and their four children. They had bought a house before a dream opportunity came his way in 2016, working Milwaukee Brewers games on radio with legendary Hall of Fame announcer Bob Uecker.<\/p>\n
Yet the timing brought a hard decision, one which became a moment of prayer and discernment with the guidance of Father Johnson.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was somebody who was one of the first people that I went and talked to, because I wanted to talk to him about how it was going to impact my young family,\u201d Grindle said. \u201cThis was such a great opportunity. He gave me more confidence in making the decision that I made.\u201d<\/p>\n
His time at Nebraska before joining the Brewers became evidence of a life evangelizing the Catholic faith simply by presence and example.<\/p>\n
\u201cScott Schreiber was a freshman my last full year. He was very into his Catholic faith, and he found out that I would go to Mass on Sunday mornings. We just started making it a thing where he would go with me,\u201d Grindle said.<\/p>\n
In time, a handful of teammates and baseball staff would join Grindle and Schreiber at Mass on the road. His last game at Nebraska proved God\u2019s impact on others through him. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe were in Charleston, South Carolina, for that series. It was Sunday morning. I never communicated with Scott that I was going to Mass, and I showed up at Mass that morning,\u201d Grindle said. \u201cThere was Scott and almost every freshman on the team that he had recruited to go with him at Mass. That was my last weekend with Nebraska baseball.\u201d<\/p>\n
Grindle now receives Word and Eucharist every Sunday on the road at MLB stadiums through Catholic Athletes for Christ.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can remember Easter Sunday. We were in Kansas City and you looked over and I\u2019m sitting there with Sal Frelick of the Brewers, and then you look over and Bobby Witt Jr. (of the Royals) is sitting across from you,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
You might see him in cities like Pittsburgh sneak out of the stadium in the morning and walk to a daily or Sunday Mass less than a mile away, turning his time alone on road trips into opportunities for what he calls \u201cretreats.\u201d<\/p>\n
He keeps his Bible and rosary with him on the nights alone at spring training or on the road, missing his kids and Ali, whom he credits so much for his faith and his strong family. He gives that time to God, recognizing that his pathway through Lincoln to the major leagues, and to a deeper life in Christ, continues \u201cunder construction.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is more on this journey,\u201d he said of his walk with God. \u201cI need to be clear about that with myself that more growth is required because there\u2019s a better place that I can even get to.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Catholic convert spent 10 years at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln before joining the Milwaukee Brewers …\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":863184,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":["post-863183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=863183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/863184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=863183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=863183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=863183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}