Stories tagged with: turner ward

• Dodgers' hitting coach Ward a spiritual mentor to players

  by Tim Ellsworth, posted Friday, October 27, 2017 (5 years ago)

  

  Photo courtesy of Turner Ward

  LOS ANGELES (BP) -- Turner Ward was signing autographs in the players' parking lot after a game in Pittsburgh several years ago when a boy approached him with a stack of baseball cards. After signing some of the cards, Ward came across one he had never seen before with a picture of him and his son Tucker.

  "Hey, that's pretty neat," Ward said. "Would you mind if I kept this one?"

  The boy's mother was quick to accommodate the request. The boy, however, started crying. Ward began to drive off after the encounter but felt bad about keeping the card.

  He turned around, found the boy, pulled a brand new glove out of the trunk and gave it to him, along with an autograph and the Scripture verse that always accompanied his signature. Read More