It’s beginning to look a lot like Elul
Disgraced MLB MVP, Ryan Braun, is getting into the holiday spirit and asking for forgiveness on his past mistakes. CBS 58 reports that Braun is calling up a select amount of Brewers season ticket holders and fans to apologize for his actions, his words, and how much he let down the great city of Milwaukee. What a perfect thing to do in the month of Elul, a time when we ask our acquaintances and God for forgiveness.
“Hey there’s a guy on the phone claiming to be Ryan Braun, it’s probably one of your buddies messing with you.”
That’s exactly what Kelly’s Bleachers owner Pat Guenther thought Thursday afternoon.
He picked up the phone thinking it’d be a joke.
“Hey Pat this is Ryan Braun,” Guenther recalls. “Right then and there I knew it was his voice based on interviews I’ve seen on TV. I knew damn well it was his voice.”
So he did what anyone in the service industry would do.
“I said what can I do for you? He said, I messed up, in a nutshell, I messed up. I just want to reach out and say I’m sorry. I cut him off right there. I said you know Ryan, I think you’re an amazing athlete and this speaks volumes to your character to reach out to a small business owner like myself and let us know that you are going to do better.”
May you be written in God’s book of judgement with an asterisk.
