A's stands for "Amens"!

You're looking at a future Man of the Cloth.

Meet Grant Desme, a soon-to-be Catholic seminary student in Orange County, California. He's 23 years old, and has decided to join the Catholic priesthood after a lot of soul-searching, during which time God called him to abandon other Worldy things. Like his MVP Award for the Arizona Fall League, where he hit .288 and smacked 31 home runs in the Oakland A's minor league system.

This 8th-ranked prospect in the A's farm system is hanging up his spikes and calling it quits, forgoing the likelihood of millions of dollars, notoriety, and playing a game for a living.

"I'm doing well in baseball", Desme said. "But I had to get down to the bottom of things, to what was good in my life, what I wanted to do with my life. Baseball is a good thing, but that felt selfish of me when I felt that God was calling me more. It took awhile to trust that and open up to it and aim full steam toward Him... I love the game, but I'm going to aspire to higher things."

Now of course I'm a huge baseball fan. But I'm an even bigger fan of God. So, all you can really say, is....

Amen!