Jim Henderson, Former ASU Standout and Pro Catcher's Amazing Story of "Perseverance" from Baseball to Real Life

Driving ‘em In with Jim Campanis Jr & Eric Lenaburg

Sometimes you hear a story that is so remarkable, it should be in a book--well this one was. Campy memorialized the amazing story of his former USC teammate, Jim Henderson, in his book #1 Best Selling book, "Born Into Baseball", detailing his perseverance and grit when faced with a traumatic injury from a car accident right when he had just signed his pro baseball contract with the Montreal Expos. This story is deeper than playing the game of baseball--this former baseball player kept grinding to beat the odds with much more at stake. He tells a riveting story about rehabbing in the hospital for months on end, regaining some of the gifts he had lost, but feeling a sense of "surviver's guilt" as others were not progressing as well as he was. He talks about his X-Rays being used for training Doctors who specialize in spinal injuries since Jim had the biggest spinal cord his Doctor had ever seen. Jim is still the same smart ass as he was when we were young and now as a Lawyer--the prosecutors have their hands full! And as always, there's the baseball small world syndrome as Jim (who had transferred from USC) and Lenny both played for the same Coach at ASU a decade apart. This show transcends baseball as we all fall down or get hit with trials and tribulations--it's how you react that defines you. You'll be inspired by Jim and his story--maybe even get a bit of strength to guide you through your current trial.

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