World Series Star Trot Nixon Finds Lasting Fulfillment Through Faith in God

Trot Nixon is best known for helping lead the Boston Red Sox to the team's first World Series championship in 86 years. He hit a two out two run double in the 2004 baseball classic that lead the Sox to a 3-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals and the championship. He batted .357 and drove in three runs for the Series. While the outfielder, currently a Cleveland Indian, may be best known for that, Nixon says the only true fulfillment he has found in life is through his faith in God.

Trot Nixon has had a successful career, but his biggest success has come in the playoffs and World Series. His career batting average is .277, with 545 runs batted in, and 135 home runs. In the 2003 American League Divisional playoffs, with the Red Sox facing elimination in the third game, Nixon came off the bench as a pinch hitter in the bottom of the 11^th inning and hit a two run homer for a 3-1 Boston victory. (That season he hit .306, with 24 doubles and 28 home runs.) During the 2004 season, Nixon was unable to play for several months because a herniated disc and a tight thigh muscle. When he returned, he was the starting right fielder during the regular and post season. He not only stared in the World Series, but played in the American League Championship Series against the New York Yankees. In the American League Championship, the Red Sox became the first team in major league baseball history to overcome a 3-0 deficit in games, by winning the final four games and the championship.

Despite his success as a baseball player, however, Trot Nixon remembers the empty feeling he had after the World Series championship. Many Boston fans were rejoicing at the long awaited triumph, and many may have thought Nixon would have too, but the rejoicing was short lived for Trot.

He remembers thinking that he put the thoughts of winning a world championship on a pedestal, but he remembers thinking, 'is that it?' He says even though the celebration was a great time, a player expects more of a feeling of celebration that merely, 'we won it.' He said the problem is it was over. There wasn't a new goal to reach, something to conquer.