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Wynton Bernard was a 35th round pick back in 2012. He played in basically every form of pro ball you can think of besides the big leagues. We're talking independent ball to all levels of the minors to winter ball in various countries like Australia and Venezuela. This man has been on the grind for a decade just waiting for the call that he was coming up to the big leagues. 863 games, 11 seasons, 11 clubs and 5 organizations. 99% of players would have given up and just moved onto some other career. Well goddamn the perseverance paid off as Bernard finally got his moment.

(Barstool Sports)

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Thracken13

this right here is everything that is right with sports

Reply•13 months

Monroelegend

??That got me. Awesome for that young man!

Reply•13 months

WinnPtiger

I’m not crying you’re crying

Reply•13 months

Tigerwm23

Very cool!!

Reply•13 months

WhiteMandingo

That is what should be taught in every school every gym every ballpark .
Congratulations to him and his family for the dream come true

Reply•13 months

ForLSU56

Now that is perseverance. Fantastic story and great for him and his family. Hopefully he has many successful years in the bigs.

Reply•13 months

atltiger6487

fantastic for him, and his mom too. Love it.

Reply•13 months

OSoBad

Damn this is awesome. Hard work pays off!

Reply•13 months

udtiger

Right in the feels

Reply•13 months

Wolfhound45

I am not crying, you are crying dammit. That was awesome.

Reply•13 months

DeafVallyBatnR

Well, I have a new favorite Profesional athlete.

Reply•13 months

BLG

awesome story

Reply•13 months

eelsuee

It's easy as fans to overlook the human side of these athletes. Watching those clips had me rooting for him to be successful but so many players at every level experience similar stories that we never see and aren't sympathetic to.

Reply•13 months

eelsuee

It's a great reminder that they all want to be successful, most of them work really hard and sometimes we need to chill out when a player doesn't meet our expectations.

13 months

6R12

Great story

Reply•13 months

GeorgeTheGreek

Very cool!

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