The Chicago Cubs outfielder helped bring to an end the franchise's 108-year championship drought with his go-ahead double in the top of the 10th inning Wednesday that led to an 8-7 win over the Cleveland Indians in Game 7.

Zobrist went 1 for 5 in the instant classic, but he made the one hit count. It was his third extra-base hit of the series, and he finished hitting .357 with a pair of RBIs and five runs scored.

Zobrist, who signed with the Cubs in the offseason, spent the latter half of last season as a key member of the 2015 World Series champion Kansas City Royals, becoming the fourth player in history to win back-to-back titles in different leagues.

He believes God measures people by their faith in Christ, not by their professional success or actions.

Zobrist has emphasized the importance of being "faithful, not famous," stating that his hope is in Christ's accomplishments rather than his own achievements.

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"As a ballplayer, there is no Christian way to swing a bat. There is no Christian way to swing or throw," Zobrist explained. "You are either good or you're not at whatever your job is. And it is more important that you understand the grace and love and peace you have in Christ, whether you are good or bad at whatever you are doing every day."

"We are just so thankful that Christ does not measure us by what we do. God is not measuring us by that, He is measuring us by our faith in Christ," Zobrist added. "We are perfect. According to God, we are perfect, yet we know that we are sinners. We believe in the fact that we are both saints and sinners at the same time as we live in this world."

Even though Zobrist is the son of a pastor and has a national platform as a major league baseball player, he said he doesn't feel like he needs to always walk around proclaiming his faith in Christ, saying that "if you are walking with Christ, they can tell."

"My hope is not in how well I am living or how glorifying I am being to the Lord," he continued. "[My hope] is in what Christ has already accomplished for me. If that is my hope, then I will worship the Lord and I will want to live the life that He wants me to live."

As many parents strive to groom their children to become successful athletes, lawyers, doctors or business professionals, Zobrist warns that people shouldn't be so willing to sacrifice their families and even their faith just to achieve their own personal dreams.

"I think the goal for us is to be faithful, not famous," Zobrist said. "Our culture wants us to be famous. Everybody wants to be famous. You want to be the best you can possibly be and I want to be the best I can possibly be but only within what makes sense for a believer."

"I think people sacrifice for their job. They sacrifice their family, they sacrifice their faith, they sacrifice everything that should be near and dear to them for their success in this life, and for money and fame and whatever else they are seeking after," Zobrist added. "That is a tragedy. I think we have to remember that we do want to give our kids privileges and pursue something but remind them that more than anything, success is what God says it is."

Zobrist reminded listeners that the biblical definition of success is sacrificing one's self for the benefit of others.

"According to the Lord, the most glorified person in the Bible is Jesus. What did He come to do? He came to sacrifice and suffer for our sake," Zobrist said. "Success is really not about us rising to the occasion as much as it is about us dying to the occasion and giving to someone else."


"To me, if I play baseball and I become a great athlete and I win World Series and I'm an all-star and all this stuff that I have accomplished, and yet I sacrificed other people or I sacrifice my family on the altar of my own personal success, then I have just really blown it," Zobrist emphasized. "[God] can rescue anybody, but the point is that is not my goal. My goal has got to be a godly view of what does God want me to use this gift and ability for. It should be to give to others and to sacrifice and to bear my cross for whatever He has called me to."