Ben Zobrist spent years learning how to handle failure without letting it dictate the way he played. Even in a 14-season MLB career that included two World Series championships, playing “freely” took time. He says he only started to understand how to do it better toward the end. That experience shapes how he’d guide his own kids through a career in sports. He’d want them to understand the sacrifices ahead and have a faith they could lean on long after their playing days were over.