Baseball, Leisure, and the Liturgy By Mark Michael I went to a baseball game last Saturday, in the company of some of the people I love most. It was a beautiful evening, and I loved hearing the crack of the bat again. But I also felt like Rip... Read More...
Dreaming Dreams, Seeing Visions: The Theology of Field of Dreams By Mark Pelesh Ask baseball fans to name their favorite baseball movie, and it is highly likely that Field of Dreams will be on the short list. Released in 1989 with a fine cast that included Kevin Costner, ... Read More...
Sabermetrics for the Church? In the mid-1990s, baseball analysts began to take advantage of the rapid rise of computing power. Is there a way the Church could ride the sabermetric wave?
Mercy and judgment: on baseball and steroids In 2013, no baseball players were considered clean enough to be honored with Hall of Fame induction. Sometimes justice demands that when sin has worked its way so deeply into a group of people, the whole thing must go before there can be a new beginning.